Dynamically Create Rows And Columns According To Number Of Questions

[Nouman Khalid]

Hello i am creating a simple math application in which we generate simple maths questions and then save these questions in PDF. We are using your pdf services for achieving this functionality. Now Questions are generated successfully in pdf but there are somple problems we are using your table system in this we want to add dynamically rows and columns in pdf according to questions and then show these different questions in a grid form in pdf here is my code thanks

public void GenerateTable()

        {

            using (PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument())

            {

                //Add a page

                PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();

                //Acquire pages graphics

                PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics;

                PdfStringFormat CenterHeader = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center);

                PdfFont font = new PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.TimesRoman, 20);

                PdfColor color = new PdfColor(240, 248, 255);

                PdfSolidBrush brush = new PdfSolidBrush(color);

                PdfPen borderPen = new PdfPen(PdfBrushes.LightGray);

                borderPen.Width = 2;

                //Default Style

                PdfCellStyle defStyle = new PdfCellStyle();

                defStyle.Font = font;

                defStyle.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.WhiteSmoke;

                defStyle.BorderPen = borderPen;

                defStyle.StringFormat = CenterHeader;

                //Alternative Style

                PdfCellStyle altStyle = new PdfCellStyle();

                altStyle.Font = font;

                altStyle.BackgroundBrush = brush;

                altStyle.BorderPen = borderPen;

                //Header Style

                PdfCellStyle headerStyle = new PdfCellStyle(font, PdfBrushes.White, PdfPens.DarkBlue);

                brush = new PdfSolidBrush(new PdfColor(0,0,0));

                headerStyle.BackgroundBrush = brush;

                headerStyle.StringFormat = CenterHeader;

                //Declare a PdfLightTable

                PdfLightTable pdfLightTable = new PdfLightTable();

                PdfMargins margins = new PdfMargins();

                PdfLightTableLayoutFormat pdflayout = new PdfLightTableLayoutFormat();

                //Set the Data source as direct

                pdfLightTable.DataSourceType = PdfLightTableDataSourceType.TableDirect;

               // pdfLightTable.Style.AlternateStyle = defStyle;

                //Create columns

                for(int i=0;i<4;i++)

                {

                    pdfLightTable.Columns.Add(new PdfColumn("Questions"));

                }

              

                pdfLightTable.Style.CellPadding = 10;

                pdfLightTable.Style.ShowHeader = false;

                for (int i = 0; i < NumberOfQuestion; i++)

                {

                    LeftOperant = LeftOperantList[i];

                    RightOperant = RightOperantList[i];

                    result = Calculation(LeftOperant, Operator, RightOperant);

                    QuestionsList.Add("  " + LeftOperant + "" + Operator + " " + RightOperant + " ------------ " + result + " ------------ ");

                   // pdfLightTable.Rows.Add(new object[] { "  "+LeftOperant+""+ Operator+" "+ RightOperant + " ------------ " + result + " ------------ ", "Noman","Waheed","Developers"});

                 

               

                }

                foreach (var item in QuestionsList)

                {

                  

                    pdfLightTable.Rows.Add(new object[] { item,"","",""});

                }

                //Draw the PdfLightTable

                // pdfLightTable.Draw(page, new PointF(50, 50));

                pdfLightTable.Style.AlternateStyle = defStyle;

                pdfLightTable.Style.DefaultStyle   = defStyle;

                pdfLightTable.Style.HeaderStyle    = headerStyle;

                pdfLightTable.Draw(page, PointF.Empty);

               //pdfLightTable.Draw(page, 50, 50, 300, pdflayout);

                //Save the document

                MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();

                document.Save(stream);

                document.Close(true);

                //Save the stream as a file in the device and invoke it for viewing

                Xamarin.Forms.DependencyService.Get<ISave>().SaveAndView("PDFTable.pdf", "application / pdf", stream);

            }

}

[Surya Kumar]

 Hi Nouman,

Greetings from Syncfusion.

You can dynamically create a data source using "IEnumerable<object>" and set that collection as data source to PdfLighTable using the code snippet below:
 

using (PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument())
{
//Add a page
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();

//Acquire pages graphics
PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics;

//Declare a PdfLightTable
PdfLightTable pdfLightTable = new PdfLightTable();

//Add values to list
List<object> Questions = new List<object>();

for (int i = 0; i < NumberOfQuestion; i++)
{
LeftOperant = LeftOperantList[i];
RightOperant = RightOperantList[i];
result = Calculation(LeftOperant, Operator, RightOperant);
object row = new { Value1 = LeftOperant, Value2 = Operator, Value3 = RightOperant, Value4 = result };
Questions.Add(row);

}
//Add list to IEnumerable
IEnumerable<object> table = Questions;

//Assign data source.
pdfLightTable.DataSource = table;

//Draw the PdfLightTable
pdfLightTable.Draw(page, PointF.Empty);

//Save the document
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
document.Save(stream);
document.Close(true);

}

 

Refer the below UG documentation link to know more about the table creation in PDF:
https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/working-with-tables 

 
Regards, 
Surya Kumar