Tables

Essential PDF has support for inserting tables into the PDF Document. You can create tables with Auto PageBreaks, Custom Formatting and also import a ADO.NET datatable into tables.

Essential PDF also allows to insert various graphics elements within the table cells providing options to create rich looking reports.

Essential PDF has support for creating large reports in tabular format with advanced styles. You can render any graphical element inside the table header or cells. You can also easily perform cell spacing, cell merging, setting row heights and apply gradient styles.

Essential PDF provides extensive support for generating rich PDF reports. Below is the screen shot that shows an Invoice generated from scratch using Essential PDF. This includes the table styles of PdfLightTable class and gradient brushes of PdfGraphics class to generate rich PDF reports.

Essential PDF has built in support for importing an ADO.NET DataTable into a table in the PDF page. Below is the screen shot of PDF generated with Essential PDF. This includes features like alternate row styles, header styles, header repetitions, etc., and produces a large report from Northwind database.