/** * Shows how a table is split if it doesn't fit the page. * * @param args no arguments needed */ public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("table splitting"); // creation of the document with a certain size and certain margins Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4.rotate(), 50, 50, 50, 50); try { // creation of the different writers PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("repeatingtable.pdf")); // we add some meta information to the document document.addAuthor("Alan Soukup"); document.addSubject("This is the result of a Test."); document.open(); Table datatable = new Table(10); int headerwidths[] = {10, 24, 12, 12, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7}; datatable.setWidths(headerwidths); datatable.setWidth(100); datatable.setPadding(3); // the first cell spans 10 columns Cell cell = new Cell( new Phrase( "Administration -System Users Report", FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 24, Font.BOLD))); cell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER); cell.setLeading(30); cell.setColspan(10); cell.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER); cell.setBackgroundColor(new Color(0xC0, 0xC0, 0xC0)); datatable.addCell(cell); // These cells span 2 rows datatable.getDefaultCell().setBorderWidth(2); datatable.getDefaultCell().setHorizontalAlignment(1); datatable.addCell("User Id"); datatable.addCell("Name\nAddress"); datatable.addCell("Company"); datatable.addCell("Department"); datatable.addCell("Admin"); datatable.addCell("Data"); datatable.addCell("Expl"); datatable.addCell("Prod"); datatable.addCell("Proj"); datatable.addCell("Online"); // this is the end of the table header datatable.endHeaders(); datatable.getDefaultCell().setBorderWidth(1); for (int i = 1; i < 30; i++) { datatable.getDefaultCell().setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT); datatable.addCell("myUserId"); datatable.addCell( "Somebody with a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very long long name"); datatable.addCell("No Name Company"); datatable.addCell("D" + i); datatable.getDefaultCell().setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER); datatable.addCell("No"); datatable.addCell("Yes"); datatable.addCell("No"); datatable.addCell("Yes"); datatable.addCell("No"); datatable.addCell("Yes"); } document.add(new Paragraph("com.lowagie.text.Table - Cells split")); document.add(datatable); document.newPage(); document.add(new Paragraph("com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable - Cells split\n\n")); datatable.setConvert2pdfptable(true); document.add(datatable); document.newPage(); document.add(new Paragraph("com.lowagie.text.Table - Cells kept together")); datatable.setConvert2pdfptable(false); datatable.setCellsFitPage(true); document.add(datatable); document.newPage(); document.add(new Paragraph("com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable - Cells kept together\n\n")); datatable.setConvert2pdfptable(true); document.add(datatable); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } // we close the document document.close(); }