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public static PdfWriter getInstance(Document document, OutputStream os) throws DocumentException

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Use this method to get an instance of the PdfWriter.

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From source file:de.tr1.cooperator.manager.web.CreateSubscriberListAction.java

License:Open Source License

/**
 * This method is called by the struts-framework if the submit-button is pressed.
 * It creates a PDF-File and puts in into the output-stream of the response.
 *///from ww  w .  j a v  a  2 s . c o  m
public ActionForward execute(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form, HttpServletRequest request,
        HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {

    CreateSubscriberListForm myForm = (CreateSubscriberListForm) form;
    boolean bSortByName;

    if (myForm.getSortBy().equals(myForm.SORTBYPN))
        bSortByName = false;
    else
        bSortByName = true;

    //create Collection for the results...
    Event eEvent = EventManager.getInstance().getEventByID(myForm.getEventID());
    Collection cSubscriberList = UserManager.getInstance().getUsersByCollection(eEvent.getSubscriberList());
    Collection cExamResults = EventResultManager.getInstance().getResults(eEvent.getID());

    Iterator cSubscriberListIT = cSubscriberList.iterator();
    Collection cSubscriberResultList = new ArrayList();

    while (cSubscriberListIT.hasNext()) {
        User CurUser = (User) cSubscriberListIT.next();
        String UserPNR = CurUser.getPersonalNumber();

        Iterator cExamResultsIT = cExamResults.iterator();
        ExamResult curExamResult = null;
        String ResultUserPNR = null;
        while (cExamResultsIT.hasNext()) {
            curExamResult = (ExamResult) cExamResultsIT.next();

            ResultUserPNR = curExamResult.getUserPersonalNumber();
            if (UserPNR.equals(ResultUserPNR))
                break;
        }

        if (UserPNR.equals(ResultUserPNR)) {
            if (bSortByName) {
                UserResultSortByName URS = new UserResultSortByName(CurUser, "" + curExamResult.getResult());
                cSubscriberResultList.add(URS);
            } else {
                UserResultSortByPersonalNumber URS = new UserResultSortByPersonalNumber(CurUser,
                        "" + curExamResult.getResult());
                cSubscriberResultList.add(URS);
            }
        } else {
            if (bSortByName) {
                UserResultSortByName URS = new UserResultSortByName(CurUser, "-");
                cSubscriberResultList.add(URS);
            } else {
                UserResultSortByPersonalNumber URS = new UserResultSortByPersonalNumber(CurUser, "-");
                cSubscriberResultList.add(URS);
            }
        }

    }

    //sort List
    Collections.sort((List) cSubscriberResultList);

    BaseFont bf;
    //36pt = 0.5inch
    Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 36, 36, 72, 72);

    try {
        bf = BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        Log.addLog("CreateSubscriberListAction: Error creating BaseFont: " + e);
        //2do: add ErrorMessage and return to inputFormular!
        return mapping.findForward("GeneralFailure");
    }

    //calculate the number of cols and their width
    int cols = 0;
    ArrayList alWidth = new ArrayList();
    float boldItalicFactor = 1.2f;
    if (myForm.getShowNumber())
        alWidth.add(new Float(boldItalicFactor * bf.getWidthPoint(TABLEHEADER_NUMBER, TABLEHEADER_FONTSIZE)));

    if (myForm.getShowPersonalNumber())
        alWidth.add(new Float(
                boldItalicFactor * bf.getWidthPoint(TABLEHEADER_PERSONALNUMBER, TABLEHEADER_FONTSIZE)));

    if (myForm.getShowName())
        alWidth.add(new Float(boldItalicFactor * bf.getWidthPoint(TABLEHEADER_NAME, TABLEHEADER_FONTSIZE)));

    if (myForm.getShowEmail())
        alWidth.add(new Float(boldItalicFactor * bf.getWidthPoint(TABLEHEADER_EMAIL, TABLEHEADER_FONTSIZE)));

    if (myForm.getShowResult())
        alWidth.add(new Float(boldItalicFactor * bf.getWidthPoint(TABLEHEADER_RESULT, TABLEHEADER_FONTSIZE)));

    if (myForm.getAddInfoField())
        alWidth.add(new Float(boldItalicFactor * bf.getWidthPoint(TABLEHEADER_INFO, TABLEHEADER_FONTSIZE)));

    if (myForm.getAddSignField())
        alWidth.add(new Float(boldItalicFactor * bf.getWidthPoint(TABLEHEADER_SIGN, TABLEHEADER_FONTSIZE)));

    cols = alWidth.size();

    float totalWidth = 0;
    //calculate the whole length
    Iterator alIterator = alWidth.iterator();
    for (; alIterator.hasNext(); totalWidth += ((Float) alIterator.next()).floatValue())
        ;

    //calculate relativ width for the table
    float[] width = new float[cols];
    alIterator = alWidth.iterator();
    int i = 0;
    while (alIterator.hasNext()) {
        float pixLength = ((Float) alIterator.next()).floatValue();
        //alWidthRelativ.add( new Float( pixLength/totalWidth ) );
        width[i] = pixLength / totalWidth;
        i++;
    }

    //needed for the shrink (enlarge?)
    float shrinkFactor;

    try {
        //1st: set correct outputstream
        PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, response.getOutputStream());

        //1.5st: set content-stuff
        response.setContentType("application/pdf");

        //2nd: set EventManager for PageEvents to Helper
        writer.setPageEvent(
                new CreateSubscriberListActionHelper(myForm.getHeaderLeft(), myForm.getHeaderRight()));

        //3rd: open document for editing the content
        document.open();

        //4th: add content
        Phrase pInfoText = new Phrase(myForm.getInfoText(), new Font(bf, 12, Font.BOLD));
        document.add(pInfoText);

        //PdfPTable( cols )
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(width);

        float documentWidth = document.right() - document.left();
        if (documentWidth < totalWidth) {
            table.setTotalWidth(documentWidth);
            shrinkFactor = documentWidth / totalWidth;
        } else {
            table.setTotalWidth(totalWidth);
            shrinkFactor = 1;
        }
        table.setLockedWidth(true);

        Font headerFont = new Font(bf, TABLEHEADER_FONTSIZE * shrinkFactor, Font.BOLDITALIC);
        Font cellFont = new Font(bf, TABLECELL_FONTSIZE * shrinkFactor, Font.NORMAL);

        if (myForm.getShowNumber())
            table.addCell(new Phrase(TABLEHEADER_NUMBER, headerFont));
        if (myForm.getShowPersonalNumber())
            table.addCell(new Phrase(TABLEHEADER_PERSONALNUMBER, headerFont));
        if (myForm.getShowName())
            table.addCell(new Phrase(TABLEHEADER_NAME, headerFont));
        if (myForm.getShowEmail())
            table.addCell(new Phrase(TABLEHEADER_EMAIL, headerFont));
        if (myForm.getShowResult())
            table.addCell(new Phrase(TABLEHEADER_RESULT, headerFont));
        if (myForm.getAddInfoField())
            table.addCell(new Phrase(TABLEHEADER_INFO, headerFont));
        if (myForm.getAddSignField())
            table.addCell(new Phrase(TABLEHEADER_SIGN, headerFont));

        //fill table
        Iterator iSRL = cSubscriberResultList.iterator();
        int counter = 1;
        while (iSRL.hasNext()) {
            UserResult curResult = (UserResult) iSRL.next();

            table.getDefaultCell().setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_RIGHT);
            if (myForm.getShowNumber())
                table.addCell(new Phrase("" + counter++, cellFont));

            table.getDefaultCell().setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
            if (myForm.getShowPersonalNumber())
                table.addCell(new Phrase(curResult.getPersonalNumber(), cellFont));

            table.getDefaultCell().setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
            if (myForm.getShowName())
                table.addCell(new Phrase(curResult.getSurname() + ", " + curResult.getFirstName(), cellFont));
            if (myForm.getShowEmail())
                table.addCell(new Phrase(curResult.getEmailAddress(), cellFont));
            if (myForm.getShowResult())
                table.addCell(new Phrase(curResult.getResult(), cellFont));
            if (myForm.getAddInfoField())
                table.addCell(new Phrase("", cellFont));
            if (myForm.getAddSignField())
                table.addCell(new Phrase("", cellFont));
        }

        //set how many rows are header...
        table.setHeaderRows(1);

        document.add(table);

        //5th: close document, write the output to the stream...
        document.close();
    } catch (Exception de) {
        Log.addLog("CreateSubscriberListAction: Error creating PDF: " + de);
    }

    //we dont need to return a forward, because we write directly to the outputstream!
    return null;
}

From source file:de.unigoettingen.sub.commons.contentlib.pdflib.PDFManager.java

License:Apache License

/**
 * Creates the pdf writer./*  ww w  .j a va2s . c o  m*/
 * 
 * @param out the out
 * @param writer the writer
 * @param pdfdoc the pdfdoc
 * 
 * @return the pdf writer
 * 
 * @throws PDFManagerException the PDF manager exception
 */
private PdfWriter createPDFWriter(OutputStream out, Document pdfdoc) throws PDFManagerException {
    PdfWriter writer = null;
    try {
        // open the pdfwriter using the outstream
        writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(pdfdoc, out);
        LOGGER.debug("PDFWriter intstantiated");

        // register Fonts
        int numoffonts = FontFactory.registerDirectories();

        LOGGER.debug(numoffonts + " fonts found and registered!");

        if ((pdfa) && (iccprofile != null)) {
            // we want to write PDFA, we have to set the PDFX conformance
            // before we open the writer
            writer.setPDFXConformance(PdfWriter.PDFA1B);
        }

        // open the pdf document to add pages and other content
        try {
            pdfdoc.open();
            LOGGER.debug("PDFDocument opened");
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new PDFManagerException("PdfWriter was opened, but the pdf document couldn't be opened", e);
        }

        if ((pdfa) && (iccprofile != null)) {

            // set the required PDFDictionary which
            // contains the appropriate ICC profile
            PdfDictionary pdfdict_out = new PdfDictionary(PdfName.OUTPUTINTENT);

            // set identifier for ICC profile
            pdfdict_out.put(PdfName.OUTPUTCONDITIONIDENTIFIER, new PdfString("sRGBIEC61966-2.1"));
            pdfdict_out.put(PdfName.INFO, new PdfString("sRGB IEC61966-2.1"));
            pdfdict_out.put(PdfName.S, PdfName.GTS_PDFA1);

            // PdfICCBased ib = new PdfICCBased(iccprofile);
            // writer.setOutputIntents("Custom", "PDF/A sRGB", null, "PDF/A
            // sRGB ICC Profile, sRGB_IEC61966-2-1_withBPC.icc",
            // colorProfileData);

            // read icc profile
            // ICC_Profile icc = ICC_Profile.getInstance(new
            // FileInputStream("c:\\srgb.profile"));
            PdfICCBased ib = new PdfICCBased(iccprofile);
            ib.remove(PdfName.ALTERNATE);

            PdfIndirectObject pio = writer.addToBody(ib);
            pdfdict_out.put(PdfName.DESTOUTPUTPROFILE, pio.getIndirectReference());
            writer.getExtraCatalog().put(PdfName.OUTPUTINTENTS, new PdfArray(pdfdict_out));

            // create MarkInfo elements
            // not sure this is necessary; maybe just needed for tagged PDFs
            // (PDF/A 1a)
            PdfDictionary markInfo = new PdfDictionary(PdfName.MARKINFO);
            markInfo.put(PdfName.MARKED, new PdfBoolean("false"));
            writer.getExtraCatalog().put(PdfName.MARKINFO, markInfo);

            // write XMP
            this.writeXMPMetadata(writer);
        }
    } catch (Exception e) {
        LOGGER.error("Can't open the PdfWriter object\n" + e.toString() + "\n" + e.getMessage());
        throw new PDFManagerException("Can't open the PdfWriter object", e);
    }
    return writer;
}

From source file:de.xirp.chart.ChartUtil.java

License:Open Source License

/**
 * Exports the given chart as PDF in the specified size. The
 * export is written to the given path.//from   w ww .j  a v a2s .co  m
 * 
 * @param chart
 *            The chart to export.
 * @param width
 *            The desired width of the PDF.
 * @param height
 *            The desired height of the PDF.
 * @param path
 *            The path to write the PDF to.
 * @see org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart
 */
private static void exportPDF(JFreeChart chart, int width, int height, String path) {
    Document document = new Document(new Rectangle(width, height));
    try {
        PdfWriter writer;
        writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(path));
        document.open();
        PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
        PdfTemplate tp = cb.createTemplate(width, height);
        Graphics2D g2d = tp.createGraphics(width, height, new DefaultFontMapper());
        Rectangle2D r2d = new Rectangle2D.Double(0, 0, width, height);
        chart.draw(g2d, r2d);
        g2d.dispose();
        cb.addTemplate(tp, 0, 0);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        logClass.error("Error: " + e.getMessage() //$NON-NLS-1$
                + Constants.LINE_SEPARATOR, e);
    }
    document.close();
}

From source file:de.xirp.report.ReportGenerator.java

License:Open Source License

/**
 * Generates the PDF from the/*w  ww. j a v a  2s.com*/
 * {@link de.xirp.report.Report} and writes the PDF
 * to a file. <br>
 * <br>
 * At first the title and header pages are created. After that the
 * content pages are created.
 * 
 * @return The file name of the PDF.
 * @throws IOException
 *             if something went wrong saving the PDF.
 * @throws DocumentException
 *             if something went wrong generating the PDF.
 * @throws MalformedURLException
 *             if something went wrong saving the PDF.
 * @see de.xirp.report.Report
 */
private static String generatePDF() throws DocumentException, MalformedURLException, IOException {
    String filename = report.getName().replaceAll(" ", "-") + "_report_" //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$
            + report.getHeader().getRobot().getName() + "_" //$NON-NLS-1$
            + Util.getTimeAsString(report.getHeader().getDate()) + ".pdf"; //$NON-NLS-1$

    reportFile = new File(Constants.REPORT_DIR + File.separator + filename);

    // creation of a document-object
    document = new Document(PageSize.A4);

    // we create a writer that listens to the document
    // and directs a PDF-stream to a file
    writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(reportFile.getPath()));
    writer.setPdfVersion(PdfWriter.VERSION_1_7);
    writer.setStrictImageSequence(true);

    // open the document
    document.open();

    // add the title page
    addReportTitle();
    addReportContent();
    // close the document
    document.close();

    return filename;
}

From source file:demo.dwr.simple.UploadDownload.java

License:Apache License

/**
 * Generates a PDF file with the given text
 * http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
 * @return A PDF file as a byte array//from ww  w.  j a va 2s .  c  o  m
 */
public FileTransfer downloadPdfFile(String contents) throws Exception {
    if (contents == null || contents.length() == 0) {
        contents = "[BLANK]";
    }

    ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

    Document document = new Document();
    PdfWriter.getInstance(document, buffer);

    // ?itext-asian
    BaseFont bfChinese = BaseFont.createFont("STSong-Light", "UniGB-UCS2-H", BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);
    // ?WINDOW c:\windows\Fonts\xxx.ttf
    // ?classpath: /src/main/resources/fonts/simsong.ttf

    Font fontChinese = new Font(bfChinese, 12, Font.NORMAL);

    document.addCreator("DWR.war using iText");
    document.open();
    document.add(new Paragraph(contents, fontChinese));
    document.close();

    return new FileTransfer("example.pdf", "application/pdf", buffer.toByteArray());
}

From source file:desktopbugtracker.export.PdfInitializer.java

License:Open Source License

public Document getDocument() throws PdfExportException {
    Document document = null;//from   w ww  .  ja  v  a  2s. co  m
    try {
        document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(filename));
        document.open();
    } catch (DocumentException ex) {
        throw new PdfExportException(ex);
    } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
        throw new PdfExportException(ex);
    }
    return document;
}

From source file:dinamica.AbstractPDFOutput.java

License:LGPL

/**
 * Receives a byte buffer that should be filled with resulting PDF.
 * @param data Data module that provides recordsets to this output module
 * @param buf Buffer to print PDF, then used to send to browser
 * @throws Throwable/*from   w w  w . j  a  v  a  2 s  . c  om*/
 */
protected void createPDF(GenericTransaction data, ByteArrayOutputStream buf) throws Throwable {

    //pdf objects
    Document doc = new Document();
    PdfWriter docWriter = PdfWriter.getInstance(doc, buf);

    //header
    HeaderFooter header = new HeaderFooter(new Phrase(getHeader()), false);
    header.setBorder(Rectangle.BOTTOM);
    header.setAlignment(Rectangle.ALIGN_CENTER);
    doc.setHeader(header);

    //footer
    HeaderFooter footer = new HeaderFooter(new Phrase(getFooter()), true);
    footer.setBorder(Rectangle.TOP);
    footer.setAlignment(Rectangle.ALIGN_RIGHT);
    doc.setFooter(footer);

    //pagesize
    doc.setPageSize(PageSize.LETTER);

    doc.open();

    //title
    Paragraph t = new Paragraph(getReportTitle(), new Font(Font.HELVETICA, 18f));
    t.setAlignment(Rectangle.ALIGN_CENTER);
    doc.add(t);

    //paragraph
    Paragraph p = new Paragraph("Hello World");
    p.setAlignment(Rectangle.ALIGN_CENTER);
    doc.add(p);

    doc.close();
    docWriter.close();

}

From source file:docet.engine.PDFDocumentHandler.java

License:Apache License

private void createPDF(OutputStream os, int initialPageNo) throws DocetDocumentParsingException {

    if (documents.isEmpty()) {
        throw new DocetDocumentParsingException("No available pages to parse");
    }//from   w ww  .j  av  a 2s .  c  o m

    if (initialPageNo < 1) {
        initialPageNo = 1;
    }

    int coversize = 0;
    DocumentPart cover = null;
    if (renderCover) {
        cover = generateCover();
        coversize = 1;
    }

    int tocsize = 0;
    DocumentPart toc = null;
    if (renderToc) {
        toc = generateTOC(documents.values(), initialPageNo + coversize + 1 /* Cover & TOC part*/);

        /* Regenerate TOC if more than one page */
        if (toc.pages.size() > 1) {
            toc = generateTOC(documents.values(), initialPageNo + coversize + toc.pages.size());
        }
        tocsize = toc.pages.size();
    }

    int totalPages = documents.values().stream().mapToInt(p -> p.pages.size()).sum() + coversize + tocsize;

    com.lowagie.text.Document pdf = null;
    PdfWriter writer = null;
    try {

        /* Uses the first page added to evaluate page size and create the writer */

        DocumentPart firstSection = documents.values().stream().findFirst().get();
        PageBox firstPage = firstSection.pages.get(0);

        RenderingContext renderingContext = newRenderingContext(firstSection.root);
        com.lowagie.text.Rectangle firstPageSize = new com.lowagie.text.Rectangle(0, 0,
                firstPage.getWidth(renderingContext) / dotsPerPoint,
                firstPage.getHeight(renderingContext) / dotsPerPoint);

        pdf = new com.lowagie.text.Document(firstPageSize, 0, 0, 0, 0);

        try {
            writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(pdf, os);
        } catch (DocumentException e) {
            throw new DocetDocumentParsingException("Cannot create a pdf writer", e);
        }

        pdf.addTitle(placeholders.get(HTMLPlaceholder.TITLE));

        pdf.open();

        /* Write each document */
        try {
            if (renderCover) {
                writePDF(cover, totalPages, pdf, writer);
            }

            if (renderToc) {
                writePDF(toc, totalPages, pdf, writer);
            }

            for (DocumentPart part : documents.values()) {
                writePDF(part, totalPages, pdf, writer);
            }

        } catch (DocumentException e) {
            throw new DocetDocumentParsingException(
                    "Cannot write document " + placeholders.get(HTMLPlaceholder.TITLE) + " to pdf", e);
        }

        /* Terminate writing bookmarks with collected pages */
        if (renderBookmarks) {
            writeTOCBookmarks(documents.values(), writer);
        }

    } finally {
        if (pdf != null) {
            pdf.close();
        }

        if (writer != null) {
            writer.close();
        }
    }
}

From source file:domain.reports.menu.PDFReportMenu.java

License:LGPL

@Override
protected void createPDF(GenericTransaction data, ByteArrayOutputStream buf) throws Throwable {

    //inicializar documento: tamano de pagina, orientacion, margenes
    Document doc = new Document();
    PdfWriter docWriter = PdfWriter.getInstance(doc, buf);
    doc.setPageSize(PageSize.LETTER.rotate());
    doc.setMargins(30, 30, 30, 40);//from w w  w .j  a  va 2 s  . c o  m

    doc.open();

    //crear fonts por defecto
    tblHeaderFont = new Font(Font.HELVETICA, 10f, Font.BOLD);
    tblBodyFont = new Font(Font.HELVETICA, 10f, Font.NORMAL);

    //definir pie de pagina del lado izquierdo
    String footerText = this.getFooter(); //read it from config.xml or web.xml
    String reportDate = StringUtil.formatDate(new java.util.Date(), "dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm");

    //crear template (objeto interno de IText) y manejador de evento 
    //para imprimir el pie de pagina
    bf = BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);
    cb = docWriter.getDirectContent();
    tpl = cb.createTemplate(20, 14);
    docWriter.setPageEvent(new PDFPageEvents(footerText, pageXofY, tpl, bf, cb, reportDate));

    //titulo - lo lee de config.xml por defecto
    reportTitle = getReportTitle();
    Paragraph t = new Paragraph(reportTitle, new Font(Font.HELVETICA, 14f, Font.BOLD));
    t.setAlignment(Rectangle.ALIGN_RIGHT);
    doc.add(t);

    //logo
    img = Image.getInstance(getImage(this.getServerBaseURL() + logoPath, false));
    img.scalePercent(100);
    float imgY = doc.top() - img.getHeight();
    float imgX = doc.left();
    img.setAbsolutePosition(imgX, imgY);
    doc.add(img);

    //blank line
    doc.add(new Paragraph(" "));
    //blank line
    doc.add(new Paragraph(" "));
    //blank line
    doc.add(new Paragraph(" "));

    //for each master record print a master/detail section
    MasterDetailReader dataobj = (MasterDetailReader) data;
    Recordset master = dataobj.getRecordset("master");
    master.top();
    while (master.next()) {
        //blank line
        doc.add(new Paragraph(" "));

        //print master section
        doc.add(getGroupMaster(master));

        //print detail section
        doc.add(getGroupDetail(master, dataobj.getDetail(master)));

    }

    //print grand total
    doc.add(new Paragraph(" "));

    doc.close();
    docWriter.close();

}

From source file:dr.app.tracer.analysis.TemporalAnalysisFrame.java

License:Open Source License

public final void doExportPDF() {
    FileDialog dialog = new FileDialog(this, "Export PDF Image...", FileDialog.SAVE);

    dialog.setVisible(true);/*from  www .  ja va2  s. com*/
    if (dialog.getFile() != null) {
        File file = new File(dialog.getDirectory(), dialog.getFile());

        Rectangle2D bounds = temporalAnalysisPlotPanel.getExportableComponent().getBounds();
        Document document = new Document(
                new com.lowagie.text.Rectangle((float) bounds.getWidth(), (float) bounds.getHeight()));
        try {
            // step 2
            PdfWriter writer;
            writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(file));
            // step 3
            document.open();
            // step 4
            PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
            PdfTemplate tp = cb.createTemplate((float) bounds.getWidth(), (float) bounds.getHeight());
            Graphics2D g2d = tp.createGraphics((float) bounds.getWidth(), (float) bounds.getHeight(),
                    new DefaultFontMapper());
            temporalAnalysisPlotPanel.getExportableComponent().print(g2d);
            g2d.dispose();
            cb.addTemplate(tp, 0, 0);
        } catch (DocumentException de) {
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Error writing PDF file: " + de, "Export PDF Error",
                    JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "Error writing PDF file: " + e, "Export PDF Error",
                    JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
        }
        document.close();
    }
}