creation of pdf using itext java

[kalambekar]

I am trying to include a page border in pdf using itext in java.

But I am unable to do so.

Please can any one help me out

[Eranga]

Can you show us, how did you try it out?

[kalambekar]

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package src;

import com.itextpdf.text.*;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.*;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Hashtable;



public class generatePDF {

    static String key, value;
    private static String FILE = "C:/Documents and Settings/rohan/pdf/FirstPdf32.pdf";
    private static Font catFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 18,
            Font.BOLD);
    private static Font redFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 12,
            Font.NORMAL, BaseColor.RED);
    private static Font subFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 17,
            Font.BOLD);
    private static Font smallBold = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 12,
            Font.BOLD);

    private static Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 50, 50, 50, 50);

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {

            PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(FILE));

            HeaderFooter event = new HeaderFooter();
            writer.setBoxSize("art", new Rectangle(36, 54, 559, 788));
            writer.setPageEvent((PdfPageEvent) event);

            document.open();
            addMetaData(document);

           addImage();

            addEmptyLine(document, 1);

            addHashTable(document);

            addEmptyLine(document, 5);

            document.close();

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

    public static void addMetaData(Document document) {

        document.addTitle("PDF");
        document.addSubject("border_practice");
        document.addAuthor("Rohan");
        document.addCreator("Rohan");
    }

    public static void addHashTable(Document document) throws DocumentException {

        Hashtable Contents = new Hashtable();
        Contents.put("Latitude", "17.34");
        Contents.put("Longitude", "78.88");
        Contents.put("Location", "12");
        Contents.put("Name", "Rohan");
        Contents.put("State", "Gujarat");
        Contents.put("City", "Ahmedabad");
        Contents.put("Location", "Naroda");
        Contents.put("Street_name", "Naroda Main Road");


        System.out.println("This is the size of the hash table " + Contents.size());

        generateReport(Contents);
    }

    private static void addEmptyLine(Document document, int number) throws DocumentException {
        for (int i = 0; i < number; i++) {
            document.add(new Paragraph(" "));
        }
    }

    static String toProperCase(String s) {
        return s.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + s.substring(1).toLowerCase();
    }

    static class HeaderFooter extends PdfPageEventHelper {

        public void onEndPage(PdfWriter writer, Document document) {
            Rectangle rect = writer.getBoxSize("art");

            ColumnText.showTextAligned(writer.getDirectContent(),
                    Element.ALIGN_CENTER, new Phrase(String.format("\u00A9 All rights reserved.")),
                    (rect.getLeft() + rect.getRight()) / 2, rect.getBottom() - 18, 0);
        }
    }

    private static void generateReport(Hashtable contents) throws DocumentException {

         

        Enumeration keys;
        keys = contents.keys();

        Chunk chunk2 = new Chunk("LOS from selected BTS Report");
        chunk2.setBackground(BaseColor.LIGHT_GRAY);
        chunk2.setFont(catFont);
        Paragraph title = new Paragraph(chunk2);
        title.setAlignment(Paragraph.ALIGN_CENTER);
        title.setFont(catFont);
        document.add(title);

        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2);
        table.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
        PdfPCell c1;
        addEmptyLine(document, 1);
        
         while (keys.hasMoreElements()) {
            key = (String) keys.nextElement();
            value = (String) contents.get(key);
            String parts[] = key.split("_");
            String camelCaseString = "";

            for (String part : parts) {
                camelCaseString = camelCaseString + toProperCase(part) + " ";
            }

            key = camelCaseString;

            c1 = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(key));
            c1.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
            c1.setBorder(0);
            table.addCell(c1);

            c1 = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(value));
            c1.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
            c1.setBorder(0);
            table.addCell(c1);

        }

        table.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
        document.add(table);
        
    }

    private static void addImage() throws DocumentException, BadElementException, IOException {
            Image image = Image.getInstance("C:/Documents and Settings/rohan/pdf/logo.jpg");
            image.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_RIGHT);
            image.scaleAbsoluteHeight(20);
            image.scaleAbsoluteWidth(10);
            image.scalePercent(50);
            image.setAbsolutePosition(520, 800);
            document.add(image);
    }


}

[kalambekar]

I am able to generate the pdf.
But I dont know how to include the page border as there is no method given in itext of page border

[sehudson]

I have run into this issue as well, and something I found online and implemented succesfully might be helpful.

You need to set a page event for your pdf writer and pass it a custom border class.
Add this right below your declaration of the PDFWriter

writer.setPageEvent(new CustomBorder());

Then, you have to add the CustomBorder class, which makes use of a PdfPageEventHelper:

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPageEventHelper;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class CustomBorder extends PdfPageEventHelper {
  public void onEndPage(PdfWriter writer, Document document) {
    PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
    Rectangle pageSize = writer.getPageSize();
    cb.rectangle(pageSize.getLeft() + 2, pageSize.getBottom() + 2,
      pageSize.getWidth() - 7, pageSize.getHeight() - 7);
  cb.stroke();
  } 
}

Obviously you can tweak the border, but try that, should help you out.

[kalambekar]

Thanks a lot sir,

It's working fine.

[kalambekar]

"The thread is solved"