/** * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question: * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22093745/itext-how-do-setminimumsize-and-setfixedsize-interact */ package sandbox.tables; import com.itextpdf.text.Document; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import sandbox.WrapToTest; @WrapToTest public class FixedHeightCell { public static final String DEST = "results/tables/fixed_height_cell.pdf"; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException { File file = new File(DEST); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new FixedHeightCell().createPdf(DEST); } public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException { Document document = new Document(); PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest)); document.open(); PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(5); table.setWidthPercentage(100); PdfPCell cell; for (int r = 'A'; r <= 'Z'; r++) { for (int c = 1; c <= 5; c++) { cell = new PdfPCell(); cell.addElement(new Paragraph(String.valueOf((char) r) + String.valueOf(c))); if (r == 'D') cell.setFixedHeight(60); if (r == 'E') { cell.setFixedHeight(60); if (c == 4) cell.setFixedHeight(120); } if (r == 'F') { cell.setMinimumHeight(120); cell.setFixedHeight(60); if (c == 2) cell.addElement(new Paragraph("This cell has more content than the other cells")); } table.addCell(cell); } } document.add(table); document.close(); } }