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align cell in itextpdf java

I'm using itextpdf to create my pdf with tables. While creating table i need to align some column to right, but its now working properly , can you guys help me.
I tried googling too, but didt work out for me. im using itextpdf 5.4 version.
public void generateMonthlySubReport(String[][] StrArray,String dueMonth,int Amt){
try {
Document document = new Document();
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(MON_SUB_FILE));
PdfPTable pt = new PdfPTable(StrArray[0].length);
pt.setTotalWidth(new float[]{ 55,120,360,140});
pt.setLockedWidth(true);
PdfPCell pcell = new PdfPCell();
document.open();
addKvLogo(document);
Chunk glue = new Chunk(new VerticalPositionMark());
Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph("Monthly Subscription Report",catFont);
p1.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
addEmptyLine(p1,2);
document.add(p1);
Paragraph p2 = new Paragraph("Month : "+dueMonth);
p2.add(new Chunk(glue));
p2.add("Per Member : Rs."+Amt);
addEmptyLine(p2,2);
document.add(p2);
for(int i=0;i<StrArray.length;i++){
for(int j=0;j<StrArray[i].length;j++){
pcell = new PdfPCell();
if(i==0){
pcell.setBackgroundColor(BaseColor.LIGHT_GRAY);
}else{
pcell.setBackgroundColor(BaseColor.WHITE);
}
pcell.setUseAscender(true);
pcell.setMinimumHeight(22);
pcell.setPaddingLeft(10);
pcell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_RIGHT);
pcell.setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE);
pcell.addElement(new Phrase(StrArray[i][j]));
pt.addCell(pcell);
}
}
pt.setTotalWidth(PageSize.A4.getWidth()-(document.leftMargin()*2));
pt.setLockedWidth(true);
document.add(pt);
document.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
} `

You are mixing text mode with composite mode.
This is text mode:
pcell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(StrArray[i][j]));
pcell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_RIGHT);
In this case, the alignment of the cell will be used for the alignment of the text.
This is composite mode:
pcell = new PdfPCell();
Paragraph p = new Parapgraph(StrArray[i][j])
p.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_RIGHT);
pcell.addElement(p);
In this case, the alignment of the cell is ignored, in favor of the alignment of the element.
How to know the difference between text mode and composite mode?
iText automatically switches from text mode to composite mode in a PdfPCell the moment you use the addElement() method. As soon as you do this, some properties defined at the cell level are ignored. This explains why the content you are adding isn't right-aligned.

Use different Table Header on first page

I'm using iText and create a dynamic table which has a a reoccurring header in the method createTabularHeader:
PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(6);
// fill it with some basic information
table.setHeaderRows(1);
Yet on the first page I would like to display different information. (but the table structure/size remains the same)
Due to the dynamic content which is obtained in a different method I can't say when a new page starts.
I tried with the most primitive variant - just adding a white rectangle over the text and insert the different text. As it's just on the first page all I have to do is creating that rectangle between both methods.
But the white rectangle doesn't have any opacity and can' cover anything.
Yet by trying around I found the method writer.getDirectContent().setColorStroke(BaseColor.WHITE); which set the text to white. Later I just set the BaseColor of my cells manually to black. But the even though the new text is applied after the calling of my createTabularHeader-method its layer is under the layer of the original text and the letters are covering the new text partly.
Using the answer to How to insert invisible text into a PDF? brought me to the idea of using myPdfContentByte.setTextRenderMode(PdfContentByte.TEXT_RENDER_MODE_INVISIBLE); was not so helpful as it resets only on the 2nd page regardless what I do and the regular text on the first page stays invisible.
I'm unable to find a proper solution... How can the table-header be modified only on the first page?

The solution is not really nice, but works... and as some sort of bonus I want to add how you can modify the indentions on the first page.
public void createPdf() {
document = new Document();
try {
PdfWriter writer = PDFHead.getWriter(document);
//If it's a letter we have a different indention on the top
if (letterPDF) {
document.setMargins(36, 36, 100, 36);
} else {
document.setMargins(36, 36, 36, 36);
}
document.open();
document.add(createTabularContent());
document.close();
} catch (DocumentException | FileNotFoundException ex) {
try {
document = new Document();
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(FILENAME));
document.open();
document.add(new Phrase(ex.getLocalizedMessage()));
document.close();
Logger.getLogger(Etikette.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
} catch (FileNotFoundException | DocumentException ex1) {
Logger.getLogger(Etikette.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex1);
}
}
}
The PDFHead is used to create a regular header (the one which appears on every page, not only on pages with the table):
public static PdfWriter getWriter(Document document) throws FileNotFoundException, DocumentException {
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(filename));
HeaderFooter event = new HeaderFooter("Ing. Mario J. Schwaiger", type + " " + DDMMYYYY.format(new java.util.Date()), 835, isLetterPDF(), customerNumber);
writer.setBoxSize("art", new Rectangle(36, 54, 559, 788));
writer.setPageEvent(event);
return writer;
}
And in that HeaderFooter-Event I use the fact the function is called after the PDF is basically created (for the page number for instance):
#Override
public void onEndPage(PdfWriter writer, Document document) {
if (isLetter) {
//That's only for the first page, apparently 1 is too late
//I'm open for improvements but that works fine for me
if (writer.getPageNumber() == 0) {
//If it's a letter we use the different margins
document.setMargins(36, 36, 100, 36);
}
if (writer.getPageNumber() == 1) {
PdfContentByte canvas = writer.getDirectContent();
float llx = 460;
float lly = 742;
float urx = 36;
float ury = 607;
//As I add the rectangle in the event here it's
//drawn over the table-header. Seems the tableheader
//is rendered afterwards
Rectangle rect1 = new Rectangle(llx, lly, urx, ury);
rect1.setBackgroundColor(BaseColor.WHITE);
rect1.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
rect1.setBorderWidth(1);
canvas.rectangle(rect1);
ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(canvas);
ct.setSimpleColumn(rect1);
PdfPTable minitable = new PdfPTable(1);
PdfPCell cell = PDFKopf.getKundenCol(PDFHeader.getCustomer(customerNumber));
cell.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
minitable.addCell(cell);
//A single cell is not accepted as an "Element"
//But a table including only a single cell is
ct.addElement(minitable);
try {
ct.go();
} catch (DocumentException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(HeaderFooter.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
//In any other case we reset the margins back to normal
//This could be solved in a more intelligent way, feel free
} else {
document.setMargins(36, 36, 36, 36);
}
}
//The regular header of any page...
PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(4);
try {
table.setWidths(new int[]{16, 16, 16, 2});
table.setWidthPercentage(100);
table.setTotalWidth(527);
table.setLockedWidth(true);
table.getDefaultCell().setFixedHeight(20);
table.getDefaultCell().setBorder(Rectangle.BOTTOM);
table.addCell(header);
PdfPCell cell;
cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(mittelteil));
cell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
cell.setBorder(Rectangle.BOTTOM);
table.addCell(cell);
table.getDefaultCell().setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_RIGHT);
table.addCell(String.format("Page %d of ", writer.getPageNumber()));
cell = new PdfPCell(Image.getInstance(total));
cell.setBorder(Rectangle.BOTTOM);
table.addCell(cell);
table.writeSelectedRows(0, -1, 34, y, writer.getDirectContent());
} catch (DocumentException de) {
throw new ExceptionConverter(de);
}
}

how to place text and images in small sized page using iText

I need to make a PDF page that looks something like this:
I'm having problems to make two columns that fit on a small sized page.
This is my code:
public void createSizedPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
Document document = new Document();
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
document.setMargins(5,5,5,5);
Rectangle one = new Rectangle(290,100);
one.setBackgroundColor(Color.YELLOW);
document.setPageSize(one);
document.open();
Paragraph consigneeName = new Paragraph("Ahmed");
Paragraph address = new Paragraph("Casa ST 121");
String codeBL = "14785236987541";
PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
Barcode128 code128 = new Barcode128();
code128.setBaseline(9);
code128.setSize(9);
code128.setCode(codeBL);
code128.setCodeType(Barcode128.CODE128);
Image code128Image = code128.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, null);
Paragraph right = new Paragraph();
right.add(consigneeName);
right.add(address);
right.add(code128Image);
Chunk glue = new Chunk(new VerticalPositionMark());
Paragraph p = new Paragraph();
p.add(right);
p.add(new Chunk(glue));
p.add(code128Image);
document.add(p);
document.close();
}

One way to solve your problem, would be to create a template PDF with AcroForm fields. You could create a nice design manually, and then fill out the form programmatically by putting data (text, bar codes) at the appropriate places defined by the fields that act as placeholders.
Another way, is to create the PDF from scratch, which is the approach you seem to have taken, looking at your code.
Your question isn't entirely clear, in the sense that you share your code, but you don't explain the problem you are experiencing. As I already commented:
are you unable to scale images? are you unable to define a smaller
font size? are you unable to create a table with specific dimension?
You say I'm having problems to make two columns that fits in a small
sized page but you forgot to describe the problems.
You didn't give an answer to those questions, and that makes it very hard for someone to answer your question. The only thing a Stack Overflow reader could do, is to do your work in your place. That's not what Stack Overflow is for.
Moreover, the answer to your question is so trivial that it is hard for a Stack Overflow reader to understand why you posted a question.
You say you need to add data (text and bar codes) in two columns, you are actually saying that you want to create a table. This is an example of such a table:
If you look at the SmallTable example, you can see how it's built.
You want a PDF that measures 290 by 100 user units, with a margin of 5 user units on each side. This means that you have space for a table measuring 280 by 90 user units. Looking at your screen shot, I'd say that you have a column of 160 user units with and a column of 120 user units. I'd also say that you have three rows of 30 user units high each.
OK, then why don't you create a table based on those dimensions?
public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
Rectangle small = new Rectangle(290,100);
Font smallfont = new Font(FontFamily.HELVETICA, 10);
Document document = new Document(small, 5, 5, 5, 5);
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
document.open();
PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2);
table.setTotalWidth(new float[]{ 160, 120 });
table.setLockedWidth(true);
PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
// first row
PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Some text here"));
cell.setFixedHeight(30);
cell.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
cell.setColspan(2);
table.addCell(cell);
// second row
cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Some more text", smallfont));
cell.setFixedHeight(30);
cell.setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE);
cell.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
table.addCell(cell);
Barcode128 code128 = new Barcode128();
code128.setCode("14785236987541");
code128.setCodeType(Barcode128.CODE128);
Image code128Image = code128.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, null);
cell = new PdfPCell(code128Image, true);
cell.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
cell.setFixedHeight(30);
table.addCell(cell);
// third row
table.addCell(cell);
cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("and something else here", smallfont));
cell.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
cell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_RIGHT);
table.addCell(cell);
document.add(table);
document.close();
}
In this example,
you learn how to change the font of the content in a cell,
you learn how to change horizontal and vertical alignment,
you learn how to scale a bar code so that it fits into a cell,
...
All of this functionality is explained in the official documentation. As I said before: you didn't explain the nature of your problem. What wasn't clear in the documentation for you? What is your question?

iText: set cell height during CellEvent

I'm using iText to create a PDF with a table. The table headers have 90 degree rotated text, which I'm adding using a CellEvent (code below). This works great, except when the table spans multiple pages the rotated cell header text flows off the top of the page.
I've tried setting cell.setFixedHeight(100) but it doesn't seem to affect the cell. I've tried this solution as well but I can't get the cell to display the resulting image with text at all.
#Override
public void cellLayout(PdfPCell cell, Rectangle position, PdfContentByte[] canvases) {
PdfContentByte canvas = canvases[PdfPTable.TEXTCANVAS];
try {
canvas.setFontAndSize(BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA_BOLD, BaseFont.WINANSI, false), this.fontSize);
} catch (DocumentException | IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
if (this.alignment == PdfPCell.ALIGN_CENTER) {
this.left = ((position.getRight() - position.getLeft()) / 2 );
}
else if (this.alignment == PdfPCell.ALIGN_MIDDLE) {
this.top = ((position.getTop() - position.getBottom()) / 2 );
}
canvas.showTextAligned(this.alignment, this.text, position.getLeft() + this.left, position.getTop() - this.top, this.rotation);
}
Here's what the cell header overflow looks like. In this example it should have the month and year (Mar 2016) displayed.
I'd like to have the cell to be arbitrary height dependent on the actual header text being used. Any ideas on how to solve this?

A cell event is triggered after a cell is drawn. You might already have suspected that much as iText passes a Rectangle object with the position to the cellLayout method. A PdfPCell object is passed, but it is to be used for read-only purposes only. As the position is fixed, you can't use the setFixedHeight() on it.
Looking at the screen shot, I am puzzled: why are you using a cell event to add content that is rotated by 90 degrees? The solution to your problem would be to use the setRotation() method:
PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("May 16, 2016"));
cell.setRotation(90);
Now the content will be rotated and the size of the cell will be adapted to the content. Please take a look at the RotatedCell example:
public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
Document document = new Document();
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
document.open();
PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(8);
for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
PdfPCell cell =
new PdfPCell(new Phrase(String.format("May %s, 2016", i + 15)));
cell.setRotation(90);
cell.setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE);
table.addCell(cell);
}
for(int i = 0; i < 16; i++){
table.addCell("hi");
}
document.add(table);
document.close();
}
The result looks like this: rotated_cell.pdf
Note that the concepts horizontal and vertical are rotated to. If you want to center the rotated content horizontally, you have to center the vertical alignment for the content and the rotate the aligned content.

Itext PDF Cell rotation loses hyperlink

I am trying to create a lateral table with one of the cells being a hyperlink to a web site with iText 5.5.8. If I create a horizontal table, the result is ok:
File file = new File("c://temp//itext-test.pdf");
FileOutputStream fileout = new FileOutputStream(file);
Document document = new Document();
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, fileout);
document.open();
String stampedURL = "http://test.com";
URL validaURL = new URL(stampedURL);
try {
PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3); // 3 columns.
PdfPCell cell1 = new PdfPCell();
Chunk paragr = new Chunk("Click Here!");
PdfAction pdfAct = new PdfAction(validaURL);
paragr.setAction(pdfAct);
paragr.setAnchor(validaURL);
cell1.addElement(paragr);
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){
}
This code generates a horizontal table with 3 cells. The first one, contains an anchor and a pdfAction to a certain URL, so it is working fine.
To rotate the table, I simply rotate 90 degrees every cell. So before adding the cells to the table, I do:
cell1.setRotation(90);
cell2.setRotation(90);
cell3.setRotation(90);
Now I have rotated the cells, but the hyperlink has disappeared. I have been trying with several combinations, but with no luck.
Just to see if it was possible, I created a Word Document with rotated hyperlink in a cell, and then converted to PDF, and the link works... I know it is not a very helpful test, but just to try.
Any hint will be appreciated.
Thanks in advanced,
Xisco.