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Translates a string from host encoding to PDFDocEncoding or Unicode.
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AT_ERRCOUNT ACCUAPI IG_PDF_translate_to_pdf( AT_PDF_BOOL bUseUnicode, LPCSTR szInHostStr, LONG nInHostStrSize, LPSTR szOutPDFStr, LONG nOutPDFStrSize, LPLONG lpnOutPDFStrBytes ); |
Name | Type | Description |
bUseUnicode | AT_PDF_BOOL | If TRUE, translate the string to Unicode; otherwise use PDFDocEncoding. |
szInHostStr | LPCSTR | Pointer to the string to translate (may point to the same memory as szOutPDFStr, allowing strings to translate in place). |
nInHostStrSize | LONG | Number of bytes in szOutPDFStr. |
szOutPDFStr | LPSTR | Pointer to the translated string (may point to the same memory as szInHostStr). |
nOutPDFStrSize | LONG | The length of the szOutPDFStr buffer, in bytes. |
lpnOutPDFStrBytes | LPLONG | Number of bytes in the translated string szOutPDFStr. |
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This function does not process image pixels.
This function is useful when using text that must be in PDFDocEncoding or Unicode, such as text in a text annotation, bookmark, or article title.
A character that cannot be converted to the destination encoding is replaced with a space.
For example, it converts \n to a space character (\r is present in PDFDocEncoding and is left unchanged).
Host encoding is a platform-dependent encoding for the host machine. For non-UNIX Roman systems, it is MacRomanEncoding in Mac OS and WinAnsiEncoding in Windows. In UNIX (except HP-UX) Roman systems, it is ISO8859-1 (ISO Latin-1); for HP-UX, it is HP-ROMAN8. See Appendix D in the PDF Reference for descriptions of MacRomanEncoding, WinAnsiEncoding, and PDFDocEncoding.
For non-Roman systems, the host encoding may be a variety of encodings, which are defined by a CMap (character map). See Section 5.6.4 in the PDF Reference for a list of predefined CMaps.
Use IG_PDF_get_host_encoding to determine if a system's host encoding is Roman or not.