[Cartoweb-users] additional Text in pdfExport

[Oliver Christen]

Hi Christoph

if the query is statical, you can add a content block and specify the sql 
directly in the configuration file:
http://www.cartoweb.org/doc_head/docbook/xhtml/user.pdf.html#user.pdf.tutorial.block.text
blocks.myText.content = "db~pgsql://user:password@localhost/dbname~select 
name,
                         phone_number from phone_book where area_id = 
12"then simply "activate" the "myText" block in the main 
general.activatedBlocks parameter (usualy at the top of exportPdf.ini)

and position/style the block like any other block

but if the query is dynamic (change depending of the area or other factor) 
you will need to extend the ClientExportPdf class to add a new block 
handling.

see for example in function getExport(), the lines:

        if (isset($this->blocks['currentuser'])) {
            $sm = SecurityManager::getInstance();
            $user = $sm->getUser();
            $this->blocks['currentuser']->content = $user;
        }

which display the current user name.

so you would need to add something like this :

        if (isset($this->blocks['myText'])) {
            $this->blocks['myText']->content = $getMyTextContent();
        }

and

function getMyTextContent() {
    // either make the sql query here or call a existing plugin to get the 
content
    $content = ...

    return $content;
}

regards

> Hi List
>
> I'm looking for a way to print an additional text on the pdf, created by
> the pdfExport plugin (pdf rotate mode).
>
> The text is not entered by the client. It is the commune, returned by a
> sql query, in the center of the pdf map. I guess I can do that in the
> ClientExportPdf.php file. What I don't know at the moment is how to pass
> the new text/variable from ClientExportPdf.php to the exportPdf.ini. Is
> this done in the getConfiguration method?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Christoph Lauber
>
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