Java tutorial
package net.viralpatel.pdf; import com.itextpdf.text.*; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.util.Date; public class FirstPdf { private static String FILE = "FirstPdf.pdf"; private static Font catFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 18, Font.BOLD); private static Font redFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 12, Font.NORMAL, BaseColor.RED); private static Font subFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 16, Font.BOLD); private static Font smallBold = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 12, Font.BOLD); // public static void main(String[] args) { // try { // Document document = new Document(); // PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(FILE)); // document.open(); // addMetaData(document); // addTitlePage(document); // addContent(document); // document.close(); // } catch (Exception e) { // e.printStackTrace(); // } // } public static void main(String[] args) { try { Document document = new Document(); PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(FILE)); document.open(); // Left Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph("This is right aligned text"); paragraph.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_RIGHT); document.add(paragraph); // Centered paragraph = new Paragraph("This is centered text"); paragraph.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER); document.add(paragraph); // Left paragraph = new Paragraph("This is left aligned text"); paragraph.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT); document.add(paragraph); // Left with indentation paragraph = new Paragraph("This is left aligned text with indentation"); paragraph.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT); paragraph.setIndentationLeft(50); document.add(paragraph); document.close(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } // iText allows to add metadata to the PDF which can be viewed in your Adobe // Reader // under File -> Properties private static void addMetaData(Document document) { document.addTitle("My first PDF"); document.addSubject("Using iText"); document.addKeywords("Java, PDF, iText"); document.addAuthor("Lars Vogel"); document.addCreator("Lars Vogel"); } private static void addTitlePage(Document document) throws DocumentException { Paragraph preface = new Paragraph(); // We add one empty line addEmptyLine(preface, 1); // Lets write a big header preface.add(new Paragraph("Title of the document", catFont)); addEmptyLine(preface, 1); // Will create: Report generated by: _name, _date preface.add(new Paragraph("Report generated by: " + System.getProperty("user.name") + ", " + new Date(), //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$ smallBold)); addEmptyLine(preface, 3); preface.add(new Paragraph("This document describes something which is very important ", smallBold)); addEmptyLine(preface, 8); preface.add(new Paragraph( "This document is a preliminary version and not subject to your license agreement or any other agreement with vogella.com ;-).", redFont)); document.add(preface); // Start a new page document.newPage(); } private static void addContent(Document document) throws DocumentException { Anchor anchor = new Anchor("First Chapter", catFont); anchor.setName("First Chapter"); // Second parameter is the number of the chapter Chapter catPart = new Chapter(new Paragraph(anchor), 1); Paragraph subPara = new Paragraph("Subcategory 1", subFont); Section subCatPart = catPart.addSection(subPara); subCatPart.add(new Paragraph("Hello")); subPara = new Paragraph("Subcategory 2", subFont); subCatPart = catPart.addSection(subPara); subCatPart.add(new Paragraph("Paragraph 1")); subCatPart.add(new Paragraph("Paragraph 2")); subCatPart.add(new Paragraph("Paragraph 3")); // add a list createList(subCatPart); Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph(); addEmptyLine(paragraph, 5); subCatPart.add(paragraph); // add a table createTable(subCatPart); // now add all this to the document document.add(catPart); // Next section anchor = new Anchor("Second Chapter", catFont); anchor.setName("Second Chapter"); // Second parameter is the number of the chapter catPart = new Chapter(new Paragraph(anchor), 1); subPara = new Paragraph("Subcategory", subFont); subCatPart = catPart.addSection(subPara); subCatPart.add(new Paragraph("This is a very important message")); // now add all this to the document document.add(catPart); } private static void createTable(Section subCatPart) throws BadElementException { PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3); // t.setBorderColor(BaseColor.GRAY); // t.setPadding(4); // t.setSpacing(4); // t.setBorderWidth(1); PdfPCell c1 = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Table Header 1")); c1.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER); table.addCell(c1); c1 = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Table Header 2")); c1.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER); table.addCell(c1); c1 = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Table Header 3")); c1.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER); table.addCell(c1); table.setHeaderRows(1); table.addCell("1.0"); table.addCell("1.1"); table.addCell("1.2"); table.addCell("2.1"); table.addCell("2.2"); table.addCell("2.3"); subCatPart.add(table); } private static void createList(Section subCatPart) { List list = new List(true, false, 10); list.add(new ListItem("First point")); list.add(new ListItem("Second point")); list.add(new ListItem("Third point")); subCatPart.add(list); } private static void addEmptyLine(Paragraph paragraph, int number) { for (int i = 0; i < number; i++) { paragraph.add(new Paragraph(" ")); } } }