itextsharp pdf page border?

Question

I am using itext sharp for creating reports in PDF format.
I want page borders. I tried some ways. I am not successful.
How can I get a page border for top, bottom, left, right using iText for .NET?
I added one image 1. I want borders like described in the image.

Answer 1

You can try this code for adding the image for the header manually.

//Step 1: Add the Image file

strImgPath is refer the directory Info..

Image imgLogo = Image.GetInstance(strImgPath.ToString()+"\\abcdur compe.Jpg");
imgLogo.Alignment = Image.ALIGN_CENTER;
imgLogo.ScalePercent(50f);

// Step 2:

Add this ImgLogo to the PdfPTable by use of this
PdfPCell pdfcellImage = new PdfPCell(imgLogo, true);
pdfcellImage.FixedHeight = 40f;
pdfcellImage.HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER;
pdfcellImage.VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER;
pdfcellImage.Border = Rectangle.NO_BORDER;
pdfcellImage.Border = Rectangle.NO_BORDER;
pdftblImage.AddCell(pdfcellImage);

// Step 3:

Create Chunck to add Text for address or others
fntBoldComHd is a Base Font Library Object

Chunk chnCompany = new Chunk("Your CompanyName\nAddress", fntBoldComHd);

//Step 4:

Create Phrase For add the Chunks and PdfPTables

Phrase phHeader = new Phrase(); 

phHeader.Add(pdftblImage);
phHeader.Add(chnCompany);

// Step 5:

Assign the Phrase to PDF Header
HeaderFooter header = new HeaderFooter(phHeader, false);
header.Border = Rectangle.NO_BORDER;
header.Alignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER;
docPDF.Header = header;

Answer 2

I am using one hacky way of workaround but it will create the border.Use this method.

private void CreateBorder(PdfContentByte cb, PdfWriter writer, Document doc)
    {
        iTextSharp.text.Rectangle r = doc.PageSize;
        float left = r.Left + 30;
        float right = r.Right - 30;
        float top = r.Top - 30;
        float bottom = r.Bottom + 30;
        float width = right - left;
        float height = top - bottom;

        PdfPTable tab = new PdfPTable(1);
        tab.TotalWidth = width;
        tab.LockedWidth = true;

        PdfPCell t = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(String.Empty));
        t.BackgroundColor = new BaseColor(250, 235, 215);
        t.FixedHeight = height;
        t.BorderWidth = 3;
        tab.AddCell(t);
        Paragraph pa = new Paragraph();
        pa.Add(tab);

        float h = tab.TotalHeight;
        PdfTemplate temp = cb.CreateTemplate(tab.TotalWidth, h);
        tab.WriteSelectedRows(0, -1, 0.0F, h, temp);
        iTextSharp.text.Image img = iTextSharp.text.Image.GetInstance(temp);
        img.SetAbsolutePosition(30, 30);
        cb.AddImage(img);
    }

If u want one more section for header create table width two rows.I hope this helps.

Answer 3

Are you referring to the document margins? If yes, use the Document object's ctor to specify them:

public Document(Rectangle pageSize, float marginLeft, float marginRight, float marginTop, float marginBottom);