Generating a PDF: Basics of Creating a Datatable with ITEXTSHARP In C#

Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 0, 0, 50, 50);
System.IO.MemoryStream msReport = new System.IO.MemoryStream();

try {
   // creation of the different writers
   PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, msReport);

   // we add some meta information to the document
   document.AddTitle("My Title");
   document.AddAuthor("Me");
   document.Open();

   for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++)
   {
       document.NewPage();
       iTextSharp.text.Table datatable = new iTextSharp.text.Table(3);
       datatable.Padding = 2;
       datatable.Spacing = 0;
       float[] headerwidths = { 6, 20, 32 };
       datatable.Widths = headerwidths;
       datatable.DefaultHorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_LEFT;
       datatable.AddCell(i.ToString());
       datatable.AddCell("This is my name.");
       datatable.AddCell("0123456789");

       datatable.AddCell("No");
       datatable.AddCell("Yes");
       datatable.AddCell("No");

       document.Add(datatable);
    }
}
catch (Exception e) {
   Console.Error.WriteLine(e.Message);
}

// we close the document 
document.Close();

Response.Clear();
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=Export.pdf");
Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
Response.BinaryWrite(msReport.ToArray());
Response.End();

We've declared above a 3-column data table:

iTextSharp.text.Table(3)

You MUST have a total cell count that is a multiple of 3, otherwise the entire table will not show up. If we know we are missing one we simple can do:

datatable.AddCell("");