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Create a new Java project "[Link]" with the package "[Link]". Create a folder "lib" and put the iText library (jar file) into this folder. Add the jar to your classpath.
Create the following class "[Link]" . I assume that the coding is pretty much self-explaining. I tried to add lots of comments to make it easier to understand. For more complex examples have a look at the iText Homepage .
package [Link];
import [Link]; import [Link];
import [Link]; import [Link]; import [Link]; import [Link]; import [Link]; import [Link]; import [Link]; import [Link]; import [Link]; import [Link]; import [Link]; import [Link]; import [Link]; import [Link]; import [Link]; import [Link];
public class FirstPdf { private static String FILE = "c:/temp/[Link]"; private static Font catFont = new Font([Link].TIMES_ROMAN, 18, [Link]); private static Font redFont = new Font([Link].TIMES_ROMAN, 12,
[Link], [Link]); private static Font subFont = new Font([Link].TIMES_ROMAN, 16, [Link]); private static Font smallBold = new Font([Link].TIMES_ROMAN, 12, [Link]);
public static void main(String[] args) { try { Document document = new Document(); [Link](document, new FileOutputStream(FILE)); [Link](); addMetaData(document); addTitlePage(document); addContent(document); [Link](); } catch (Exception e) { [Link](); } }
// iText allows to add metadata to the PDF which can be viewed in your Adobe // Reader // under File -> Properties
private static void addMetaData(Document document) { [Link]("My first PDF"); [Link]("Using iText"); [Link]("Java, PDF, iText"); [Link]("Lars Vogel"); [Link]("Lars Vogel"); }
private static void addTitlePage(Document document) throws DocumentException { Paragraph preface = new Paragraph();
// We add one empty line
addEmptyLine(preface, 1);
// Lets write a big header
[Link](new Paragraph("Title of the document", catFont));
addEmptyLine(preface, 1);
// Will create: Report generated by: _name, _date
[Link](new Paragraph( "Report generated by: " + [Link]("[Link]") + ", " + new Date(), //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$ smallBold)); addEmptyLine(preface, 3); [Link](new Paragraph( "This document describes something which is very important ", smallBold));
addEmptyLine(preface, 8);
[Link](new Paragraph( "This document is a preliminary version and not subject to your license agreement or any other agreement with [Link] ;-).", redFont));
[Link](preface);
// Start a new page
[Link](); }
private static void addContent(Document document) throws DocumentException { Anchor anchor = new Anchor("First Chapter", catFont); [Link]("First Chapter");
// Second parameter is the number of the chapter
Chapter catPart = new Chapter(new Paragraph(anchor), 1);
Paragraph subPara = new Paragraph("Subcategory 1", subFont); Section subCatPart = [Link](subPara); [Link](new Paragraph("Hello"));
subPara = new Paragraph("Subcategory 2", subFont); subCatPart = [Link](subPara); [Link](new Paragraph("Paragraph 1")); [Link](new Paragraph("Paragraph 2")); [Link](new Paragraph("Paragraph 3"));
// Add a list
createList(subCatPart); Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph(); addEmptyLine(paragraph, 5); [Link](paragraph);
// Add a table
createTable(subCatPart);
// Now add all this to the document
[Link](catPart);
// Next section
anchor = new Anchor("Second Chapter", catFont); [Link]("Second Chapter");
// Second parameter is the number of the chapter
catPart = new Chapter(new Paragraph(anchor), 1);
subPara = new Paragraph("Subcategory", subFont); subCatPart = [Link](subPara); [Link](new Paragraph("This is a very important message"));
// Now add all this to the document
[Link](catPart);
private static void createTable(Section subCatPart) throws BadElementException { PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3);
// [Link]([Link]); // [Link](4); // [Link](4); // [Link](1);
PdfPCell c1 = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Table Header 1")); [Link](Element.ALIGN_CENTER); [Link](c1);
c1 = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Table Header 2")); [Link](Element.ALIGN_CENTER); [Link](c1);
c1 = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Table Header 3")); [Link](Element.ALIGN_CENTER); [Link](c1); [Link](1);
[Link]("1.0"); [Link]("1.1"); [Link]("1.2"); [Link]("2.1"); [Link]("2.2"); [Link]("2.3");
[Link](table);
private static void createList(Section subCatPart) { List list = new List(true, false, 10); [Link](new ListItem("First point")); [Link](new ListItem("Second point")); [Link](new ListItem("Third point")); [Link](list); }
private static void addEmptyLine(Paragraph paragraph, int number) { for (int i = 0; i < number; i++) { [Link](new Paragraph(" ")); } } }
The resulting pdf should look like the following.
4. Formatting your output
Paragraph allows to set the alignment and the indentation. For this example create project "[Link]" similar to the previously created ones. Create the following class "[Link]".
package [Link];
import [Link];
import [Link]; import [Link]; import [Link]; import [Link];
public class PositionPdf { private static String FILE = "[Link]";
public static void main(String[] args) { try { Document document = new Document(); [Link](document, new FileOutputStream(FILE)); [Link]();
// Left
Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph("This is right aligned text"); [Link](Element.ALIGN_RIGHT); [Link](paragraph);
// Centered
paragraph = new Paragraph("This is centered text"); [Link](Element.ALIGN_CENTER); [Link](paragraph);
// Left
paragraph = new Paragraph("This is left aligned text"); [Link](Element.ALIGN_LEFT); [Link](paragraph);
// Left with indentation
paragraph = new Paragraph( "This is left aligned text with indentation"); [Link](Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
[Link](50); [Link](paragraph);
