Mega Code Archive
Create Column With SimpleColumn
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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileReader;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
import com.lowagie.text.Phrase;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.ColumnText;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
public class MainClass {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("2.pdf"));
document.open();
PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(1024);
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("a.txt"));
int c;
while ((c = reader.read()) > -1) {
sb.append((char) c);
}
reader.close();
ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb);
ct.setSimpleColumn(new Phrase(sb.toString()), 36, 36, PageSize.A4.width() - 36, PageSize.A4
.height() - 36, 18, Element.ALIGN_JUSTIFIED);
int status = ColumnText.START_COLUMN;
while (ColumnText.hasMoreText(status)) {
status = ct.go();
ct.setYLine(PageSize.A4.height() - 36);
document.newPage();
}
document.close();
}
}
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