How to write a table header if part of a table is forwarded to the next page?
I am using PdfWriter
to create a PDF document. I am adding a PdfPTable
to the PDF document. This table has header row and then actual data rows. If the table is big, then part of it gets carried forward to new page. I want this page to have table header row as well. However, I want this header row only when the table data goes on new page.
Posted on StackOverflow on Sep 15, 2015 by Amit Ware
This is how you create a table with a header row in iText 7:
// table with 2 columns:
Table table = new Table(2);
// header row:
table.addHeaderCell("Key");
table.addHeaderCell("Value");
// many data rows:
for (int i = 0; i
In this case, the table needs more than one page. As you used addHeaderCell()
, the first row will be repeated:
Repeating header
If you don't want the header to be present on the first page, you have to add a single line: table.setSkipFirstHeader(true);
// table with 2 columns:
Table table = new Table(2);
// header row:
table.addHeaderCell("Key");
table.addHeaderCell("Value");
table.setSkipFirstHeader(true);
// many data rows:
for (int i = 0; i
Now the table looks like this:
Repeating header
Click How to write a table header if part of a table is forwarded to the next page? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5.