iTextSharp table headers

I do need a help on iTextSharp.. I am attaching the code...
I have header columns (col1,col2,col3) .. I need to change their font color and size, I need small size font.)
Please help!!!

protected void btnPrint_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        

        Document doc = new Document(iTextSharp.text.PageSize.LETTER, 10, 10, 42, 35);
       



        PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, Response.OutputStream);
        Phrase phrase = new iTextSharp.text.Phrase(DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss") + " GMT", new iTextSharp.text.Font(iTextSharp.text.Font.COURIER, 5));


        doc.Open();


        iTextSharp.text.Rectangle page = doc.PageSize;


        PdfPTable head = new PdfPTable(1);
        head.TotalWidth = page.Width;


        PdfPCell c = new PdfPCell(phrase);
              

        c.Border = iTextSharp.text.Rectangle.NO_BORDER;
        c.VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_TOP;
        c.HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER;
        //c.Rotation = 90;
        head.AddCell(c);
        head.WriteSelectedRows(
            // first/last row; -1 writes all rows
          0, -1,
            // left offset
          0,
            // ** bottom** yPos of the table
          page.Height - doc.TopMargin + head.TotalHeight + 20,
          writer.DirectContent);






        // add image to document
        iTextSharp.text.Image logo = iTextSharp.text.Image.GetInstance(Request.MapPath("~/images/logoPDF.jpg"));
        

        logo.Alignment = iTextSharp.text.Image.ALIGN_LEFT;
        logo.ScalePercent(50f);
        doc.Add(logo);


        // report "title"
        Paragraph p = new Paragraph("Test");
        p.Alignment = 1;
        doc.Add(p);


        



        // add tabular data
        doc.Add(my_table());


        doc.Close();
    }


    private iTextSharp.text.Table my_table()
    {
        // the column headings
 



       

        string[] col = { "col1","col2", "col3" };


        



        iTextSharp.text.Table table = new iTextSharp.text.Table(11);
        // set table style properties
        table.BorderWidth = 1;
        table.BorderColor = new iTextSharp.text.Color(0, 0, 255);
        table.Padding = 0;
        table.Width = 100;
       



        // set *column* widths
        //float[] widths = { .1f, .5f, .4f };
        //table.Widths = widths;
         

        // create the *table* header row
        for (int i = 0; i < col.Length; ++i)
        {
            Cell cell = new Cell(col[i]);
            cell.Header = true;
            cell.BackgroundColor = new iTextSharp.text.Color(204, 204, 204);
  

            table.AddCell(cell);
        }


       

        table.EndHeaders();






        SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["xxx"].ConnectionString);
        SqlDataReader reader = null;




        try
        {
            conn.Open();


            SqlCommand comm = new SqlCommand("test", conn);
            comm.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;


            comm.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@ID", SqlDbType.Int));
            comm.Parameters["@ID"].Value = Session["ID"].ToString().Trim();


          



            reader = comm.ExecuteReader();


            while (reader.Read())
            {


                table.AddCell(reader["col1"].ToString());
                table.AddCell(reader["col2"].ToString());
                table.AddCell(reader["col3"].ToString());
                

            }


        }


        catch (Exception ex)
        {


            Response.Write(ex.Message);


        }






        return table;
        

    }


}

Re: iTextSharp table headers

Try this:

for (int i = 0; i < col.Length; ++i)
{
   Cell cell = new Cell(new Phrase(col[i], new iTextSharp.text.Font(iTextSharp.text.Font.COURIER, 5)));
   cell.Header = true;
   cell.BackgroundColor = new iTextSharp.text.Color(204, 204, 204);
   table.AddCell(cell);
}

Re: iTextSharp table headers

Thank you so much!! it works!!

Can I ask you some additional question?

Same code above, if I want to make some columns wider than other how can I do that?

Also, how can I make the page landscape because actually I have tons of columns that I need to display on the page?

BTW, I have read you articles about that and it was great just me that couldnt figure it out those stuff thats why I am asking here...!!!

Thanks again..

Re: iTextSharp table headers

Additional questions should be asked in a new thread, otherwise this thread will be in danger of becoming your personal tutorial.

Re: iTextSharp table headers

you are right!! I did asked on the question called."landscape" just now.. Thanks again.

Re: iTextSharp table headers

I added this PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new iTextSharp.text.Phrase(col[i], new iTextSharp.text.Font(iTextSharp.text.Font.TIMES_ROMAN, 8)));

and I have noticed that my cells are not actually that font above.. only header fonts is times roman 8.. isnt that should make the all the cells?

Re: iTextSharp table headers

Hi i am using your above example code for show the output in pdf format. But i am not getting the proper result. Please tell me where i am doing mistake. This is my code below.

public void ShowTable()
            {

                Document doc = new Document(iTextSharp.text.PageSize.LETTER, 10, 10, 42, 35);
                PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, Response.OutputStream);
                Phrase phrase = new iTextSharp.text.Phrase(DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss") + " GMT", new iTextSharp.text.Font(iTextSharp.text.Font.COURIER, 5));

                doc.Open();

                iTextSharp.text.Rectangle page = doc.PageSize;

                PdfPTable head = new PdfPTable(1);
                head.TotalWidth = page.Width;

                PdfPCell c = new PdfPCell(phrase);

                c.Border = iTextSharp.text.Rectangle.NO_BORDER;
                c.VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_TOP;
                c.HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER;
        //c.Rotation = 90;
                head.AddCell(c);
                head.WriteSelectedRows(
           // first/last row; -1 writes all rows
          0, -1,
            // left offset
          0,
            // ** bottom** yPos of the table
                page.Height - doc.TopMargin + head.TotalHeight + 20,
                writer.DirectContent);

         // add image to document
                iTextSharp.text.Image logo = iTextSharp.text.Image.GetInstance(Request.MapPath("~/images/paste.png"));

                logo.Alignment = iTextSharp.text.Image.ALIGN_LEFT;
                logo.ScalePercent(50f);
                doc.Add(logo);

        // report "title"
                Paragraph p = new Paragraph("PDF Report");
                p.Alignment = 1;
                doc.Add(p);

        // add tabular data
                doc.Add(my_table());
                doc.Close();
    }

            private iTextSharp.text.Table my_table()
            {
                // the column headings

                string[] col = { "Type", "Severity", "JobName" };

                iTextSharp.text.Table table = new iTextSharp.text.Table(11);
                // set table style properties
                table.BorderWidth = 1;
                table.BorderColor = new iTextSharp.text.Color(0, 0, 255);
                table.Padding = 0;
                table.Width = 100;

                // set *column* widths
                //float[] widths = { .1f, .5f, .4f };
                //table.Widths = widths;

                // create the *table* header row

                for (int i = 0; i < col.Length; ++i)
                {
                    Cell cell = new Cell(new Phrase(col[i], new iTextSharp.text.Font(iTextSharp.text.Font.COURIER, 5)));
                    cell.Header = true;
                    cell.BackgroundColor = new iTextSharp.text.Color(204, 204, 204);
                    table.AddCell(cell);
                }

                table.EndHeaders();

                try
                 {
                string connect = "server=192.168.0.10;uid=admin;pwd=admin123;database=updated_bcrs;Pooling=true;Min Pool Size=0;Max Pool Size=10000;Connection Lifetime=0;procedure bodies=false;";

                MySqlConnection conn = new MySqlConnection(connect);
                MySqlDataReader rdr=null ;

                    string query = "SELECT Type,Severity, JobName FROM bcms_alert";
                    MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand(query, conn);

                        conn.Open();
                        rdr = cmd.ExecuteReader();

                            while (rdr.Read())
                            {
                                table.AddCell(rdr["Type"].ToString());
                                table.AddCell(rdr["Severity"].ToString());
                                table.AddCell(rdr["JobName"].ToString());
                            }
                        }


                    catch (Exception ex)
                    {
                        Response.Write(ex.Message);
                    }

                    return table;

                }

            }

Note: It give me some unwanted result. Please help me. Here i am very new.

Re: iTextSharp table headers

Hi,

I got a questin.

i saw this article have the iTextSharp.text.Table

but why my visual studio show the table namspace is not exist?

Re: iTextSharp table headers

Below is code how to create header column in itextsharp PDF header

PdfPTable PdfTable = new PdfPTable(dt.Columns.Count);
PdfTable.TotalWidth = page.Width;
PdfPCell PdfPCell = null;

foreach (DataColumn dc in dt.Columns)
{
phrase = new Phrase(dc.ColumnName, FontFactory.GetFont("Verdana", 8, iTextSharp.text.Font.BOLD));
c = new PdfPCell(phrase);
c.Border = 0;
c.HorizontalAlignment = PdfPCell.ALIGN_LEFT;
c.BackgroundColor = new iTextSharp.text.Color(135, 206, 250);
//c.GrayFill = 0.7f;
PdfTable.AddCell(c);
}