Questions tagged [pdfptable]

PdfPTable is the class for creating tables in itext (Java) and itextsharp (.Net).

This is a very simple example of its use:

/**
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie and Nishanthi Grashia in answer to the following question:
 * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24359321/adding-row-to-a-table-in-pdf-using-itext
 */
@WrapToTest
public class SimpleTable
{
    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/simple_table.pdf";

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException
    {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new SimpleTable().createPdf(DEST);
    }

    public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException
    {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(8);
        for(int aw = 0; aw < 16; aw++)
        {
            table.addCell("hi");
        }
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }
}

(101 - a very simple table)

Many more examples illustrating how to build more complex tables, can be found in the examples section of itextpdf.com.