Use Table to create Report header : Table « PDF « Java Tutorial

1. Java Tutorial
2. PDF
3. Table

import java.awt.Color;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;
import com.lowagie.text.Font;
import com.lowagie.text.FontFactory;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
import com.lowagie.text.Phrase;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4.rotate());
    PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("2.pdf"));
    document.open();
    PdfPTable datatable = new PdfPTable(10);
    int headerwidths[] = { 10, 24, 12, 12, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7 };
    datatable.setWidths(headerwidths);
    datatable.setWidthPercentage(100);
    datatable.getDefaultCell().setPadding(5);

    PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Report", FontFactory
        .getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 24, Font.BOLD)));
    cell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
    cell.setBorderWidth(2);
    cell.setColspan(10);
    cell.setBackgroundColor(new Color(0xC0, 0xC0, 0xC0));
    cell.setUseDescender(true);
    datatable.addCell(cell);

    document.add(datatable);

    document.close();
  }
}