You can download the source code of this example here: pdfdocscout_drawing_table_using_html_formatting.zip

This example describes how to draw tables in generated PDF document with easy using built-in HTML text formatting support in PDFDoc Scout library

Code to compose HTML code for table and draw this table in PDF:

PDFDoc.InitLibrary "demo", "demo"

PDFDoc.OutputFilename = "draw_table.pdf"

PDFDoc.AutoOpenGeneratedPDF = true

PDFDoc.BeginDocument

' compose HTML code for Table with 4 columns and 5 rows (header + 4 rows)

TableHeader = "<table border='1' cellspacing='2'>"

TableFooter = "</table>"

Dim RowHeaders(5), RowFooters(5), Cells(5)

RowHeaders(1) = "<tr bgcolor='#0000CC'>" ' header row

RowHeaders(2) = "<tr bgcolor='#CCCCCC'>"

RowHeaders(3) = "<tr>"

RowHeaders(4) = "<tr bgcolor='#CCCCCC'>"

RowHeaders(5) = "<tr>"

RowFooters(1) = "</tr>" ' header row

RowHeaders(2) = "</tr>"

RowHeaders(3) = "</tr>"

RowHeaders(4) = "</tr>"

RowHeaders(5) = "</tr>"

' Header cells

Cells(1) = "<td valign='middle'><font color='#FFFFFF'><strong>Computer location</strong></font></td>" & "<td valign='middle'> <font color='#FFFFFF'><strong>Does it have a network adapter?</strong></font></td>" & "<td valign='middle'> <font color='#FFFFFF'><strong>What kind of modem?</strong></font></td>" & "<td valign='middle'> <font color='#FFFFFF'><strong>Other hardware devices</strong></font></td>"

' data cells

Cells(2) = "<td valign='middle'>Den</td><td valign='middle'> Ethernet</td><td valign='middle'> <p align='center' >DSL</p></td><td valign='middle'> Printer, scanner</td>"

Cells(3) = "<td valign='middle'>Son's bedroom</td><td valign='middle'> No</td><td valign='middle'> <p align='center' >56 kilobits per second (Kbps) analog modem</td></p> <td valign='middle'> Digital camera</td>"

Cells(4) = "<td valign='middle'>Daughter's bedroom</td><td valign='middle'> No</td><td valign='middle'> <p align='center' >No modem</p></td><td valign='middle'> Scanner</td>"

Cells(5) = "<td valign='middle'><img src='sample.png' width=48 height=48><br/>Library</td><td valign='middle'>Ethernet</td><td valign='middle'><p align='center' >No modem</p></td><td valign='middle'>Printer</p></td>"

' now composing HTML code for whole table

TableCode = TableHeader



For i=1 to 5

' add new row and its header

TableCode = TableCode & RowHeaders(i)

' add cells for this row

TableCode = TableCode & Cells(i)

' add row footer

TableCode = TableCode & RowFooters(i)

Next

' adding table footer

TableCode = TableCode & TableFooter

' finally add HTML box to the current page



PDFDoc.Page.AddHTMLBox TableCode, 20,80,PDFDoc.Page.Width-40, PDFDoc.Page.Height-40, false

PDFDoc.EndDocument ' close PDF document generation

' disconnect from library

Set PDFDoc = Nothing

You can download the source code of this example here: pdfdocscout_drawing_table_using_html_formatting.zip