ThreeColumnsPDF.java Source code

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import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;
import com.lowagie.text.Font;
import com.lowagie.text.Phrase;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.ColumnText;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class ThreeColumnsPDF {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Document document = new Document();
        try {
            PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("ThreeColumnsPDF.pdf"));
            document.open();

            BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.COURIER, BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);
            Font font = new Font(bf, 11, Font.NORMAL);

            Phrase col1 = new Phrase(15, "col1", font);
            Phrase col2 = new Phrase(15, "col2", font);
            Phrase col3 = new Phrase(15, "col3", font);

            for (int i = 0; i < 40; i++) {
                col1.add("col 1\n");
                col2.add("col 2\n");
                col3.add("col 3\n");
            }

            PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();

            ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb);
            ct.setSimpleColumn(col1, 60, 300, 100, 300 + 28 * 15, 15, Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
            ct.go();
            ct.setSimpleColumn(col2, 105, 300, 150, 300 + 28 * 15, 15, Element.ALIGN_RIGHT);
            ct.go();
            ct.setSimpleColumn(col3, 160, 300, 500, 300 + 28 * 15, 15, Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
            ct.go();

        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println(e.getMessage());
        }
        document.close();
    }
}