blankPDF: create white background empty PDF

In stationery: Working Examples for Reproducible Research Documents

Description

Sometimes you need a placeholder. If you do, this is it!

Usage

blankPDF(
  file,
  height = 1,
  width = 3.5,
  messg = "Your Logo Could Be Here",
  pointsize = 12,
  col = "gray50"
)

Arguments

file	A file name for output
height	inches
width	inches
messg	Default is a reminder statement, but set "" if you don't want it.
pointsize	Default is 12
col	Color for text in messg parameter. Default is gray50

Value

NULL is returned if file was created. Otherwise error is reported.

Author(s)

Paul Johnson

Examples

tdir <- tempdir()
dir.create(file.path(tdir, "blanks"), recursive = TRUE)
fn1 <- file.path(tdir, "blanks", "blank1.pdf")
blankPDF(file = fn1, messg = "Do you want a message?")
## Please inspect
if(interactive()) browseURL(fn1)
fn2 <- file.path(tdir, "blanks", "blank2.pdf")
blankPDF(file = fn2, height = 2, width = 3, messg = "")
if(interactive()) browseURL(fn2)
## delete test directory
unlink(file.path(tdir, "blanks"), recursive = TRUE)

stationery documentation built on Oct. 8, 2021, 5:07 p.m.