how to set width for PdfPCell in ItextSharp

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i want set width for PdfpCell in Table, i want design this

enter image description here
i Write this code

  PdfPCell cell;
            PdfGrid tableHeader;
            PdfGrid tmpTable;
            PdfGrid table = new PdfGrid(numColumns: 1) { WidthPercentage = 100, RunDirection = PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_LTR, ExtendLastRow = false };

            string imagepath2 = HttpRuntime.AppDomainAppPath + "Header.JPG";
            cell = new PdfPCell() { Border = 0, RunDirection = PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL };
            cell.Image = iTextSharp.text.Image.GetInstance(imagepath2);
            table.AddCell(cell);


            tableHeader = new PdfGrid(numColumns: 10);
            tableHeader.RunDirection = PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_LTR;

            tmpTable = new PdfGrid(numColumns: 1);
            tmpTable.TotalWidth = 10f;
            tmpTable.LockedWidth = true;
            cell = new PdfPCell() {Rotation =-90,VerticalAlignment =Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment =Element.ALIGN_CENTER, BorderWidth = 1};
            cell.Phrase = fontSelector.Process("SER. No");

            tmpTable.AddCell(cell);

            cell = new PdfPCell(tmpTable) { BorderWidth = 1, VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
            tableHeader.AddCell(cell);

            ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
            tmpTable = new PdfGrid(numColumns: 1);
            cell = new PdfPCell() { Border = 0,  BorderWidthBottom = 1,VerticalAlignment =Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment =Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
            cell.Phrase = fontSelector.Process("TYPE OF SHIPPING");
            //
            tmpTable.AddCell(cell);


            cell = new PdfPCell() { Border = 0, VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
            cell.Phrase = fontSelector.Process("AWB / BL NO.");
            tmpTable.AddCell(cell);

            cell = new PdfPCell(tmpTable) { BorderWidth = 1, VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
            tableHeader.AddCell(cell);
            ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

            tmpTable = new PdfGrid(numColumns: 1);
            cell = new PdfPCell() { Border = 0, BorderWidthBottom = 1, VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
            cell.Phrase = fontSelector.Process("ORDER NO.");
            tmpTable.AddCell(cell);


            cell = new PdfPCell() { Border = 0, VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
            cell.Phrase = fontSelector.Process("COMPLEX NAME");
            tmpTable.AddCell(cell);

            cell = new PdfPCell(tmpTable) { BorderWidth = 1, VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
            tableHeader.AddCell(cell);
            ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

            tmpTable = new PdfGrid(numColumns: 1);
            cell = new PdfPCell() { Border = 0, BorderWidthBottom = 1, VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
            cell.Phrase = fontSelector.Process("QTY.");
            tmpTable.AddCell(cell);


            cell = new PdfPCell() { Border = 0, VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
            cell.Phrase = fontSelector.Process("G.W Kgs.");
            tmpTable.AddCell(cell);

            cell = new PdfPCell(tmpTable) { BorderWidth = 1, VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
            tableHeader.AddCell(cell);
            ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
            tmpTable = new PdfGrid(numColumns: 1);
            cell = new PdfPCell() { Border = 0, BorderWidthBottom = 1, VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
            cell.Phrase = fontSelector.Process("DISCHARGE PPORT");
            tmpTable.AddCell(cell);


            cell = new PdfPCell() { Border = 0, VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
            cell.Phrase = fontSelector.Process("DESTINATON");
            tmpTable.AddCell(cell);

            cell = new PdfPCell(tmpTable) { BorderWidth = 1 };
            tableHeader.AddCell(cell);
            ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
            cell = new PdfPCell() { BorderWidth = 1, VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
            cell.Phrase = fontSelector.Process("DESCRIPTION OF GOODS");

            tableHeader.AddCell(cell);

            /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
            tmpTable = new PdfGrid(numColumns: 1);
            cell = new PdfPCell() { Border = 0, BorderWidthBottom = 1, VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
            cell.Phrase = fontSelector.Process("LINE DOC. RECI. DATE");
            tmpTable.AddCell(cell);


            cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("")) { Border = 0, VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
            cell.Phrase = fontSelector.Process("OWNER DOC. RECI. DATE");
            tmpTable.AddCell(cell);

            cell = new PdfPCell(tmpTable) { BorderWidth = 1 };
            tableHeader.AddCell(cell);
            ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
            cell = new PdfPCell() { BorderWidth = 1, VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
            cell.Phrase = fontSelector.Process("CLEARANCE DATE");

            tableHeader.AddCell(cell);

            ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

            cell = new PdfPCell() { BorderWidth = 1, VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
            cell.Phrase = fontSelector.Process("CUSTOM PERMIT NO.");

            tableHeader.AddCell(cell);

            ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
            cell = new PdfPCell() { BorderWidth = 1, VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
            cell.Phrase = fontSelector.Process("DISPATCH DATE");
            tableHeader.AddCell(cell);

            ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
            cell = new PdfPCell(tableHeader) { BorderWidth = 1, VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };

            table.AddCell(cell);
            doc.Add(table);
            ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
            doc.Close();

but this code create this table enter image description here

i want resize width SerNo column but

But I do not know how to resize the width of the cell, please help me.

Why do you use PdfGrid and not PdfPTable? It's no clear what exactly you want to do. There's a table then there's a tableHeader and they have no link. (???) — Nick.T, Nov 27 '12 at 09:17
@ Nick : table Header is Nested tables, in this cell just RowNo and want I am small and the width — Pouya, Nov 27 '12 at 09:24

Reinder Wit · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-27T10:57:45.717

Why not use a PdfPTable object for this? Create a fixed width table and use a float array to set the widths of the columns

PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(10);
table.HorizontalAlignment = 0;
table.TotalWidth = 500f;
table.LockedWidth = true;
float[] widths = new float[] { 20f, 60f, 60f, 30f, 50f, 80f, 50f, 50f, 50f, 50f };
table.SetWidths(widths);

addCell(table, "SER.\nNO.", 2);

addCell(table, "TYPE OF SHIPPING", 1);
addCell(table, "ORDER NO.", 1);
addCell(table, "QTY.", 1);
addCell(table, "DISCHARGE PPORT", 1);

addCell(table, "DESCRIPTION OF GOODS", 2);

addCell(table, "LINE DOC. RECL DATE", 1);

addCell(table, "CLEARANCE DATE", 2);
addCell(table, "CUSTOM PERMIT NO.", 2);
addCell(table, "DISPATCH DATE", 2);

addCell(table, "AWB/BL NO.", 1);
addCell(table, "COMPLEX NAME", 1);
addCell(table, "G. W. Kgs.", 1);
addCell(table, "DESTINATION", 1);
addCell(table, "OWNER DOC. RECL DATE", 1);

....

private static void addCell(PdfPTable table, string text, int rowspan)
{
    BaseFont bfTimes = BaseFont.CreateFont(BaseFont.TIMES_ROMAN, BaseFont.CP1252, false);
    iTextSharp.text.Font times = new iTextSharp.text.Font(bfTimes, 6, iTextSharp.text.Font.NORMAL, iTextSharp.text.BaseColor.BLACK);

    PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(text, times));
    cell.Rowspan = rowspan;
    cell.HorizontalAlignment = PdfPCell.ALIGN_CENTER;
    cell.VerticalAlignment = PdfPCell.ALIGN_MIDDLE;
    table.AddCell(cell);
}

have a look at this tutorial too...

i've updated my question with the sample provided. It's all about setting the width on the table — Reinder Wit, Nov 27 '12 at 10:36
I like this one, it's cleaner. You could also go further and make a sort of template row in a method. You'd call the method with something like `AddRow(PdfPTable _t, DataRow _dr, bool _head)`. From there all is easy. — Nick.T, Nov 27 '12 at 10:51
@Nick.T: even better indeed, I've updated my code sample, but just for each of the cells — Reinder Wit, Nov 27 '12 at 10:58
Can anyone please help how to set width of cell/column in .net? — Jovica, Jun 23 '15 at 19:28

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 27 '12 at 10:14

Try something like this

PdfPCell cell;
PdfPTable tableHeader;
PdfPTable tmpTable;
PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(10) { WidthPercentage = 100, RunDirection = PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_LTR, ExtendLastRow = false };

// row 1 / cell 1 (merge)
PdfPCell _c = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("SER. No")) { Rotation = -90, VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER, BorderWidth = 1 };
_c.Rowspan = 2;

table.AddCell(_c);

// row 1 / cell 2
_c = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("TYPE OF SHIPPING")) { VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
table.AddCell(_c);

// row 1 / cell 3
_c = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("ORDER NO.")) { VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
table.AddCell(_c);

// row 1 / cell 4
_c = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("QTY.")) { VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
table.AddCell(_c);

// row 1 / cell 5
_c = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("DISCHARGE PPORT")) { VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
table.AddCell(_c);

// row 1 / cell 6 (merge)
_c = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("DESCRIPTION OF GOODS")) { VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
_c.Rowspan = 2;
table.AddCell(_c);

// row 1 / cell 7
_c = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("LINE DOC. RECI. DATE")) { VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
table.AddCell(_c);

// row 1 / cell 8 (merge)
_c = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("OWNER DOC. RECI. DATE")) { VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
_c.Rowspan = 2;
table.AddCell(_c);

// row 1 / cell 9 (merge)
_c = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("CLEARANCE DATE")) { VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
_c.Rowspan = 2;
table.AddCell(_c);

// row 1 / cell 10 (merge)
_c = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("CUSTOM PERMIT NO.")) { VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
_c.Rowspan = 2;
table.AddCell(_c);


// row 2 / cell 2
_c = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("AWB / BL NO.")) { VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
table.AddCell(_c);

// row 2 / cell 3
_c = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("COMPLEX NAME")) { VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
table.AddCell(_c);

// row 2 / cell 4
_c = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("G.W Kgs.")) { VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
table.AddCell(_c);

// row 2 / cell 5
_c = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("DESTINATON")) { VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
table.AddCell(_c);

// row 2 / cell 7
_c = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("OWNER DOC. RECI. DATE")) { VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE, HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER };
table.AddCell(_c);

_doc.Add(table);
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
_doc.Close();

You might need to re-adjust slightly on the widths and borders but that is a one shot to do.

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 27 '13 at 12:26

try this code I think it is more optimal.

HeaderRow is used to repeat the header of the table for each new page automatically

        BaseFont bfTimes = BaseFont.CreateFont(BaseFont.TIMES_ROMAN, BaseFont.CP1252, false);
        iTextSharp.text.Font times = new iTextSharp.text.Font(bfTimes, 6, iTextSharp.text.Font.NORMAL, iTextSharp.text.BaseColor.BLACK);

        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(10) { HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER, WidthPercentage = 100, HeaderRows = 2 };
        table.SetWidths(new float[] { 2f, 6f, 6f, 3f, 5f, 8f, 5f, 5f, 5f, 5f });
        table.AddCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("SER.\nNO.", times)) { Rowspan = 2, GrayFill = 0.95f });
        table.AddCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("TYPE OF SHIPPING", times)) { GrayFill = 0.95f });
        table.AddCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("ORDER NO.", times)) { GrayFill = 0.95f });
        table.AddCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("QTY.", times)) { GrayFill = 0.95f });
        table.AddCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("DISCHARGE PPORT", times)) { GrayFill = 0.95f });
        table.AddCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("DESCRIPTION OF GOODS", times)) { Rowspan = 2, GrayFill = 0.95f });
        table.AddCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("LINE DOC. RECL DATE", times)) { GrayFill = 0.95f });
        table.AddCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("CLEARANCE DATE", times)) { Rowspan = 2, GrayFill = 0.95f });
        table.AddCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("CUSTOM PERMIT NO.", times)) { Rowspan = 2, GrayFill = 0.95f });
        table.AddCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("DISPATCH DATE", times)) { Rowspan = 2, GrayFill = 0.95f });
        table.AddCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("AWB/BL NO.", times)) { GrayFill = 0.95f });
        table.AddCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("COMPLEX NAME", times)) { GrayFill = 0.95f });
        table.AddCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("G. W. Kgs.", times)) { GrayFill = 0.95f });
        table.AddCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("DESTINATION", times)) { GrayFill = 0.95f });
        table.AddCell(new PdfPCell(new Phrase("OWNER DOC. RECL DATE", times)) { GrayFill = 0.95f });

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 04 '23 at 01:01

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Define the widths:

float[] anchoDeColumnas= new float[] {10f, 20f, 30f, 10f};

Apply to the table:

table.setWidths(anchoDeColumnas);

edited Aug 04 '23 at 01:01

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