Cell heights
These examples were written in answer to questions such as:
cellheights
JAVA
JAVA
/*
* Example written by Bruno Lowagie.
*/
package sandbox.tables;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.PageSize;
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.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;
@WrapToTest
public class CellHeights {
/** The resulting PDF file. */
public static final String DEST = "results/tables/cell_heights.pdf";
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
DocumentException {
File file = new File(DEST);
file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
new CellHeights().createPdf(DEST);
}
public void createPdf(String dest) throws DocumentException, IOException {
// step 1
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A5.rotate());
// step 2
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
// step 3
document.open();
// step 4
PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2);
// a long phrase
Phrase p = new Phrase(
"Dr. iText or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love PDF.");
PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(p);
// the prhase is wrapped
table.addCell("wrap");
cell.setNoWrap(false);
table.addCell(cell);
// the phrase isn't wrapped
table.addCell("no wrap");
cell.setNoWrap(true);
table.addCell(cell);
// a long phrase with newlines
p = new Phrase(
"Dr. iText or:\nHow I Learned to Stop Worrying\nand Love PDF.");
cell = new PdfPCell(p);
// the phrase fits the fixed height
table.addCell("fixed height (more than sufficient)");
cell.setFixedHeight(72f);
table.addCell(cell);
// the phrase doesn't fit the fixed height
table.addCell("fixed height (not sufficient)");
cell.setFixedHeight(36f);
table.addCell(cell);
// The minimum height is exceeded
table.addCell("minimum height");
cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Dr. iText"));
cell.setMinimumHeight(36f);
table.addCell(cell);
// The last row is extended
table.setExtendLastRow(true);
table.addCell("extend last row");
table.addCell(cell);
document.add(table);
// step 5
document.close();
}
}
fixedheightcell
JAVA
JAVA
/**
* Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22093745/itext-how-do-setminimumsize-and-setfixedsize-interact
*/
package sandbox.tables;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;
@WrapToTest
public class FixedHeightCell {
public static final String DEST = "results/tables/fixed_height_cell.pdf";
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
File file = new File(DEST);
file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
new FixedHeightCell().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(5);
table.setWidthPercentage(100);
PdfPCell cell;
for (int r = 'A'; r <= 'Z'; r++) {
for (int c = 1; c <= 5; c++) {
cell = new PdfPCell();
cell.addElement(new Paragraph(String.valueOf((char) r) + String.valueOf(c)));
if (r == 'D')
cell.setFixedHeight(60);
if (r == 'E') {
cell.setFixedHeight(60);
if (c == 4)
cell.setFixedHeight(120);
}
if (r == 'F') {
cell.setMinimumHeight(120);
cell.setFixedHeight(60);
if (c == 2)
cell.addElement(new Paragraph("This cell has more content than the other cells"));
}
table.addCell(cell);
}
}
document.add(table);
document.close();
}
}
fittableonpage
JAVA
JAVA
/**
* Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to:
* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24616920/last-row-in-itext-table-extending-when-it-shouldnt
*/
package sandbox.tables;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;
@WrapToTest
public class FitTableOnPage {
public static final String DEST = "results/tables/fit_table_on_page.pdf";
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
File file = new File(DEST);
file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
new FitTableOnPage().createPdf(DEST);
}
public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(1);
table.setTotalWidth(550);
table.setLockedWidth(true);
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
PdfPCell cell;
if (i == 9) {
cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Two\nLines"));
}
else {
cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(Integer.toString(i)));
}
table.addCell(cell);
}
Document document = new Document(new Rectangle(612, table.getTotalHeight() + 72));
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
document.open();
document.add(table);
document.close();
}
}