Java tutorial
package com.pearson.controller; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import com.itextpdf.text.BaseColor; import com.itextpdf.text.Document; import com.itextpdf.text.Element; import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter; public class PdfGentrate { public static void main(String[] args) { try { /*Document document = new Document(PageSize. A4, 50, 50, 50, 50); PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance (document, new FileOutputStream("C:\\my.pdf")); document.open(); // create a chunk object using chunk class of itext library. Chunk underlined = new Chunk("Welcome to Pearson Q-Service Portal : "); // set the distance between text and line. underlined.setTextRise(8.0f); // set the width of the line, 'y' position, color and design of the line underlined.setUnderline(new Color(0x00, 0x00, 0xFF),0.0f, 0.2f, 3.0f, 0.0f, PdfContentByte.LINE_CAP_PROJECTING_SQUARE); // finally add object to the document. document.add(underlined); document.add(new Paragraph("Hi username", FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.COURIER, 14, Font.BOLD, new Color(255, 150, 200))));; document.add(new Paragraph("Tiltle",catFont)); document.add(new Paragraph("Report generated by: " + System.getProperty("user.name") + ", " + new Date(), //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$ smallBold)); document.add(new Paragraph("This document is a preliminary version and not subject to your license agreement or any other agreement with vogella.com ;-).", redFont)); PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3); // 3 columns. table.setWidthPercentage(100); //Width 100% table.setSpacingBefore(10f); //Space before table table.setSpacingAfter(10f); //Space after table //Set Column widths float[] columnWidths = {1f, 1f, 1f}; table.setWidths(columnWidths); PdfPCell cell1 = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph("Cell 1")); cell1.setBorderColor(BaseColor.BLUE); cell1.setPaddingLeft(10); cell1.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER); cell1.setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE); PdfPCell cell2 = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph("Cell 2")); cell2.setBorderColor(BaseColor.GREEN); cell2.setPaddingLeft(10); cell2.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER); cell2.setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE); PdfPCell cell3 = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph("Cell 3")); cell3.setBorderColor(BaseColor.RED); cell3.setPaddingLeft(10); cell3.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER); cell3.setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE); //To avoid having the cell border and the content overlap, if you are having thick cell borders //cell1.setUserBorderPadding(true); //cell2.setUserBorderPadding(true); //cell3.setUserBorderPadding(true); table.addCell(cell1); table.addCell(cell2); table.addCell(cell3); document.add(table); document.close(); writer.close(); document.close(); } catch (Exception e2) { System.out.println(e2.getMessage()); } }*/ Document document = new Document(); PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("AddTableExample.pdf")); document.open(); PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3); // 3 columns. table.setWidthPercentage(100); //Width 100% table.setSpacingBefore(10f); //Space before table table.setSpacingAfter(10f); //Space after table //Set Column widths float[] columnWidths = { 1f, 1f, 1f }; table.setWidths(columnWidths); PdfPCell cell1 = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph("Cell 1")); cell1.setBorderColor(BaseColor.BLUE); cell1.setPaddingLeft(10); cell1.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER); cell1.setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE); PdfPCell cell2 = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph("Cell 2")); cell2.setBorderColor(BaseColor.GREEN); cell2.setPaddingLeft(10); cell2.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER); cell2.setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE); PdfPCell cell3 = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph("Cell 3")); cell3.setBorderColor(BaseColor.RED); cell3.setPaddingLeft(10); cell3.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER); cell3.setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE); //To avoid having the cell border and the content overlap, if you are having thick cell borders //cell1.setUserBorderPadding(true); //cell2.setUserBorderPadding(true); //cell3.setUserBorderPadding(true); table.addCell(cell1); table.addCell(cell2); table.addCell(cell3); document.add(table); document.close(); writer.close(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }