The sample demonstrates how to export data into a table in PDF document.

Download SimpleTable.pdf

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using Spire.Pdf;
using Spire.Pdf.Graphics;
using Spire.Pdf.Tables;

namespace SimpleTable
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Create a pdf document.
            PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();

            //margin
            PdfUnitConvertor unitCvtr = new PdfUnitConvertor();
            PdfMargins margin = new PdfMargins();
            margin.Top = unitCvtr.ConvertUnits(2.54f, PdfGraphicsUnit.Centimeter, PdfGraphicsUnit.Point);
            margin.Bottom = margin.Top;
            margin.Left = unitCvtr.ConvertUnits(3.17f, PdfGraphicsUnit.Centimeter, PdfGraphicsUnit.Point);
            margin.Right = margin.Left;

            // Create one page
            PdfPageBase page = doc.Pages.Add(PdfPageSize.A4, margin);

            float y = 10;

            //title
            PdfBrush brush1 = PdfBrushes.Black;
            PdfTrueTypeFont font1 = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 16f, FontStyle.Bold));
            PdfStringFormat format1 = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center);
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Country List", font1, brush1, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width / 2, y, format1);
            y = y + font1.MeasureString("Country List", format1).Height;
            y = y + 5;

            String[] data
                = {
                    "Name;Capital;Continent;Area;Population",
                    "Argentina;Buenos Aires;South America;2777815;32300003",
                    "Bolivia;La Paz;South America;1098575;7300000",
                    "Brazil;Brasilia;South America;8511196;150400000",
                    "Canada;Ottawa;North America;9976147;26500000",
                    "Chile;Santiago;South America;756943;13200000",
                    "Colombia;Bagota;South America;1138907;33000000",
                    "Cuba;Havana;North America;114524;10600000",
                    "Ecuador;Quito;South America;455502;10600000",
                    "El Salvador;San Salvador;North America;20865;5300000",
                    "Guyana;Georgetown;South America;214969;800000",
                    "Jamaica;Kingston;North America;11424;2500000",
                    "Mexico;Mexico City;North America;1967180;88600000",
                    "Nicaragua;Managua;North America;139000;3900000",
                    "Paraguay;Asuncion;South America;406576;4660000",
                    "Peru;Lima;South America;1285215;21600000",
                    "United States of America;Washington;North America;9363130;249200000",
                    "Uruguay;Montevideo;South America;176140;3002000",
                    "Venezuela;Caracas;South America;912047;19700000"
                };

            String[][] dataSource
                = new String[data.Length][];
            for (int i = 0; i < data.Length; i++)
            {
                dataSource[i] = data[i].Split(';');
            }

            PdfTable table = new PdfTable();
            table.Style.CellPadding = 2;
            table.Style.HeaderSource = PdfHeaderSource.Rows;
            table.Style.HeaderRowCount = 1;
            table.Style.ShowHeader = true;
            table.DataSource = dataSource;

            PdfLayoutResult result = table.Draw(page, new PointF(0, y));
            y = y + result.Bounds.Height + 5;

            PdfBrush brush2 = PdfBrushes.Gray;
            PdfTrueTypeFont font2 = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 9f));
            page.Canvas.DrawString(String.Format("* {0} countries in the list.", data.Length - 1),
                font2, brush2, 5, y);

            //Save pdf file.
            doc.SaveToFile("SimpleTable.pdf");
            doc.Close();

            //Launching the Pdf file.
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("SimpleTable.pdf");
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Drawing
Imports Spire.Pdf
Imports Spire.Pdf.Graphics
Imports Spire.Pdf.Tables

Namespace SimpleTable
    Friend Class Program
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            'Create a pdf document.
            Dim doc As New PdfDocument()

            'margin
            Dim unitCvtr As New PdfUnitConvertor()
            Dim margin As New PdfMargins()
            margin.Top = unitCvtr.ConvertUnits(2.54F, PdfGraphicsUnit.Centimeter, PdfGraphicsUnit.Point)
            margin.Bottom = margin.Top
            margin.Left = unitCvtr.ConvertUnits(3.17F, PdfGraphicsUnit.Centimeter, PdfGraphicsUnit.Point)
            margin.Right = margin.Left

            ' Create one page
            Dim page As PdfPageBase = doc.Pages.Add(PdfPageSize.A4, margin)

            Dim y As Single = 10

            'title
            Dim brush1 As PdfBrush = PdfBrushes.Black
            Dim font1 As New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 16.0F, FontStyle.Bold))
            Dim format1 As New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center)
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Country List", font1, brush1, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width \ 2, y, format1)
            y = y + font1.MeasureString("Country List", format1).Height
            y = y + 5

            Dim data() As String _
                = {"Name;Capital;Continent;Area;Population", _
                   "Argentina;Buenos Aires;South America;2777815;32300003", _
                   "Bolivia;La Paz;South America;1098575;7300000", _
                   "Brazil;Brasilia;South America;8511196;150400000", _
                   "Canada;Ottawa;North America;9976147;26500000", _
                   "Chile;Santiago;South America;756943;13200000", _
                   "Colombia;Bagota;South America;1138907;33000000", _
                   "Cuba;Havana;North America;114524;10600000", _
                   "Ecuador;Quito;South America;455502;10600000", _
                   "El Salvador;San Salvador;North America;20865;5300000", _
                   "Guyana;Georgetown;South America;214969;800000", _
                   "Jamaica;Kingston;North America;11424;2500000", _
                   "Mexico;Mexico City;North America;1967180;88600000", _
                   "Nicaragua;Managua;North America;139000;3900000", _
                   "Paraguay;Asuncion;South America;406576;4660000", _
                   "Peru;Lima;South America;1285215;21600000", _
                   "United States of America;Washington;North America;9363130;249200000", _
                   "Uruguay;Montevideo;South America;176140;3002000", _
                   "Venezuela;Caracas;South America;912047;19700000"}

            Dim dataSource(data.Length - 1)() As String
            For i As Integer = 0 To data.Length - 1
                dataSource(i) = data(i).Split(";"c)
            Next i

            Dim table As New PdfTable()
            table.Style.CellPadding = 2
            table.Style.HeaderSource = PdfHeaderSource.Rows
            table.Style.HeaderRowCount = 1
            table.Style.ShowHeader = True
            table.DataSource = dataSource

            Dim result As PdfLayoutResult = table.Draw(page, New PointF(0, y))
            y = y + result.Bounds.Height + 5

            Dim brush2 As PdfBrush = PdfBrushes.Gray
            Dim font2 As New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 9.0F))
            page.Canvas.DrawString(String.Format("* {0} countries in the list.", data.Length - 1), _
                                   font2, brush2, 5, y)

            'Save pdf file.
            doc.SaveToFile("SimpleTable.pdf")
            doc.Close()

            'Launching the Pdf file.
            Process.Start("SimpleTable.pdf")
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

The sample demonstrates how to export data from database into a table in PDF document and set table format.

Download DataSource.pdf

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.OleDb;
using System.Drawing;
using Spire.Pdf;
using Spire.Pdf.Graphics;
using Spire.Pdf.Tables;

namespace DataSource
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Create a pdf document.
            PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();

            //margin
            PdfUnitConvertor unitCvtr = new PdfUnitConvertor();
            PdfMargins margin = new PdfMargins();
            margin.Top = unitCvtr.ConvertUnits(2.54f, PdfGraphicsUnit.Centimeter, PdfGraphicsUnit.Point);
            margin.Bottom = margin.Top;
            margin.Left = unitCvtr.ConvertUnits(3.17f, PdfGraphicsUnit.Centimeter, PdfGraphicsUnit.Point);
            margin.Right = margin.Left;

            // Create one page
            PdfPageBase page = doc.Pages.Add(PdfPageSize.A4, margin);

            float y = 10;

            //title
            PdfBrush brush1 = PdfBrushes.Black;
            PdfTrueTypeFont font1 = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 16f, FontStyle.Bold));
            PdfStringFormat format1 = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center);
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Country List", font1, brush1, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width / 2, y, format1);
            y = y + font1.MeasureString("Country List", format1).Height;
            y = y + 5;

            //create data table
            PdfTable table = new PdfTable();
            table.Style.CellPadding = 2;
            table.Style.BorderPen = new PdfPen(brush1, 0.75f);
            table.Style.DefaultStyle.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.SkyBlue;
            table.Style.DefaultStyle.Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 10f));
            table.Style.AlternateStyle = new PdfCellStyle();
            table.Style.AlternateStyle.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.LightYellow;
            table.Style.AlternateStyle.Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 10f));
            table.Style.HeaderSource = PdfHeaderSource.ColumnCaptions;
            table.Style.HeaderStyle.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.CadetBlue;
            table.Style.HeaderStyle.Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 11f, FontStyle.Bold));
            table.Style.HeaderStyle.StringFormat = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center);
            table.Style.ShowHeader = true;

            using (OleDbConnection conn = new OleDbConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=demo.mdb";
                OleDbCommand command = new OleDbCommand();
                command.CommandText
                    = " select Name,Capital,Continent,Area,Population from country ";
                command.Connection = conn;
                using (OleDbDataAdapter dataAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(command))
                {
                    DataTable dataTable = new DataTable();
                    dataAdapter.Fill(dataTable);
                    table.DataSourceType = PdfTableDataSourceType.TableDirect;
                    table.DataSource = dataTable;
                }
            }
            float width
                = page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width
                    - (table.Columns.Count + 1) * table.Style.BorderPen.Width;
            table.Columns[0].Width = width * 0.24f * width;
            table.Columns[0].StringFormat
                = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
            table.Columns[1].Width = width * 0.21f * width;
            table.Columns[1].StringFormat
                = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
            table.Columns[2].Width = width * 0.24f * width;
            table.Columns[2].StringFormat
                = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
            table.Columns[3].Width = width * 0.13f * width;
            table.Columns[3].StringFormat
                = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Right, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
            table.Columns[4].Width = width * 0.18f * width;
            table.Columns[4].StringFormat
                = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Right, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);

            PdfLayoutResult result = table.Draw(page, new PointF(0, y));
            y = y + result.Bounds.Height + 5;

            PdfBrush brush2 = PdfBrushes.Gray;
            PdfTrueTypeFont font2 = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 9f));
            page.Canvas.DrawString(String.Format("* {0} countries in the list.", table.Rows.Count),
                font2, brush2, 5, y);

            //Save pdf file.
            doc.SaveToFile("DataSource.pdf");
            doc.Close();

            //Launching the Pdf file.
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("DataSource.pdf");
        }

    }
}

Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.OleDb
Imports System.Drawing
Imports Spire.Pdf
Imports Spire.Pdf.Graphics
Imports Spire.Pdf.Tables

Namespace DataSource
    Friend Class Program
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            'Create a pdf document.
            Dim doc As New PdfDocument()

            'margin
            Dim unitCvtr As New PdfUnitConvertor()
            Dim margin As New PdfMargins()
            margin.Top = unitCvtr.ConvertUnits(2.54F, PdfGraphicsUnit.Centimeter, PdfGraphicsUnit.Point)
            margin.Bottom = margin.Top
            margin.Left = unitCvtr.ConvertUnits(3.17F, PdfGraphicsUnit.Centimeter, PdfGraphicsUnit.Point)
            margin.Right = margin.Left

            ' Create one page
            Dim page As PdfPageBase = doc.Pages.Add(PdfPageSize.A4, margin)

            Dim y As Single = 10

            'title
            Dim brush1 As PdfBrush = PdfBrushes.Black
            Dim font1 As New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 16.0F, FontStyle.Bold))
            Dim format1 As New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center)
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Country List", font1, brush1, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width \ 2, y, format1)
            y = y + font1.MeasureString("Country List", format1).Height
            y = y + 5

            'create data table
            Dim table As New PdfTable()
            table.Style.CellPadding = 2
            table.Style.BorderPen = New PdfPen(brush1, 0.75F)
            table.Style.DefaultStyle.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.SkyBlue
            table.Style.DefaultStyle.Font = New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 10.0F))
            table.Style.AlternateStyle = New PdfCellStyle()
            table.Style.AlternateStyle.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.LightYellow
            table.Style.AlternateStyle.Font = New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 10.0F))
            table.Style.HeaderSource = PdfHeaderSource.ColumnCaptions
            table.Style.HeaderStyle.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.CadetBlue
            table.Style.HeaderStyle.Font = New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 11.0F, FontStyle.Bold))
            table.Style.HeaderStyle.StringFormat = New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center)
            table.Style.ShowHeader = True

            Using conn As New OleDbConnection()
                conn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=demo.mdb"
                Dim command As New OleDbCommand()
                command.CommandText = " select Name,Capital,Continent,Area,Population from country "
                command.Connection = conn
                Using dataAdapter As New OleDbDataAdapter(command)
                    Dim dataTable As New DataTable()
                    dataAdapter.Fill(dataTable)
                    table.DataSourceType = PdfTableDataSourceType.TableDirect
                    table.DataSource = dataTable
                End Using
            End Using
            Dim width As Single = page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width - (table.Columns.Count + 1) * table.Style.BorderPen.Width
            table.Columns(0).Width = width * 0.24F * width
            table.Columns(0).StringFormat = New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)
            table.Columns(1).Width = width * 0.21F * width
            table.Columns(1).StringFormat = New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)
            table.Columns(2).Width = width * 0.24F * width
            table.Columns(2).StringFormat = New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)
            table.Columns(3).Width = width * 0.13F * width
            table.Columns(3).StringFormat = New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Right, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)
            table.Columns(4).Width = width * 0.18F * width
            table.Columns(4).StringFormat = New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Right, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)

            Dim result As PdfLayoutResult = table.Draw(page, New PointF(0, y))
            y = y + result.Bounds.Height + 5

            Dim brush2 As PdfBrush = PdfBrushes.Gray
            Dim font2 As New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 9.0F))
            page.Canvas.DrawString(String.Format("* {0} countries in the list.", table.Rows.Count), font2, brush2, 5, y)

            'Save pdf file.
            doc.SaveToFile("DataSource.pdf")
            doc.Close()

            'Launching the Pdf file.
            Process.Start("DataSource.pdf")
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

The sample demonstrates how to export data and pictures from database into a table in PDF document and set table format.

Download ImageTable.pdf

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.OleDb;
using System.Drawing;
using System.IO;
using Spire.Pdf;
using Spire.Pdf.Graphics;
using Spire.Pdf.Tables;

namespace ImageTable
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Create a pdf document.
            PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();

            //margin
            PdfUnitConvertor unitCvtr = new PdfUnitConvertor();
            PdfMargins margin = new PdfMargins();
            margin.Top = unitCvtr.ConvertUnits(2.54f, PdfGraphicsUnit.Centimeter, PdfGraphicsUnit.Point);
            margin.Bottom = margin.Top;
            margin.Left = unitCvtr.ConvertUnits(3.17f, PdfGraphicsUnit.Centimeter, PdfGraphicsUnit.Point);
            margin.Right = margin.Left;

            // Create one page
            PdfPageBase page = doc.Pages.Add(PdfPageSize.A4, margin);

            float y = 10;

            //title
            PdfBrush brush1 = PdfBrushes.Black;
            PdfTrueTypeFont font1 = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 16f, FontStyle.Bold));
            PdfStringFormat format1 = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center);
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Country List", font1, brush1, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width / 2, y, format1);
            y = y + font1.MeasureString("Country List", format1).Height;
            y = y + 5;

            //create data table
            PdfTable table = new PdfTable();
            table.Style.CellPadding = 2;
            table.Style.BorderPen = new PdfPen(brush1, 0.75f);
            table.Style.DefaultStyle.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.SkyBlue;
            table.Style.DefaultStyle.Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 10f));
            table.Style.AlternateStyle = new PdfCellStyle();
            table.Style.AlternateStyle.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.LightYellow;
            table.Style.AlternateStyle.Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 10f));
            table.Style.HeaderSource = PdfHeaderSource.ColumnCaptions;
            table.Style.HeaderStyle.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.CadetBlue;
            table.Style.HeaderStyle.Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 11f, FontStyle.Bold));
            table.Style.HeaderStyle.StringFormat = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center);
            table.Style.ShowHeader = true;

            using (OleDbConnection conn = new OleDbConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=demo.mdb";
                OleDbCommand command = new OleDbCommand();
                command.CommandText
                    = " select Name, '' as Flag, Capital, Continent, Area, Population, Flag as FlagData from country ";
                command.Connection = conn;
                using (OleDbDataAdapter dataAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(command))
                {
                    DataTable dataTable = new DataTable();
                    dataAdapter.Fill(dataTable);
                    dataTable.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("FlagImage", typeof(PdfImage)));
                    table.DataSourceType = PdfTableDataSourceType.TableDirect;
                    table.DataSource = dataTable;
                }
            }
            float width
                = page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width
                    - (table.Columns.Count + 1) * table.Style.BorderPen.Width;
            table.Columns[0].Width = width * 0.21f;
            table.Columns[0].StringFormat
                = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
            table.Columns[1].Width = width * 0.10f;
            table.Columns[1].StringFormat
                = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
            table.Columns[2].Width = width * 0.19f;
            table.Columns[2].StringFormat
                = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
            table.Columns[3].Width = width * 0.21f;
            table.Columns[3].StringFormat
                = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
            table.Columns[4].Width = width * 0.12f;
            table.Columns[4].StringFormat
                = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Right, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
            table.Columns[5].Width = width * 0.17f;
            table.Columns[5].StringFormat
                = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Right, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);

            table.BeginRowLayout += new BeginRowLayoutEventHandler(table_BeginRowLayout);
            table.EndCellLayout += new EndCellLayoutEventHandler(table_EndCellLayout);

            PdfTableLayoutFormat tableLayout = new PdfTableLayoutFormat();
            tableLayout.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitElement;
            tableLayout.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate;
            tableLayout.EndColumnIndex = table.Columns.Count - 2 - 1;

            PdfLayoutResult result = table.Draw(page, new PointF(0, y), tableLayout);
            y = y + result.Bounds.Height + 5;

            PdfBrush brush2 = PdfBrushes.Gray;
            PdfTrueTypeFont font2 = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 9f));
            page.Canvas.DrawString(String.Format("* {0} countries in the list.", table.Rows.Count),
                font2, brush2, 5, y);

            //Save pdf file.
            doc.SaveToFile("ImageTable.pdf");
            doc.Close();

            //Launching the Pdf file.
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("ImageTable.pdf");
        }

        static void table_EndCellLayout(object sender, EndCellLayoutEventArgs args)
        {
            if (args.RowIndex < 0)
            {
                //header
                return;
            }
            if (args.CellIndex == 1)
            {
                DataTable dataTable = (sender as PdfTable).DataSource as DataTable;
                PdfImage image = dataTable.Rows[args.RowIndex][7] as PdfImage;
                float x = (args.Bounds.Width - image.PhysicalDimension.Width) / 2 + args.Bounds.X;
                float y = (args.Bounds.Height - image.PhysicalDimension.Height) / 2 + args.Bounds.Y;
                args.Graphics.DrawImage(image, x, y);
            }
        }

        static void table_BeginRowLayout(object sender, BeginRowLayoutEventArgs args)
        {
            if (args.RowIndex < 0)
            {
                //header
                return;
            }
            DataTable dataTable = (sender as PdfTable).DataSource as DataTable;
            byte[] imageData = dataTable.Rows[args.RowIndex][6] as byte[];
            using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(imageData))
            {
                PdfImage image = PdfImage.FromStream(stream);
                args.MinimalHeight = 4 + image.PhysicalDimension.Height;
                dataTable.Rows[args.RowIndex][7] = image;
            }
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.OleDb
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.IO
Imports Spire.Pdf
Imports Spire.Pdf.Graphics
Imports Spire.Pdf.Tables

Namespace ImageTable
    Friend Class Program
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            'Create a pdf document.
            Dim doc As New PdfDocument()

            'margin
            Dim unitCvtr As New PdfUnitConvertor()
            Dim margin As New PdfMargins()
            margin.Top = unitCvtr.ConvertUnits(2.54F, PdfGraphicsUnit.Centimeter, PdfGraphicsUnit.Point)
            margin.Bottom = margin.Top
            margin.Left = unitCvtr.ConvertUnits(3.17F, PdfGraphicsUnit.Centimeter, PdfGraphicsUnit.Point)
            margin.Right = margin.Left

            ' Create one page
            Dim page As PdfPageBase = doc.Pages.Add(PdfPageSize.A4, margin)

            Dim y As Single = 10

            'title
            Dim brush1 As PdfBrush = PdfBrushes.Black
            Dim font1 As New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 16.0F, FontStyle.Bold))
            Dim format1 As New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center)
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Country List", font1, brush1, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width \ 2, y, format1)
            y = y + font1.MeasureString("Country List", format1).Height
            y = y + 5

            'create data table
            Dim table As New PdfTable()
            table.Style.CellPadding = 2
            table.Style.BorderPen = New PdfPen(brush1, 0.75F)
            table.Style.DefaultStyle.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.SkyBlue
            table.Style.DefaultStyle.Font = New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 10.0F))
            table.Style.AlternateStyle = New PdfCellStyle()
            table.Style.AlternateStyle.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.LightYellow
            table.Style.AlternateStyle.Font = New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 10.0F))
            table.Style.HeaderSource = PdfHeaderSource.ColumnCaptions
            table.Style.HeaderStyle.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.CadetBlue
            table.Style.HeaderStyle.Font = New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 11.0F, FontStyle.Bold))
            table.Style.HeaderStyle.StringFormat = New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center)
            table.Style.ShowHeader = True

            Using conn As New OleDbConnection()
                conn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=demo.mdb"
                Dim command As New OleDbCommand()
                command.CommandText _
                    = " select Name, '' as Flag, Capital, Continent, Area, Population, Flag as FlagData from country "
                command.Connection = conn
                Using dataAdapter As New OleDbDataAdapter(command)
                    Dim dataTable As New DataTable()
                    dataAdapter.Fill(dataTable)
                    dataTable.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("FlagImage", GetType(PdfImage)))
                    table.DataSourceType = PdfTableDataSourceType.TableDirect
                    table.DataSource = dataTable
                End Using
            End Using
            Dim width As Single = page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width - (table.Columns.Count + 1) * table.Style.BorderPen.Width
            table.Columns(0).Width = width * 0.21F
            table.Columns(0).StringFormat = New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)
            table.Columns(1).Width = width * 0.1F
            table.Columns(1).StringFormat = New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)
            table.Columns(2).Width = width * 0.19F
            table.Columns(2).StringFormat = New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)
            table.Columns(3).Width = width * 0.21F
            table.Columns(3).StringFormat = New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)
            table.Columns(4).Width = width * 0.12F
            table.Columns(4).StringFormat = New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Right, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)
            table.Columns(5).Width = width * 0.17F
            table.Columns(5).StringFormat = New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Right, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)

            AddHandler table.BeginRowLayout, AddressOf table_BeginRowLayout
            AddHandler table.EndCellLayout, AddressOf table_EndCellLayout

            Dim tableLayout As New PdfTableLayoutFormat()
            tableLayout.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitElement
            tableLayout.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate
            tableLayout.EndColumnIndex = table.Columns.Count - 2 - 1

            Dim result As PdfLayoutResult = table.Draw(page, New PointF(0, y), tableLayout)
            y = y + result.Bounds.Height + 5

            Dim brush2 As PdfBrush = PdfBrushes.Gray
            Dim font2 As New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 9.0F))
            page.Canvas.DrawString(String.Format("* {0} countries in the list.", table.Rows.Count), font2, brush2, 5, y)

            'Save pdf file.
            doc.SaveToFile("ImageTable.pdf")
            doc.Close()

            'Launching the Pdf file.
            Process.Start("ImageTable.pdf")
        End Sub

        Private Shared Sub table_EndCellLayout(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As EndCellLayoutEventArgs)
            If args.RowIndex < 0 Then
                'header
                Return
            End If
            If args.CellIndex = 1 Then
                Dim dataTable As DataTable = TryCast((TryCast(sender, PdfTable)).DataSource, DataTable)
                Dim image As PdfImage = TryCast(dataTable.Rows(args.RowIndex)(7), PdfImage)
                Dim x As Single = (args.Bounds.Width - image.PhysicalDimension.Width) / 2 + args.Bounds.X
                Dim y As Single = (args.Bounds.Height - image.PhysicalDimension.Height) / 2 + args.Bounds.Y
                args.Graphics.DrawImage(image, x, y)
            End If
        End Sub

        Private Shared Sub table_BeginRowLayout(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As BeginRowLayoutEventArgs)
            If args.RowIndex < 0 Then
                'header
                Return
            End If
            Dim dataTable As DataTable = TryCast((TryCast(sender, PdfTable)).DataSource, DataTable)
            Dim imageData() As Byte = TryCast(dataTable.Rows(args.RowIndex)(6), Byte())
            Using stream As New MemoryStream(imageData)
                Dim image As PdfImage = PdfImage.FromStream(stream)
                args.MinimalHeight = 4 + image.PhysicalDimension.Height
                dataTable.Rows(args.RowIndex)(7) = image
            End Using
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

The sample demonstrates how to set PDF table layout.

Download TableLayout.pdf

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.OleDb;
using System.Drawing;
using Spire.Pdf;
using Spire.Pdf.Graphics;
using Spire.Pdf.Tables;

namespace TableLayout
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Create a pdf document.
            PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();

            //margin
            PdfUnitConvertor unitCvtr = new PdfUnitConvertor();
            PdfMargins margin = new PdfMargins();
            margin.Top = unitCvtr.ConvertUnits(2.54f, PdfGraphicsUnit.Centimeter, PdfGraphicsUnit.Point);
            margin.Bottom = margin.Top;
            margin.Left = unitCvtr.ConvertUnits(3.17f, PdfGraphicsUnit.Centimeter, PdfGraphicsUnit.Point);
            margin.Right = margin.Left;

            // Create one page
            PdfPageBase page = doc.Pages.Add(PdfPageSize.A4, margin);

            float y = 10;

            //title
            PdfBrush brush1 = PdfBrushes.Black;
            PdfTrueTypeFont font1 = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 16f, FontStyle.Bold));
            PdfStringFormat format1 = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center);
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Part List", font1, brush1, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width / 2, y, format1);
            y = y + font1.MeasureString("Part List", format1).Height;
            y = y + 5;

            //create data table
            PdfTable table = new PdfTable();
            table.Style.CellPadding = 1;
            table.Style.BorderPen = new PdfPen(brush1, 0.75f);
            table.Style.DefaultStyle.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.SkyBlue;
            table.Style.DefaultStyle.Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 10f), true);
            table.Style.HeaderSource = PdfHeaderSource.ColumnCaptions;
            table.Style.HeaderStyle.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.CadetBlue;
            table.Style.HeaderStyle.Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 11f, FontStyle.Bold), true);
            table.Style.HeaderStyle.StringFormat = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center);
            table.Style.ShowHeader = true;
            table.Style.RepeatHeader = true;
            using (OleDbConnection conn = new OleDbConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=demo.mdb";
                OleDbCommand command = new OleDbCommand();
                command.CommandText
                    = " select * from parts ";
                command.Connection = conn;
                using (OleDbDataAdapter dataAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(command))
                {
                    DataTable dataTable = new DataTable();
                    dataAdapter.Fill(dataTable);
                    dataTable.Columns.RemoveAt(1);
                    table.DataSourceType = PdfTableDataSourceType.TableDirect;
                    table.DataSource = dataTable;
                }
            }
            float width
                = page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width
                    - (table.Columns.Count + 1) * table.Style.BorderPen.Width;
            for (int i = 0; i < table.Columns.Count; i++)
            {
                if (i == 1)
                {
                    table.Columns[i].Width = width * 0.4f * width;
                    table.Columns[i].StringFormat
                        = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
                }
                else
                {
                    table.Columns[i].Width = width * 0.12f * width;
                    table.Columns[i].StringFormat
                        = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Right, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
                }
            }
            table.BeginRowLayout += new BeginRowLayoutEventHandler(table_BeginRowLayout);

            PdfTableLayoutFormat tableLayout = new PdfTableLayoutFormat();
            tableLayout.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitElement;
            tableLayout.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate;
            PdfLayoutResult result = table.Draw(page, new PointF(0, y), tableLayout);
            y = result.Bounds.Bottom + 5;

            PdfBrush brush2 = PdfBrushes.Gray;
            PdfTrueTypeFont font2 = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 9f));
            result.Page.Canvas.DrawString(String.Format("* All {0} parts in the list", table.Rows.Count),
                font2, brush2, 5, y);

            //Save pdf file.
            doc.SaveToFile("TableLayout.pdf");
            doc.Close();

            //Launching the Pdf file.
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("TableLayout.pdf");
        }

        static void table_BeginRowLayout(object sender, BeginRowLayoutEventArgs args)
        {
            if (args.RowIndex < 0)
            {
                //header
                return;
            }
            if (args.RowIndex % 3 == 0)
            {
                args.CellStyle.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.LightYellow;
            }
            else
            {
                args.CellStyle.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.SkyBlue;
            }
        }
    }
}

Imports Spire.Pdf
Imports Spire.Pdf.Graphics
Imports Spire.Pdf.Tables
Imports System.Data.OleDb

Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.OleDb
Imports System.Drawing
Imports Spire.Pdf
Imports Spire.Pdf.Graphics
Imports Spire.Pdf.Tables

Namespace SimpleTable
    Friend Class Program
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            'Create a pdf document.
            Dim doc As New PdfDocument()

            'margin
            Dim unitCvtr As New PdfUnitConvertor()
            Dim margin As New PdfMargins()
            margin.Top = unitCvtr.ConvertUnits(2.54F, PdfGraphicsUnit.Centimeter, PdfGraphicsUnit.Point)
            margin.Bottom = margin.Top
            margin.Left = unitCvtr.ConvertUnits(3.17F, PdfGraphicsUnit.Centimeter, PdfGraphicsUnit.Point)
            margin.Right = margin.Left

            ' Create one page
            Dim page As PdfPageBase = doc.Pages.Add(PdfPageSize.A4, margin)

            Dim y As Single = 10

            'title
            Dim brush1 As PdfBrush = PdfBrushes.Black
            Dim font1 As New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 16.0F, FontStyle.Bold))
            Dim format1 As New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center)
            page.Canvas.DrawString("Part List", font1, brush1, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width \ 2, y, format1)
            y = y + font1.MeasureString("Part List", format1).Height
            y = y + 5

            'create data table
            Dim table As New PdfTable()
            table.Style.CellPadding = 1
            table.Style.BorderPen = New PdfPen(brush1, 0.75F)
            table.Style.DefaultStyle.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.SkyBlue
            table.Style.DefaultStyle.Font = New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 10.0F), True)
            table.Style.HeaderSource = PdfHeaderSource.ColumnCaptions
            table.Style.HeaderStyle.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.CadetBlue
            table.Style.HeaderStyle.Font = New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 11.0F, FontStyle.Bold), True)
            table.Style.HeaderStyle.StringFormat = New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center)
            table.Style.ShowHeader = True
            table.Style.RepeatHeader = True
            Using conn As New OleDbConnection()
                conn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=demo.mdb"
                Dim command As New OleDbCommand()
                command.CommandText = " select * from parts "
                command.Connection = conn
                Using dataAdapter As New OleDbDataAdapter(command)
                    Dim dataTable As New DataTable()
                    dataAdapter.Fill(dataTable)
                    dataTable.Columns.RemoveAt(1)
                    table.DataSourceType = PdfTableDataSourceType.TableDirect
                    table.DataSource = dataTable
                End Using
            End Using
            Dim width As Single = page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width - (table.Columns.Count + 1) * table.Style.BorderPen.Width
            For i As Integer = 0 To table.Columns.Count - 1
                If i = 1 Then
                    table.Columns(i).Width = width * 0.4F * width
                    table.Columns(i).StringFormat = New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)
                Else
                    table.Columns(i).Width = width * 0.12F * width
                    table.Columns(i).StringFormat = New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Right, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)
                End If
            Next i
            AddHandler table.BeginRowLayout, AddressOf table_BeginRowLayout

            Dim tableLayout As New PdfTableLayoutFormat()
            tableLayout.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitElement
            tableLayout.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate
            Dim result As PdfLayoutResult = table.Draw(page, New PointF(0, y), tableLayout)
            y = result.Bounds.Bottom + 5

            Dim brush2 As PdfBrush = PdfBrushes.Gray
            Dim font2 As New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 9.0F))
            result.Page.Canvas.DrawString(String.Format("* All {0} parts in the list", table.Rows.Count), font2, brush2, 5, y)

            'Save pdf file.
            doc.SaveToFile("TableLayout.pdf")
            doc.Close()

            'Launching the Pdf file.
            Process.Start("TableLayout.pdf")
        End Sub

        Private Shared Sub table_BeginRowLayout(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As BeginRowLayoutEventArgs)
            If args.RowIndex < 0 Then
                'header
                Return
            End If
            If args.RowIndex Mod 3 = 0 Then
                args.CellStyle.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.LightYellow
            Else
                args.CellStyle.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.SkyBlue
            End If
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace