13. Get text width

CREATE OR REPLACE procedure test13 is
-- Get text width
l_blob blob;
l_filename varchar2(30) := '123.pdf';
l_length number;
l_text varchar2(255);
begin
plpdf.init; -- initialize, without parameters means: page orientation: portrait, unit: mm, default page format: A4
plpdf.NewPage; -- begin a new page, without parameters means: page orientation: default (portrait)
plpdf.SetPrintFont('Arial',null,12); -- set font attributes: family: Arial, style: regular, font size: 12
l_text := 'Hello World!';
l_length := plpdf.GetTextWidth(l_text); -- get text width
plpdf.PrintCell(50,10, l_text || ' - text length: ' || to_char(l_length)); -- print text: cell size:50*10
plpdf.SendDoc(l_blob); -- create content

-- print
/*
owa_util.mime_header('application/pdf',false);
htp.p('Content-Disposition: inline; filename="' || l_filename || '"');
htp.p('Content-Length: ' || dbms_lob.getlength(l_blob));
owa_util.http_header_close;  
wpg_docload.download_file(l_blob);
*/

-- or store
insert into STORE_BLOB (blob_file, created_date) values (l_blob, sysdate);
commit;
end;
/

Source: test13.prc

Result: test13.pdf