Just started using PDFsharp and it works fine, but now I want to create tables in my PDF, but tried other sources and found nothing.
So far I know how to use graph.drawString()
.
I could not find any clear and simple example of a basic table-template. pdfSharp is a very powerful but extremely low level library, so it's difficult to draw rectangles and text with fixed positions. Anyway, here is a little complete example that shows how to draw a table:
protected void ExportGraf_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
document.Info.Title = "Table Example";
for (int p=0; p<1; p++)
{
// Page Options
PdfPage pdfPage = document.AddPage();
pdfPage.Height = 842;//842
pdfPage.Width = 590;
// Get an XGraphics object for drawing
XGraphics graph = XGraphics.FromPdfPage(pdfPage);
// Text format
XStringFormat format = new XStringFormat();
format.LineAlignment = XLineAlignment.Near;
format.Alignment = XStringAlignment.Near;
var tf = new XTextFormatter(graph);
XFont fontParagraph = new XFont("Verdana", 8, XFontStyle.Regular);
// Row elements
int el1_width = 80;
int el2_width = 380;
// page structure options
double lineHeight = 20;
int marginLeft = 20;
int marginTop = 20;
int el_height = 30;
int rect_height = 17;
int interLine_X_1 = 2;
int interLine_X_2 = 2 * interLine_X_1;
int offSetX_1 = el1_width;
int offSetX_2 = el1_width + el2_width;
XSolidBrush rect_style1 = new XSolidBrush(XColors.LightGray);
XSolidBrush rect_style2 = new XSolidBrush(XColors.DarkGreen);
XSolidBrush rect_style3= new XSolidBrush(XColors.Red);
for (int i = 0; i < 30; i++)
{
double dist_Y = lineHeight * (i + 1);
double dist_Y2 = dist_Y - 2;
// header della G
if (i == 0)
{
graph.DrawRectangle(rect_style2, marginLeft, marginTop, pdfPage.Width-2* marginLeft, rect_height);
tf.DrawString("column1", fontParagraph, XBrushes.White,
new XRect(marginLeft, marginTop, el1_width, el_height), format);
tf.DrawString("column2", fontParagraph, XBrushes.White,
new XRect(marginLeft + offSetX_1 + interLine_X_1, marginTop , el2_width, el_height), format);
tf.DrawString("column3", fontParagraph, XBrushes.White,
new XRect(marginLeft + offSetX_2 + 2 * interLine_X_2, marginTop, el1_width, el_height), format);
// stampo il primo elemento insieme all'header
graph.DrawRectangle(rect_style1, marginLeft, dist_Y2 + marginTop, el1_width, rect_height);
tf.DrawString("text1", fontParagraph, XBrushes.Black,
new XRect(marginLeft, dist_Y + marginTop, el1_width, el_height), format);
//ELEMENT 2 - BIG 380
graph.DrawRectangle(rect_style1, marginLeft + offSetX_1 + interLine_X_1, dist_Y2 + marginTop, el2_width, rect_height);
tf.DrawString(
"text2",
fontParagraph,
XBrushes.Black,
new XRect(marginLeft + offSetX_1 + interLine_X_1, dist_Y + marginTop, el2_width, el_height),
format);
//ELEMENT 3 - SMALL 80
graph.DrawRectangle(rect_style1, marginLeft + offSetX_2 + interLine_X_2, dist_Y2 + marginTop, el1_width, rect_height);
tf.DrawString(
"text3",
fontParagraph,
XBrushes.Black,
new XRect(marginLeft + offSetX_2 + 2 * interLine_X_2, dist_Y + marginTop, el1_width, el_height),
format);
}
else {
//if (i % 2 == 1)
//{
// graph.DrawRectangle(TextBackgroundBrush, marginLeft, lineY - 2 + marginTop, pdfPage.Width - marginLeft - marginRight, lineHeight - 2);
//}
//ELEMENT 1 - SMALL 80
graph.DrawRectangle(rect_style1, marginLeft, marginTop + dist_Y2, el1_width, rect_height);
tf.DrawString(
"text1",
fontParagraph,
XBrushes.Black,
new XRect(marginLeft, marginTop + dist_Y, el1_width, el_height),
format);
//ELEMENT 2 - BIG 380
graph.DrawRectangle(rect_style1, marginLeft + offSetX_1 + interLine_X_1 , dist_Y2 + marginTop, el2_width, rect_height);
tf.DrawString(
"text2",
fontParagraph,
XBrushes.Black,
new XRect(marginLeft + offSetX_1 + interLine_X_1, marginTop + dist_Y, el2_width, el_height),
format);
//ELEMENT 3 - SMALL 80
graph.DrawRectangle(rect_style1, marginLeft + offSetX_2 + interLine_X_2, dist_Y2 + marginTop, el1_width, rect_height);
tf.DrawString(
"text3",
fontParagraph,
XBrushes.Black,
new XRect(marginLeft + offSetX_2 + 2 *interLine_X_2, marginTop + dist_Y, el1_width, el_height),
format);
}
}
}
const string filename = "C:\\Users\\Desktop\\test\\HelloWorld.pdf";
document.Save(filename);
//byte[] bytes = null;
//using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
//{
// document.Save(stream, true);
// bytes = stream.ToArray();
//}
//SendFileToResponse(bytes, "HelloWorld_test.pdf");
}
Notice you can print more pages within the document; just change the first "for".
It should render like this: .