Manage Tables in PDF via C#

Add, Extract, Delete Tables in PDF document. Use Aspose.PDF for .NET to modify PDF files programmatically

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Most popular action with Tables via C#

Add Table
Extract Table
Delete Table

How to manage Tables in PDF documentUsing .NET Library

In order to work with table, we’ll use Aspose.PDF for .NET API which is a feature-rich, powerful and easy to use document manipulation API for net platform. Open NuGet package manager, search for Aspose.PDF and install. You may also use the following command from the Package Manager Console.

Package Manager Console

PM > Install-Package Aspose.PDF

Add Table to PDF via C#

You need Aspose.PDF for .NET to try the code in your environment.

  1. Load the PDF with an instance of Document.
  2. Access the Page via its index.
  3. Create Table object.
  4. Set table setting (e.g. set the borders).
  5. Populate table.
  6. Add the table to a page.
  7. Save the file.

Add Table in PDF - C#


    // Load source PDF document
    Aspose.Pdf.Document doc = new Aspose.Pdf.Document(dataDir+ "AddTable.pdf");
    // Initializes a new instance of the Table
    Aspose.Pdf.Table table = new Aspose.Pdf.Table();
    // Set the table border color as LightGray
    table.Border = new Aspose.Pdf.BorderInfo(Aspose.Pdf.BorderSide.All, .5f, Aspose.Pdf.Color.FromRgb(System.Drawing.Color.LightGray));
    // Set the border for table cells
    table.DefaultCellBorder = new Aspose.Pdf.BorderInfo(Aspose.Pdf.BorderSide.All, .5f, Aspose.Pdf.Color.FromRgb(System.Drawing.Color.LightGray));
    // Create a loop to add 10 rows
    for (int row_count = 1; row_count < 10; row_count++)
    {
        // Add row to table
        Aspose.Pdf.Row row = table.Rows.Add();
        // Add table cells
        row.Cells.Add("Column (" + row_count + ", 1)");
        row.Cells.Add("Column (" + row_count + ", 2)");
        row.Cells.Add("Column (" + row_count + ", 3)");
    }
    // Add table object to first page of input document
    doc.Pages[1].Paragraphs.Add(table);
    dataDir = dataDir + "document_with_table_out.pdf";