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How do I set Table’s cell padding in iText?

By Wayan in iText PDF Last modified: June 2, 2023 0 Comment

You can set the cell’s padding using the com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell‘s setPadding() method. To set the padding individually you can use the setPaddingTop(), setPaddingRight(), setPaddingBottom(), and setPaddingLeft() methods to set the top, right, bottom and left padding respectively.

package org.kodejava.itextpdf;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

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

            int numColumns = 3;
            PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(numColumns);
            PdfPCell[] cells = new PdfPCell[numColumns];
            for (int i = 0; i < numColumns; i++) {
                cells[i] = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Cell " + i + 1));
                // Set cell's padding equally for all side of the
                // cell.
                cells[i].setPadding(10);
                table.addCell(cells[i]);
            }
            table.completeRow();

            cells = new PdfPCell[numColumns];
            for (int i = 0; i < numColumns; i++) {
                cells[i] = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Cell " + i + 1));
                // Set cell's padding individually for top, right,
                // bottom and left padding.
                cells[i].setPaddingTop(20);
                cells[i].setPaddingRight(30);
                cells[i].setPaddingBottom(20);
                cells[i].setPaddingLeft(30);
                table.addCell(cells[i]);
            }
            table.completeRow();
            doc.add(table);
        } catch (DocumentException | FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            doc.close();
        }
    }
}

Maven Dependencies

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
    <artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
    <version>5.5.13.3</version>
</dependency>

How do I create Table cell that span multiple columns in iText?

By Wayan in iText PDF Last modified: February 17, 2024 2 Comments

To create a cell in a table that span into multiple columns you can use the setColspan() method in the com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell object. The example below show you how to do it.

package org.kodejava.itextpdf;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

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

            // Creates a table with four column. The first rows
            // will have cell 1 to cell 4.
            PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(4);
            table.addCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Cell 1")));
            table.addCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Cell 2")));
            table.addCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Cell 3")));
            table.addCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Cell 4")));
            table.completeRow();

            // Creates another row that only have to columns.
            // The width of cell 5 and cell 6 span two columns
            // in width.
            PdfPCell cell5 = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Cell 5"));
            cell5.setColspan(2);
            PdfPCell cell6 = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Cell 6"));
            cell6.setColspan(2);
            table.addCell(cell5);
            table.addCell(cell6);
            table.completeRow();

            // Adds table to the doc
            doc.add(table);
        } catch (DocumentException | FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            doc.close();
        }
    }
}

Maven Dependencies

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
    <artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
    <version>5.5.13.3</version>
</dependency>

How do I create ZapfDingbats List in iText?

By Wayan in iText PDF Last modified: June 2, 2023 0 Comment

This example show you how to use the com.itextpdf.text.ZapfDingbatsList class to create a ZapfDingbatsList list using the iText pdf library.

package org.kodejava.itextpdf;

import com.itextpdf.text.*;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

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

            // Create a ZapfDingbatsList with char number 50
            List zapf1 = new ZapfDingbatsList(50);
            zapf1.add(new ListItem("Item 1"));
            zapf1.add(new ListItem("Item 2"));
            zapf1.add(new ListItem("Item 3"));
            doc.add(zapf1);

            // Create a ZapfDingbatsList with char number 55 and indent
            // it by 30.
            List zapf2 = new ZapfDingbatsList(55, 30);
            zapf2.add(new ListItem("Item 1"));
            zapf2.add(new ListItem("Item 2"));
            zapf2.add(new ListItem("Item 3"));
            doc.add(zapf2);
        } catch (DocumentException | FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            doc.close();
        }
    }
}

Maven Dependencies

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
    <artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
    <version>5.5.13.3</version>
</dependency>

How do I set the width of a Table in iText?

By Wayan in iText PDF Last modified: June 2, 2023 1 Comment

We can set the width of a table using the setWidthPercentage() method of the com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable class. This method accept a float value as a parameter. This method sets the width in a percentage of the width a table will occupy in the page. The default table’s width is 80%.

Let’s see an example on the following code:

package org.kodejava.itextpdf;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

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

            // Creates a table with 5 columns
            PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(5);
            table.addCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Cell 1")));
            table.addCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Cell 2")));
            table.addCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Cell 3")));
            table.addCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Cell 4")));
            table.addCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Cell 5")));

            // Sets the width percentage that the table will occupy
            // in the page.
            table.setWidthPercentage(50);
            doc.add(table);
        } catch (DocumentException | FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            doc.close();
        }
    }
}

Maven Dependencies

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
    <artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
    <version>5.5.13.3</version>
</dependency>

How do I set column width of a Table in iText?

By Wayan in iText PDF Last modified: June 2, 2023 3 Comments

The width of a table column defined relatively between each column. On the following example we define an array floats that stores the column widths. We define the second column twice as big as the first column and the third column is three times bigger than the first column.

To set the width we call the table‘s setWidths() method. This method can accept an array of floats or an array of integers. Here is an example code:

package org.kodejava.itextpdf;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

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

            PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(4);
            table.addCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Cell 1")));
            table.addCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Cell 2")));
            table.addCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Cell 3")));
            table.addCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Cell 4")));

            // Defiles the relative width of the columns
            float[] columnWidths = new float[]{10f, 20f, 30f, 10f};
            table.setWidths(columnWidths);

            doc.add(table);
        } catch (DocumentException | FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            doc.close();
        }
    }
}

Maven Dependencies

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
    <artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
    <version>5.5.13.3</version>
</dependency>

How do I create a List in iText?

By Wayan in iText PDF Last modified: June 2, 2023 0 Comment

You can create a list in iText using the com.itextpdf.text.List. This class represent a list. The list item is created using the com.itextpdf.text.ListItem. You can create an ordered list or unordered list. To create ordered list pass the List.ORDERED as the parameter to class List. To create an unordered list pass the List.UNORDERED.

Let’s see an example below:

package org.kodejava.itextpdf;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.List;
import com.itextpdf.text.ListItem;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

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

            List ordered = new List(List.ORDERED);
            ordered.add(new ListItem("Item 1"));
            ordered.add(new ListItem("Item 2"));
            ordered.add(new ListItem("Item 3"));
            document.add(ordered);

            List unordered = new List(List.UNORDERED);
            unordered.add(new ListItem("Item 1"));
            unordered.add(new ListItem("Item 2"));
            unordered.add(new ListItem("Item 3"));
            document.add(unordered);
        } catch (DocumentException | FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            document.close();
        }
    }
}

Maven Dependencies

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
    <artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
    <version>5.5.13.3</version>
</dependency>

How do I create Roman or Greek numeral list in iText?

By Wayan in iText PDF Last modified: June 2, 2023 0 Comment

To create a Roman or Greek numeral list we can use special implementation list in the iText. The com.itextpdf.text.RomanList represent a Roman numeral list while the com.itextpdf.text.GreekList represent a Greek numeral list.

The list item can be created using the com.itextpdf.text.ListItem class. Let’s check out an example below:

package org.kodejava.itextpdf;

import com.itextpdf.text.*;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

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

            List roman = new RomanList();
            roman.add(new ListItem("Item 1"));
            roman.add(new ListItem("Item 2"));
            roman.add(new ListItem("Item 3"));
            doc.add(roman);

            List greek = new GreekList();
            greek.add(new ListItem("Item 1"));
            greek.add(new ListItem("Item 2"));
            greek.add(new ListItem("Item 3"));
            doc.add(greek);
        } catch (DocumentException | FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            doc.close();
        }
    }
}

Maven Dependencies

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
    <artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
    <version>5.5.13.3</version>
</dependency>

How do I create internal Anchor in iText?

By Wayan in iText PDF Last modified: June 2, 2023 1 Comment

The com.itextpdf.text.Anchor class in iText can be used to create an internal link or external link in a PDF document. To create an internal link we must format the anchor reference using the # + referenceName. On the other side the target anchor should be named using the same reference name excluding the # symbol.

To set the reference we use the setReference() method. To define the target anchor we can name the anchor using the setName() method.

package org.kodejava.itextpdf;

import com.itextpdf.text.Anchor;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

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

            Anchor anchor = new Anchor("[Continue Here]");
            anchor.setReference("#targetLink");
            Paragraph para1 = new Paragraph("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ");
            para1.add(anchor);
            document.add(para1);

            Anchor target = new Anchor("The quick onyx goblin jumps over the lazy dwarf.");
            anchor.setName("targetLink");
            Paragraph para2 = new Paragraph();
            para2.setSpacingBefore(150);
            para2.add(target);
            document.add(para2);

            document.close();
        } catch (DocumentException | FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            document.close();
        }
    }
}

Maven Dependencies

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
    <artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
    <version>5.5.13.3</version>
</dependency>

How do I create Chapter in iText?

By Wayan in iText PDF Last modified: June 2, 2023 0 Comment

This brief example show you how to create chapter in the PDF document using iText. To create chapter we use the com.itextpdf.text.Chapter class. We can pass the chapter title and the chapter number as the parameter for the Chapter constructor.

To create a section for the chapter we can use the com.itextpdf.text.Section class. To add a section we call the Chapter.addSection() method of the Chapter object. Let’s look at the example below:

package org.kodejava.itextpdf;

import com.itextpdf.text.*;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

public class ChapterDemo {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Creates a new document
        Document document = new Document();
        try {
            // Prepare PDF writer and open the document.
            PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("ChapterDemo.pdf"));
            document.open();

            // Creates a new Chapter object
            Chapter chapter = new Chapter("Chapter One", 1);

            // Add sections to the chapter
            Section section = chapter.addSection("This is Section 1", 2);
            Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph("This is the paragraph of the Section 1");
            section.add(paragraph);

            chapter.addSection("This is Section 2", 2);

            document.add(chapter);
        } catch (DocumentException | FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            document.close();
        }
    }
}

Maven Dependencies

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
    <artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
    <version>5.5.13.3</version>
</dependency>

How do I create Anchor or link in iText?

By Wayan in iText PDF Last modified: June 2, 2023 2 Comments

This example show you how to use the com.itextpdf.text.Anchor class to create an external link in the PDF document. You can create an instance of Anchor with a phrase of string and set its reference, in this case a website URL, by calling the setReference() method of this object.

package org.kodejava.itextpdf;

import com.itextpdf.text.Anchor;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

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

            String content = "You can learn Java programming on the " +
                    "following website: ";
            Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph(content);

            // Creates a new anchor that link to external website
            // and add this anchor to the paragraph.
            Anchor anchor = new Anchor("Learn Java by Examples");
            anchor.setReference("https://kodejava.org");
            paragraph.add(anchor);

            doc.add(paragraph);
        } catch (DocumentException | FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            doc.close();
        }
    }
}

Maven Dependencies

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
    <artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
    <version>5.5.13.3</version>
</dependency>