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Create Tables in PDF | C#
Program.cs:
C#
using System; using System.Diagnostics; using Bytescout.PDF; namespace Tables { /// <summary> /// This example demonstrates how to create tables. /// </summary> class Program { static void Main() { // Create new document Document pdfDocument = new Document(); pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"; pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"; // If you wish to load an existing document uncomment the line below and comment the Add page section instead // pdfDocument.Load(@".\existing_document.pdf"); // Add page Page page = new Page(PaperFormat.A4); pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page); DeviceColor lightGrayColor = new ColorGray(200); DeviceColor whiteColor = new ColorGray(255); DeviceColor lightBlueColor = new ColorRGB(200, 200, 250); DeviceColor lightRedColor = new ColorRGB(255, 200, 200); // Create a table and set default background color Table table = new Table(); table.BackgroundColor = lightGrayColor; // Add row headers column and set its color table.Columns.Add(new TableColumn("RowHeaders")); table.Columns[0].BackgroundColor = lightGrayColor; // Add columns A, B, C, ... for (int c = 0; c < 10; c++) { string columnName = Convert.ToChar('A' + c).ToString(); table.Columns.Add(new TableColumn(columnName, columnName)); } // Add rows for (int r = 0; r < 10; r++) { // Create new row and set its background color TableRow row = table.NewRow(); row.BackgroundColor = whiteColor; // Set row header text row["RowHeaders"].Text = (r + 1).ToString(); // Set cell text for (int c = 0; c < 10; c++) { string columnName = Convert.ToChar('A' + c).ToString(); row[columnName].Text = columnName + (r + 1); } // Add the row to the table table.Rows.Add(row); } // Decorate the table table.Rows[1]["B"].BackgroundColor = lightRedColor; table.Columns[2].BackgroundColor = lightBlueColor; table.Rows[1].BackgroundColor = lightBlueColor; table.Rows[1]["RowHeaders"].BackgroundColor = lightBlueColor; // Draw the table on canvas page.Canvas.DrawTable(table, 20, 20); // Save document to file pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf"); // Cleanup pdfDocument.Dispose(); // Open result document in default associated application (for demo purpose) ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("result.pdf"); processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = true; Process.Start(processStartInfo); } } }