Archives: iText

Java iText – Add Anchor / Link to PDF

October 25, 2010 | By Prasanna Sherekar | Post comment

[code lang=”java”]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 document = new Document();
try {
PdfWriter.getInstance(document,
new FileOutputStream("AnchorDemo.pdf"));
document.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("javac – Java Examples Source Code");
anchor.setReference("http://javac.in");
paragraph.add(anchor);

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

}[/code]

Java iText – Add Image to PDF

April 30, 2010 | By Prasanna Sherekar | Post comment

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.Image;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;

public class ImageExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Document document = new Document();

        try {
            PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("Image.pdf"));
            document.open();

            Image image1 = Image.getInstance("watermark.png");
            document.add(image1);

            String imageUrl = "http://javac.in/wp-content/themes/Whitey/images/javac.jpg";

            Image image2 = Image.getInstance(new URL(imageUrl));
            document.add(image2);

            document.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;

import com.itextpdf.text.Image;

import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;

public class ImageExample {

public static void main(String[] args) {

Document document = new Document();

try {

PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("Image.pdf"));

document.open();

Image image1 = Image.getInstance("watermark.png");

document.add(image1);

String imageUrl = "http://javac.in/wp-content/themes/Whitey/images/javac.jpg";

Image image2 = Image.getInstance(new URL(imageUrl));

document.add(image2);

document.close();

} catch (Exception e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

Java iText – Add Table to PDF

April 25, 2010 | By Prasanna Sherekar | Post comment

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
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.FileOutputStream;

public class TableExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Document document = new Document();

        try {
            PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("HelloWorld-Table.pdf"));

            document.open();

            PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3); // 3 columns.

            PdfPCell cell1 = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph("Cell 1"));
            PdfPCell cell2 = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph("Cell 2"));
            PdfPCell cell3 = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph("Cell 3"));

            table.addCell(cell1);
            table.addCell(cell2);
            table.addCell(cell3);

            document.add(table);

            document.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {

        }
    }
}

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;

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.FileOutputStream;

public class TableExample {

public static void main(String[] args) {

Document document = new Document();

try {

PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("HelloWorld-Table.pdf"));

document.open();

PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3); // 3 columns.

PdfPCell cell1 = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph("Cell 1"));

PdfPCell cell2 = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph("Cell 2"));

PdfPCell cell3 = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph("Cell 3"));

table.addCell(cell1);

table.addCell(cell2);

table.addCell(cell3);

document.add(table);

document.close();

} catch (Exception e) {

}

Table Width

table.setWidthPercentage(100);

1	table.setWidthPercentage(100);

Spacing Before and After Table

table.setSpacingBefore(10f);
table.setSpacingAfter(10f);

1 2	table.setSpacingBefore(10f); table.setSpacingAfter(10f);

Column Span

cell.setColspan(2);

1	cell.setColspan(2);

Cell Alignment

cell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
cell.setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE);

1 2	cell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT); cell.setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE);

Cell Padding

cell.setPadding(5);

cell.setPaddingLeft(8);
cell.setPaddingRight(8);
cell.setPaddingTop(8);
cell.setPaddingBottom(8);

cell.setPadding(5);

cell.setPaddingLeft(8);

cell.setPaddingRight(8);

cell.setPaddingTop(8);

cell.setPaddingBottom(8);