ByteScout PDF SDK – VBScript and VB6 – Draw Tables in PDF

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ByteScout PDF SDK – VBScript and VB6 – Draw Tables in PDF

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How to draw tables in PDF in VBScript and VB6 using ByteScout PDF SDK

How to draw tables in PDF in VBScript and VB6

ByteScout tutorials are designed to explain the code for both VBScript and VB6 beginners and advanced programmers. ByteScout PDF SDK is the pdf library that can create, update and modify PDF files. Supports text with fonts and style selections, layers, form fields, drawing lines and objects, automatic tables, images. Can be used to create and fill pdf forms and you can use it to draw tables in PDF with VBScript and VB6.

Fast application programming interfaces of ByteScout PDF SDK for VBScript and VB6 plus the instruction and the code below will help you quickly learn how to draw tables in PDF. In your VBScript and VB6 project or application you may simply copy & paste the code and then run your app! Enjoy writing a code with ready-to-use sample codes in VBScript and VB6.

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Tables.vbs

      ' This example demonstrates how to create tables.

' Create Bytescout.PDF.Document object
Set pdfDocument = CreateObject("Bytescout.PDF.Document")
pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo"
pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo"

Set comHelpers = pdfDocument.ComHelpers

' Add page
Set page1 = comHelpers.CreatePage(comHelpers.PAPERFORMAT_A4)
pdfDocument.Pages.Add(page1)

Set lightGrayColor = comHelpers.CreateColorGray(200)
Set whiteColor = comHelpers.CreateColorGray(255)
Set lightBlueColor = comHelpers.CreateColorRGB(200, 200, 250)
Set lightRedColor = comHelpers.CreateColorRGB(255, 200, 200)

' Create a table and set default background color
Set table = comHelpers.CreateTable()
table.BackgroundColor = lightGrayColor

' Add row headers column and set its color
table.Columns.Add(comHelpers.CreateTableColumn("RowHeaders", ""))
table.Columns.Item(0).BackgroundColor = lightGrayColor

' Add columns A, B, C, ...
For c = 0 To 9
    columnName = Chr(65 + c)
    table.Columns.Add(comHelpers.CreateTableColumn(columnName, columnName))
Next

' Add rows
For r = 0 To 9
    ' Create new row and set its background color
    Set row = table.NewRow()
    row.BackgroundColor = whiteColor

    ' Set row header text
    row("RowHeaders").Text = CStr(r + 1)

    ' Set cell text
    For c = 0 To 9
        columnName = Chr(65 + c)
        row(columnName).Text = columnName + CStr(r + 1)
    Next

    ' Add the row to the table
    table.Rows.Add(row)
Next

' Decorate the table
table.Rows.Item(1)("B").BackgroundColor = lightRedColor
table.Columns.Item(2).BackgroundColor = lightBlueColor
table.Rows.Item(1).BackgroundColor = lightBlueColor
table.Rows.Item(1)("RowHeaders").BackgroundColor = lightBlueColor

' Draw the table on canvas
page1.Canvas.DrawTable (table), 20, 20

' Save document to file
pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf")

' Open document in default PDF viewer app
Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
shell.Run "result.pdf", 1, false