Re[2]: [Apache - HSLF] - How to update a TextBox's text

[Yegor Kozlov <ye...@dinom.ru>]

Read the javadocs.


> Hi
> Thanks for the quick reply.

> The first issue i solved with getting the text, as I have only textboxes and
> rectangles.

> The second issue:
> I have already gone through the link you have added.
> I can add a new text box by setting text to it.
> But suppose if I have a textbox with the text "Default String" and I want to
> update it to "Updated String", how it can be done??

TextBox shape = ...;
shape.getTextRun().setText("Updated String");

> Right now what I am doing is that I am retrieving the anchor of the textbox,
> then deletes that textbox and then creates a new textbox with my text and
> places it in the saved anchor. Is there any alternate way??

> Also if you can excuse my knowledge in POI-HSLF, can u please solve the
> following queries:

> 1) Can my textbox automatically adjust its size based on the size of the
> text.


shape.resizeToFitText()

> 2) In the image part, can I put an image's URL just like

>       int imgType = ppt.addPicture(new
> File("http://www.thegreenhead.com/imgs/perpetual-motion-globe-2.jpg"),Picture.JPEG);

> However this is not working for me :-(

No, this method works only with files.
You need to retrieve the image data first;

Yegor

> Thank You





> Yegor Kozlov wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Hi
>>> I have created a new ppt from a template. This new file have textboxes
>>> and
>>> rectangles.
>>> I want to update these contents dynamically.
>> 
>>> The problem is:
>>> 1) How can I identify a particular control it is.(if there is 5 textboxes
>>> and 5 rectangles then how I know it is a particular textbox)
>> 
>> It's up to you. For instance, you can identify them by the text value,
>> e.g. if it is
>> a TextBox and its value is "control1" then do something.
>> 
>> You can identify your controls by position:
>> 
>> java.awt.Rectangle anchor = shape.getAnchor(); //gets position in the
>> slide
>> 
>> You can tag your controls with different colors: red, blue, ...
>> 
>>> 2) How can I set text to a particular textbox .
>> 
>> http://poi.apache.org/hslf/how-to-shapes.html
>> 
>> 
>> Yegor
>> 
>>> Looking forward for reply/suggestions
>> 
>>> Thanks and regards
>>> smg
>> 
>> 
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