Rotating an itextsharp PdfPtable

Question

Hy, I want to know if it's possible to rotate a PdfPTable. I have a template pdf where I need to add a table under a specific element but I can't find a way to achieve this. I tried adding the table to a paragraph but I'm not able to rotate the paragraph. this is my code

PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(15);
foreach(var row in Rows)
{
    PdfPCell[] cells = new PdfPCell[] { 
                    new PdfPCell(new Phrase(row.ID.ToString())) 
    //***MANY OTHER CELLS***//
    };
    PdfPRow row = new PdfPRow(cells);
    table.Rows.Add(row);
}
table.CompleteRow();
Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
paragraph.Add(table);

PdfImportedPage page = writer.GetImportedPage(reader, 1);
cb.AddTemplate(page, 0,-1f,1f,0,0,reader.GetPageSizeWithRotation(1).Width);
doc.Add(paragraph);

I want to add the table under my template, I could even add the table to the template if this could be helpful. someone has some ideas? thank's

Are you sure you want to import the page into a PdfWriter instance? Wouldn't it be much easier for you to use PdfStamper instead to add the table to the existing page? Please clarify, as this has a significant impact on any possible answer. — Bruno Lowagie
thank's!! your answer helped me, I've started using PdfStamper and everything it's ok now!! — Daniele Sassoli
I'll add it as an answer, so that the 0 answers mark is gone ;-) — Bruno Lowagie

Bruno Lowagie Bruno Lowagie · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-04T15:01:27

You're using PdfWriter which involves rotating the page and rotating the table you're adding on top of that page. You can avoid this problem, by adding the table using PdfStamper. In this case, you can just add the table and if the rotation setting of the page is OK, the table will automatically be rotated too, unless you use the following line:

stamper.setRotateContents(false);

By default, the extra content will have the same rotation of the page.

Rotating an itextsharp PdfPtable

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