Java Tutorial/PDF/Table Column

Create Table and set total width

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Iterator;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPRow;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Document document = new Document();
    PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("2.pdf"));
    document.open();
    PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
    PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2);
    float[] rows = { 50f, 250f };
    table.setTotalWidth(rows);
    for (int k = 0; k < 200; ++k) {
      table.addCell("row " + k);
      table.addCell("blah " + k);
    }
    document.add(new Paragraph("row 150 - 200"));
    table.writeSelectedRows(150, -1, 150, 820, cb);
    document.close();
  }
}

Delete columns

import java.awt.Point;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.Table;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Document document = new Document();
    PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("2.pdf"));
    document.open();
    Table table = new Table(2, 2);
    table.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
    table.setAutoFillEmptyCells(true);
    table.addCell("0.0");
    table.addColumns(2);
    float[] f = { 2f, 1f, 1f, 1f };
    table.setWidths(f);
    table.addCell("2.2", new Point(2, 2));
    table.deleteColumn(2);
    table.setConvert2pdfptable(true);
    document.add(table);
    document.close();
  }
}

Set Column span

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Document document = new Document();
    PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("2.pdf"));
    document.open();
    PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3);
    PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph("header"));
    cell.setColspan(3);
    table.addCell(cell);
    table.addCell("1.1");
    table.addCell("2.1");
    table.addCell("3.1");
    table.addCell("1.2");
    table.addCell("2.2");
    table.addCell("3.2");
    document.add(table);
    document.close();
  }
}

Table Column Widths

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Document document = new Document();
    PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("2.pdf"));
    document.open();
    float[] widths1 = { 1f, 1f, 2f };
    PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(widths1);
    PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph("header with colspan 3"));
    cell.setColspan(3);
    table.addCell(cell);
    table.addCell("1.1");
    table.addCell("2.1");
    table.addCell("3.1");
    table.addCell("1.2");
    table.addCell("2.2");
    table.addCell("3.2");
    document.add(table);
    float[] widths2 = { 2f, 1f, 1f };
    table.setWidths(widths2);
    document.add(table);
    document.close();
  }
}

Table header with column span

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.Rectangle;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 36, 36, 36, 36);
    PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("2.pdf"));
    document.open();
    PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3);
    PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph("header with colspan 3"));
    cell.setColspan(3);
    table.addCell(cell);
    table.addCell("");
    table.addCell("");
    float[] widths = { 72f, 72f, 144f };
    Rectangle r = new Rectangle(PageSize.A4.right(72), PageSize.A4.top(72));
    table.setWidthPercentage(widths, r);
    document.add(table);
    document.close();
  }
}

Table with Absolute Columns Width

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 36, 36, 36, 36);
    PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("2.pdf"));
    document.open();
    PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3);
    PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph("header with colspan 3"));
    cell.setColspan(3);
    table.addCell(cell);
    table.addCell("1.1");
    table.addCell("2.1");
    table.addCell("3.1");
    table.addCell("1.2");
    table.addCell("2.2");
    table.addCell("3.2");
    float[] widths = { 72f, 72f, 144f };
    table.setTotalWidth(widths);
    table.setLockedWidth(true);
    document.add(table);
    document.close();
  }
}