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You can add HTML to your documents using the AddHTML
method. ABCpdf supports the following HTML tags and Attributes.
<Head>
This tag is used to delimit the head of an HTML document. All content
in the head is ignored.
This tag does not accept any attributes.
<Body>
This tag is used to mark the body of an HTML document. The body
is a type of stylerun and so it accepts the same attributes as a
stylerun tag. It also accepts the following
additional attributes.
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link |
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The color for links (anchors) in subsequent content.
Colors are generally specified as RGB in hexadecimal notation
(eg color="#FF0000") or as one of the sixteen standard
color names (eg color=red").
You can specify grayscale colors by supplying only one component
(eg color="#80") and CMYK colors by supplying four
(eg color="#10203040").
The default link color is RGB blue.
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<BR>
This tag is used to force a line break.
This tag does not accept any attributes.
<P>
This tag is used to mark up paragraphs. Paragraphs are types of
styleruns and so they accept the same attributes as stylerun
tags. They also accept the following additional attributes.
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align |
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The text alignment for the paragraph. If no value is specified
it is assumed that the text should be left aligned.
You can specify left aligned text (eg align=left), right
aligned text (eg align=right), centered text (eg align=center)
or justified text (eg align=justify).
Changing this attribute is identical to changing the Doc.HPos
or XTextStyle.Justification
properties.
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break |
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The line breaking style for the paragraph. This attribute
takes a comma delimited list of hints used to control how
lines are broken when chaining from one text area to another.
You can specify that a paragraph should be kept with the
next one by assigning the keepwithnext hint (eg break=keepwithnext).
You can specify that there should be a break before a paragraph
by specifying the breakbefore hint (eg break=breakbefore).
For details on chaining see the AddHTML
function.
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spacebefore |
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Normally paragraphs have vertical space before and afterwards
the body text.
By setting this attribute to zero you can remove vertical
space before the paragraph.
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spaceafter |
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Normally paragraphs have vertical space before and afterwards
the body text.
By setting this attribute to zero you can remove vertical
space after the paragraph.
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<H1> to <H6>
This tag is used to mark header sections. Headers are types of
paragraphs and so they accept the same attributes as paragraph
tags.
<List>
This tag is used to indicate a list of items. Each list item consists
of a marker and some text. Markers may be bullet points, numbers
or letters.
Lists are types of paragraphs and so they accept the same attributes
as paragraph tags. They also accept the following
additional attributes.
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itemindent |
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The indent of the item text from the left of the marker.
This value is measured in points.
By altering this property you can change the distance between
the marker and the text.
The default is dynamically determined based on the type of
marker and the size of the text.
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markerindent |
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The indent of the left of the marker from the current left
of the surrounding text. This value is measured in points.
By altering this property you can alter the the indent distance
for the markers in the list.
The default is dynamically determined based on the type of
marker and the size of the text.
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start |
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Specifies the starting number for the first item in the list.
This is only used when ordered markers are specified.
The default is one.
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type |
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Specifies the type of marker to use. You can use either ordered
markers or unordered markers.
Ordered markers increment for each item in the list. You
can use numbers (type=1), lower case roman numerals (type=i),
upper case roman numerals (type=I), lower case letters (type='a')
or upper case letters (type=A).
Unordered markers are the same for each item in the list.
You can specify bullet points (type=disk), hollow bullets
(type=circle) or squares (type=square).
The default type is 'disk'.
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<UL>
The UL tag is used to indicate an unordered list. Unordered lists
are types of lists and so they accept the same attributes as list
tags. The default marker is the bullet point but the marker will
change as lists are nested within each other.
<OL>
The OL tag is used to indicate an ordered list. Ordered lists are
types of lists and so they accept the same attributes as list
tags. The default marker type is numeric.
<LI>
This tag is used to indicate an item within a list. It accepts
the following attributes.
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value |
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Specifies the number for this list item.
Subsequent items are numbered incrementally from this new
value.
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type |
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Specifies the type of marker to use.
You can use the same types as you find in the type attribute
of the list tag.
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<A>
The anchor tag is used to mark subsequent content as a hyperlink.
Anchors are types of styleruns and so they accept the same attributes
as stylerun tags. They also accept the following
additional attributes.
Hyperlinks normally appear as blue underlined text. You can override
this style using the body link attribute or
by using stylerun attributes in the body
of your anchor tag.
<B>
This tag is used to apply a bold text style to subsequent content.
ABCpdf will attempt to reference an appropriate bold font. If it
cannot locate one it will generate a synthetic bold style using
the XTextStyle.Bold
property.
This tag does not accept any attributes.
<I>
This tag is used to apply an italic text style to subsequent content.
ABCpdf will attempt to reference an appropriate italic font. If
it cannot locate one it will generate a synthetic italic style using
the XTextStyle.Italic
property.
This tag does not accept any attributes.
<U>
This tag is used to apply an underline text style to subsequent
content. The effect is identical to changing the XTextStyle.Underline
property.
This tag does not accept any attributes.
<Strike>
This tag is used to apply an strike-through text style to subsequent
content. The effect is identical to changing the XTextStyle.Strike
property.
This tag does not accept any attributes.
<Sup>
This tag is used to indicate text to be rendered as superscript.
This tag does not accept any attributes.
<Sub>
This tag is used to indicate text to be rendered as subscript.
This tag does not accept any attributes.
<Font>
The font tag is used to change the current font style. Fonts are
types of styleruns and so they accept the same attributes as stylerun
tags. They also accept the following additional attributes.
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size |
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The font size for subsequent content.
You can set absolute font size by specifying an integer ranging
from one to seven (eg size=6). Or you can specify a font size
relative to the current base font size (eg size="+1").
For greater control over the size of text you should use
the fontsize attribute.
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color |
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The color for subsequent content.
Colors are generally specified as RGB in hexadecimal notation
(eg color="#FF0000") or as one of the sixteen standard
color names (eg color=red").
You can specify grayscale colors by supplying only one component
(eg color="#80") and CMYK colors by supplying four
(eg color="#10203040").
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face |
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The font typeface for subsequent content.
This value takes a comma delimited list of typeface names,
listed in order of preference. Fonts are referenced rather
than embedded.
For greater control over the way that fonts are added to
your document you should use the pid attribute.
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<StyleRun>
The stylerun tag is used to change the current style. It accepts
the following attributes.
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pid |
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The font typeface for subsequent content.
This attribute take an Object ID obtained from a previous
call to AddFont
or EmbedFont.
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fontsize |
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The font size for subsequent content.
Changing this attribute is identical to changing the XTextStyle.Size
property.
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charspacing |
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The character spacing for subsequent content.
Changing this attribute is identical to changing the XTextStyle.CharSpacing
property.
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wordspacing |
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The word spacing for subsequent content.
Changing this attribute is identical to changing the XTextStyle.WordSpacing
property.
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justification |
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The justification for subsequent content.
Changing this attribute is identical to changing the XTextStyle.Justification
property.
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hpos |
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The horizontal positioning for subsequent content.
Changing this attribute is identical to changing the Doc.HPos
property.
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bold |
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Whether to apply a synthetic bold style to subsequent content.
Changing this attribute is identical to changing the XTextStyle.Bold
property.
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italic |
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Whether to apply a synthetic italic style subsequent content.
Changing this attribute is identical to changing the XTextStyle.Italic
property.
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underline |
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Whether to underline subsequent content.
Changing this attribute is identical to changing the XTextStyle.Underline
property.
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strike |
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Whether to apply a strike-through effect to subsequent content.
Changing this attribute is identical to changing the XTextStyle.Strike
property.
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strike2 |
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Whether to apply a double strike-through effect to subsequent
content.
Changing this attribute is identical to changing the XTextStyle.Strike2
property.
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outline |
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Whether to outline subsequent content.
Changing this attribute is identical to changing the XTextStyle.Outline
property.
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linespacing |
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The line spacing for subsequent content.
Changing this attribute is identical to changing the XTextStyle.LineSpacing
property.
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paraspacing |
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The paragraph spacing for subsequent content.
Changing this attribute is identical to changing the XTextStyle.ParaSpacing
property.
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leftmargin |
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The left margin for subsequent content.
Changing this attribute is identical to changing the XTextStyle.LeftMargin
property.
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indent |
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The indent for subsequent content.
Changing this attribute is identical to changing the XTextStyle.Indent
property.
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fixedwidth |
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A fixed with for the style run.
Each style run has a width. The width is normally determined
by the size of the characters in the text.
Under some situations it can be useful to assign a fixed
width to the entire style run. This can be used for aligning
text and for bullet pointed lists.
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textrise |
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The text rise for subsequent content.
Positive values shift the text upwards. Negative values shift
it downwards. The textrise distance is measured in points.
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annots |
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Annotations associated with subsequent content.
You can use a link annotation to insert a hyperlink (eg annots='link:http://www.google.com/').
You can use a goto annotation to insert a link to another
page in the document (eg annots='goto:3'). The number indicates
the page number. Note that the destination page must exist
at the point at which the text is inserted.
You can use a text annotation to insert a textual note (eg
annots='text:A note to be inserted').
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<BlockQuote>
This tag is used to indicate quotations. Block quotes are indented
on the left and right relative to the surrounding text. The tag
accepts the following attributes.
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leftindent |
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The left indent for the block of text.
Distances are measured in points. The default is 36.
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rightindent |
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The right indent for the block of text.
Distances are measured in points. The default is 36.
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