ps_translate

Description

Sets a new initial point of the coordinate system.

Parameters

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example 1. Translation of the coordinate system <?php function rectangle($ps) {     ps_moveto($ps, 0, 0);     ps_lineto($ps, 0, 50);     ps_lineto($ps, 50, 50);     ps_lineto($ps, 50, 0);     ps_lineto($ps, 0, 0);     ps_stroke($ps); } $ps = ps_new(); if (!ps_open_file($ps, "translate.ps")) {   print "Cannot open PostScript file\n";   exit; } ps_set_info($ps, "Creator", "translate.php"); ps_set_info($ps, "Author", "Uwe Steinmann"); ps_set_info($ps, "Title", "Translated example"); ps_set_info($ps, "BoundingBox", "0 0 596 842"); $psfont = ps_findfont($ps, "Helvetica", "", 0); ps_begin_page($ps, 596, 842); ps_set_text_pos($ps, 100, 100); ps_translate($ps, 500, 750); rectangle($ps); ps_translate($ps, -500, -750); ps_setfont($ps, $psfont, 8.0); ps_show($ps, "Text at initial position"); ps_end_page($ps); ps_begin_page($ps, 596, 842); ps_set_text_pos($ps, 100, 100); ps_save($ps); ps_translate($ps, 500, 750); rectangle($ps); ps_restore($ps); ps_setfont($ps, $psfont, 8.0); ps_show($ps, "Text at initial position"); ps_end_page($ps); ps_delete($ps); ?> The above example demonstrates two possible ways to place a graphic (in this case just a rectangle) at any position on the page, while the graphic itself uses its own coordinate system. The trick is to change the origin of the current coordinate system before drawing the rectangle. The translation has to undone after the graphic has been drawn. On the second page a slightly different and more elegant approach is applied. Instead of undoing the translation with a second call of ps_translate() the graphics context is saved before modifying the coordinate system and restored after drawing the rectangle.

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