How to create PDF file using iText or some other library on android?

Question

How to create PDF file using iText or some other library on android?

Is there any tutorial on iText for android?

Thanks

Answer 1

import android.graphics.pdf.PdfDocument;  
    import android.graphics.Canvas;
    import android.graphics.Bitmap;
    import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
    import android.graphics.Paint;
    
    
        private void designFile(){
    
    int pageHeight = 2200;
        int pagewidth = 1240;
    
    
      bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.pizza);
            bitbip = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(bitmap, 1100, 700, true);
    
    
        PdfDocument    document = new PdfDocument();
            Paint paint = new Paint();
            Paint paint2= new Paint();
    
    
            PdfDocument.PageInfo mypageInfo = new PdfDocument.PageInfo.Builder(pagewidth, pageHeight, 2).create();
    
            PdfDocument.Page myPage = document.startPage(mypageInfo);
    
            Canvas canvas = myPage.getCanvas();
    
            canvas.drawBitmap(bitmap, 350, 10, paint);
    
          paint2.setTypeface(Typeface.defaultFromStyle(Typeface.BOLD));
            paint2.setColor(Color.BLACK);
            paint2.setTextSize(30);
            paint2.setTextAlign(Paint.Align.CENTER);
            canvas.drawText("INSTAGRAM", 150, 125, paint2);
    
       document.finishPage(myPage);
    }

Answer 2

It's Easy,For example

Here the Code in my repository (updated link)

gradle.build

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.1.1'
compile 'com.madgag:scpkix-jdk15on:1.47.0.1'
compile 'com.itextpdf:itextpdf:5.0.6'

activity_main.xml

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <RelativeLayout
        xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
        android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
        android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context="com.example.hackro.itext.MainActivity">
    
    <Button
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/btnwrite"
        android:text="PDF"
        android:onClick="GeneratePDF"
        />
    </RelativeLayout>

MainActivity.java

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Toast;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.BaseFont;
import java.io.File;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    private static final String LOG_TAG = "GeneratePDF";


    private BaseFont bfBold;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);



    }


    public void GeneratePDF(View view)
    {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        String filename = "david";
        String filecontent = "Contenido";
        Metodos fop = new Metodos();
        if (fop.write(filename, filecontent)) {
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                    filename + ".pdf created", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
                    .show();
        } else {
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "I/O error",
                    Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    }

  }

Metodos.java

 import android.util.Log;
    
    import com.itextpdf.text.BaseColor;
    import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
    import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
    import com.itextpdf.text.Element;
    import com.itextpdf.text.Font;
    import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
    import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
    import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
    import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
    import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
    
    import java.io.File;
    import java.io.FileOutputStream;
    import java.io.IOException;
    
    /**
     * Created by hackro on 24/11/15.
     */
    public class Metodos {
    
    
        public Boolean write(String fname, String fcontent) {
            try {
                String fpath = "/sdcard/" + fname + ".pdf";
                File file = new File(fpath);
    
                if (!file.exists()) {
                    file.createNewFile();
                }
    
                Font bfBold12 = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 12, Font.BOLD, new BaseColor(0, 0, 0));
                Font bf12 = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 12);
    
    
                Document document = new Document();
    
                PdfWriter.getInstance(document,
                        new FileOutputStream(file.getAbsoluteFile()));
                document.open();
    
                document.add(new Paragraph("Sigueme en Twitter!"));
    
                document.add(new Paragraph("@DavidHackro"));
                document.close();
    
                return true;
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return false;
            } catch (DocumentException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
                return false;
            }
        }}
    

Result

Good Luck

Answer 3

I have created a sample project for creating the pdf file from data using itextpdf/itext7 library

Example project link: https://github.com/rheyansh/RPdfGenerator

Add below dependancy in your application gradle:

implementation 'com.itextpdf:itext7-core:7.1.12'

Important Notes

Add WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission in AndroidManifest.xml

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

Add File Provider in AndroidManifest.xml

<provider
        android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"
        android:authorities="com.rheyansh.rpdfgenerator.fileprovider"
        android:exported="false"
        android:grantUriPermissions="true">
        <meta-data
            android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
            android:resource="@xml/provider_paths" />
    </provider>

Add XML resource folder (see provider_paths.xml in example folder)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<paths>
    <external-path name="external_files" path="."/>
</paths>

Create RPdfGenerator class

import android.content.Context
import android.os.Environment
import com.rheyansh.model.RTransaction
import android.widget.Toast
import com.itextpdf.io.font.constants.StandardFonts
import com.itextpdf.kernel.colors.ColorConstants
import com.itextpdf.kernel.font.PdfFontFactory
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfDocument
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.action.PdfAction
import com.itextpdf.layout.Document
import com.itextpdf.layout.element.Paragraph
import com.itextpdf.layout.element.Table
import com.itextpdf.layout.element.Text
import com.itextpdf.layout.property.TextAlignment
import com.itextpdf.layout.property.UnitValue
import com.rheyansh.lenden.model.RPdfGeneratorModel
import java.io.File
import java.io.FileOutputStream

object RPdfGenerator {

    private val linkSample = "https://github.com/rheyansh/RPdfGenerator"

    fun generatePdf(context: Context, info: RPdfGeneratorModel) {

        val FILENAME = info.header + ".pdf"
        val filePath = getAppPath(context) + FILENAME

        if (File(filePath).exists()) {
            File(filePath).delete()
        }

        val fOut = FileOutputStream(filePath)
        val pdfWriter = PdfWriter(fOut)

        // Creating a PdfDocument
        val pdfDocument =
            PdfDocument(pdfWriter)
        val layoutDocument = Document(pdfDocument)

        // title
        addTitle(layoutDocument, info.header)

        //add empty line
        addEmptyLine(layoutDocument,1)

        //Add sub heading
        val appName = "RPdfGenerator"
        addSubHeading(layoutDocument, "Generated via: ${appName}")
        addLink(layoutDocument, linkSample)

        //add empty line
        addEmptyLine(layoutDocument,1)

        // customer reference information
        addDebitCredit(layoutDocument, info)

        //add empty line
        addEmptyLine(layoutDocument,1)

        //Add sub heading
        addSubHeading(layoutDocument, "Transactions")

        //Add list
        addTable(layoutDocument, info.list)

        layoutDocument.close()
        Toast.makeText(context, "Pdf saved successfully to location $filePath", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()

        //FileUtils.openFile(context, File(filePath))
    }

    private fun getAppPath(context: Context): String {
        val dir = File(
            Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
                .toString() + File.separator
                    + context.resources.getString(R.string.app_name)
                    + File.separator
        )
        if (!dir.exists()) {
            dir.mkdir()
        }
        return dir.path + File.separator
    }

    private fun addTable(layoutDocument: Document, items: List<RTransaction>) {

        val table = Table(
            UnitValue.createPointArray(
                floatArrayOf(
                    100f,
                    180f,
                    80f,
                    80f,
                    80f,
                    100f
                )
            )
        )

        // headers
        //table.addCell(Paragraph("S.N.O.").setBold())
        table.addCell(Paragraph("Item").setBold())
        table.addCell(Paragraph("Customer").setBold())
        table.addCell(Paragraph("Qty").setBold())
        table.addCell(Paragraph("Price/Q").setBold())
        table.addCell(Paragraph("Total").setBold())
        table.addCell(Paragraph("Date").setBold())

        // items
        for (a in items) {
//            table.addCell(Paragraph(a.SNO.toString() + ""))
            table.addCell(Paragraph(a.itemName + ""))
            table.addCell(Paragraph(a.custName + ""))
            table.addCell(Paragraph(a.quantity.toString() + ""))
            table.addCell(Paragraph(a.pricePerUnit.toString() + ""))
            table.addCell(Paragraph((a.quantity * a.pricePerUnit).toString() + ""))
            table.addCell(Paragraph(a.transactionDateStr + ""))
        }
        layoutDocument.add(table)
    }

    private fun addEmptyLine(layoutDocument: Document, number: Int) {
        for (i in 0 until number) {
            layoutDocument.add(Paragraph(" "))
        }
    }

    private fun addDebitCredit(layoutDocument: Document, info: RPdfGeneratorModel) {

        val table = Table(
            UnitValue.createPointArray(
                floatArrayOf(
                    100f,
                    160f
                )
            )
        )

        table.addCell(Paragraph("Total Credit").setBold())
        table.addCell(Paragraph(info.totalCredit + ""))
        table.addCell(Paragraph("Total Debit").setBold())
        table.addCell(Paragraph(info.totalDebit + ""))
        table.addCell(Paragraph("Total Profit").setBold())
        table.addCell(Paragraph(info.totalProfit + ""))

        layoutDocument.add(table)
    }

    private fun addSubHeading(layoutDocument: Document, text: String) {
        layoutDocument.add(
            Paragraph(text).setBold()
                .setTextAlignment(TextAlignment.CENTER)
        )
    }

    private fun addLink(layoutDocument: Document, text: String) {

        val blueText: Text = Text(text)
            .setFontColor(ColorConstants.BLUE)
            .setFont(PdfFontFactory.createFont(StandardFonts.HELVETICA_BOLD))

        layoutDocument.add(
            Paragraph(blueText)
                .setAction(PdfAction.createURI(text))
                .setTextAlignment(TextAlignment.CENTER)
                .setUnderline()
                .setItalic()
        )
    }

    private fun addTitle(layoutDocument: Document, text: String) {
        layoutDocument.add(
            Paragraph(text).setBold().setUnderline()
                .setTextAlignment(TextAlignment.CENTER)
        )
    }
}

RPdfGeneratorModel

class RPdfGeneratorModel(list: List<RTransaction>, header: String) {

    var list = emptyList<RTransaction>()
    var header = ""
    var totalCredit = ""
    var totalDebit = ""
    var totalProfit = ""

    init {
        this.list = list
        this.header = header
        calculateTotal(list)
    }

    private fun calculateTotal(items: List<RTransaction>) {
        val totalPlus = items.map {
            if (it.transType == RTransactionType.plus) {
                it.totalPrice
            } else { 0.0 }
        }.sum()

        val totalMinus = items.map {
            if (it.transType == RTransactionType.minus) {
                it.totalPrice
            } else { 0.0 }
        }.sum()

        val final = totalPlus - totalMinus
        totalDebit = "-" + totalMinus.toString()
        totalCredit = totalPlus.toString()
        totalProfit = final.toString()
    }
}

RTransaction model

enum class RTransactionType { plus, minus }

class RTransaction {

    var itemName: String = ""
    var custName: String = ""
    var transType: RTransactionType = RTransactionType.plus
    var pricePerUnit: Double = 0.0
    var quantity: Int = 0
    var totalPrice: Double = 0.0
    var transactionDateStr: String = ""

    constructor() {
    }
}

write below functions in your activity class for creating dummy data

private fun dummyModel(): RPdfGeneratorModel {
        val list = dummyTransactions()
        val header = "Statement"
        val dummy = RPdfGeneratorModel(list, header)
        return dummy
    }

    private fun dummyTransactions(): List<RTransaction> {

        val list = arrayListOf<RTransaction>()

        val i1 = RTransaction()
        i1.custName = "Johan Store"
        i1.itemName = "Snacks"
        i1.quantity = 4
        i1.pricePerUnit = 40.0
        i1.totalPrice = i1.quantity * i1.pricePerUnit
        i1.transactionDateStr = "10 Sep, 20"
        i1.transType = RTransactionType.plus
        list.add(i1)


        val i2 = RTransaction()
        i2.custName = "Alice Store"
        i2.itemName = "Chocolate"
        i2.quantity = 3
        i2.pricePerUnit = 79.0
        i2.totalPrice = i2.quantity * i2.pricePerUnit
        i2.transactionDateStr = "9 Sep, 20"
        i2.transType = RTransactionType.plus
        list.add(i2)

        val i3 = RTransaction()
        i3.custName = "Alexa Mall"
        i3.itemName = "Shoes"
        i3.quantity = 2
        i3.pricePerUnit = 177.0
        i3.totalPrice = i3.quantity * i3.pricePerUnit
        i3.transactionDateStr = "9 Sep, 20"
        i3.transType = RTransactionType.minus
        list.add(i3)

        val i4 = RTransaction()
        i4.custName = "Zainab Baba"
        i4.itemName = "Chips"
        i4.quantity = 5
        i4.pricePerUnit = 140.0
        i4.totalPrice = i4.quantity * i4.pricePerUnit
        i4.transactionDateStr = "8 Sep, 20"
        i4.transType = RTransactionType.plus
        list.add(i4)

        list.add(i1)
        list.add(i2)
        list.add(i3)
        list.add(i4)

        list.add(i1)
        list.add(i2)
        list.add(i3)
        list.add(i4)


        return list
    }

Now call RPdfGenerator function. Make sure to ask WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission before calling. For more details checkout example project

val dummyInfo = dummyModel()
                RPdfGenerator.generatePdf(this, dummyInfo)

Answer 4

package com.cete.androidexamples.dynamicpdf.helloworld;

import com.cete.dynamicpdf.*;
import com.cete.dynamicpdf.pageelements.Label;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class DynamicPDFHelloWorld extends Activity {
    private static String FILE = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
            + "/HelloWorld.pdf";

    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        // Create a document and set it's properties
        Document objDocument = new Document();
        objDocument.setCreator("DynamicPDFHelloWorld.java");
        objDocument.setAuthor("Your Name");
        objDocument.setTitle("Hello World");

        // Create a page to add to the document
        Page objPage = new Page(PageSize.LETTER, PageOrientation.PORTRAIT,
                54.0f);

        // Create a Label to add to the page
        String strText = "Hello World...\nFrom DynamicPDF™ Generator "
                + "for Java\nDynamicPDF.com";
        Label objLabel = new Label(strText, 0, 0, 504, 100,
                Font.getHelvetica(), 18, TextAlign.CENTER);

        // Add label to page
        objPage.getElements().add(objLabel);

        // Add page to document
        objDocument.getPages().add(objPage);

        try {
            // Outputs the document to file
            objDocument.draw(FILE);
            Toast.makeText(this, "File has been written to :" + FILE,
                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Toast.makeText(this,
                    "Error, unable to write to file\n" + e.getMessage(),
                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
    }
}

add DynamicPDF to libs files you can downloade it from link

Answer 5

This is my sample coding for creating pdf file with text and image content using Itext library and to store the pdf file in the external Storage location. The only thing is you need to download the itext library and add it into your project.

private void createPdf() {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                com.itextpdf.text.Document document = new com.itextpdf.text.Document();

                 try {
                        String path = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() + "/vindroid";

                        File dir = new File(path);
                            if(!dir.exists())
                                dir.mkdirs();

                        Log.d("PDFCreator", "PDF Path: " + path);


                        File file = new File(dir, "sample.pdf");
                        FileOutputStream fOut = new FileOutputStream(file);

                        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, fOut);

                        //open the document
                        document.open();


                        Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph("Sample PDF CREATION USING IText");
                        Font paraFont= new Font(Font.FontFamily.COURIER);
                        p1.setAlignment(Paragraph.ALIGN_CENTER);
                        p1.setFont(paraFont);

                         //add paragraph to document    
                         document.add(p1);

                         Paragraph p2 = new Paragraph("This is an example of a simple paragraph");
                         Font paraFont2= new Font(Font.FontFamily.COURIER,14.0f,0, CMYKColor.GREEN);
                         p2.setAlignment(Paragraph.ALIGN_CENTER);
                         p2.setFont(paraFont2);

                         document.add(p2);

                         ByteArrayOutputStream stream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
                         Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getBaseContext().getResources(), R.drawable.ic_launcher);
                         bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100 , stream);
                         Image myImg = Image.getInstance(stream.toByteArray());
                         myImg.setAlignment(Image.MIDDLE);

                         //add image to document
                         document.add(myImg);




                 } catch (DocumentException de) {
                         Log.e("PDFCreator", "DocumentException:" + de);
                 } catch (IOException e) {
                         Log.e("PDFCreator", "ioException:" + e);
                 } 
                 finally
                 {
                         document.close();
                 }

            }      

Answer 6

You can use iText to create PDFs. Use the latest version (5.1.3) and include only the itextpdf-5.1.3.jar in the build path. You can use something like this to accomplish the pdf creation.

Document document = new Document();
file = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath() + "/Hello.pdf"
PdfWriter.getInstance(document,new FileOutputStream(file));
document.open();
Paragraph p = new Paragraph("Hello PDF");
document.add(p);
document.close();

Also, don't forget to use the permission to write to external storage in the manifest.xml.

Answer 7

I have used iText in a java swing application - it worked well to create some basic PDF files. The code goes something like this:

    @Override public void buildPDF(List<Folder> folders) {        
    Document document = new Document();
    String fname = "";
    boolean open = false;
    try {
            // step 2:
            // we create a writer that listens to the document
            // and directs a PDF-stream to a file
            fname = filename(getName()) + "-" + filename(getDataset().getName()) + ".pdf";

            PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document,
                            new FileOutputStream(fname));

            for (int i = 0; i < folders.size(); i++ ) {
                // grab the folder
                LIFolder f = (LIFolder) folders.get(i);

                if (f == null) continue;

                open = true;
                break;
            }

            // we have no valid folders
            if (folders.size() > 0 && !open) {
                // they selected an empty row
                javax.swing.JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, BUNDLE.getString("report-none-selected"), 
                        BUNDLE.getString("report-none-selected-title"), 
                        javax.swing.JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
                return;
            }

            if (folders.size() == 0) {
                // get all folders from dataset
                folders = FolderFinder.findAll(getSession(), getDataset());
            }

            open = false;
            for (int i = 0; i < folders.size(); i++ ) {
                // grab the folder
                LIFolder f = (LIFolder) folders.get(i);

                if (f == null) continue;

                if (!open) {
                    open = true;
                    document.open();
                }

                Paragraph p = new Paragraph(BUNDLE.getString("report-heading-summary-main"), getPageHeadingFont());
                p.setAlignment("center");
                document.add(p);
                p = new Paragraph(BUNDLE.getString("report-heading-summary-main-sub"), this.pageHeadingFont1);
                p.setAlignment("center");
                document.add(p);

                blankLine(document);
                drawLine(writer);

                ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
                // Primary Statement Details
                ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////                    
                p = new Paragraph("Primary Statement Details", this.pageHeadingFont2);
                p.setAlignment("center");
                document.add(p);

                blankLine(document);
                PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(4);

                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("Dataset:", getFieldHeadingFont())));
                BorderlessCell cell = new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph(getDataset().getName(), getTextFont()));
                cell.setColspan(3);
                table.addCell(cell);

                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("Data Entry Clerk:", getFieldHeadingFont())));
                cell = new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph(
                        (f.getDataEntryClerk() != null ? f.getDataEntryClerk().toDescriptionPathString() : emptyIfNull(null)), 
                        getTextFont()));
                cell.setColspan(3);
                table.addCell(cell);

                table.setWidthPercentage(100);
                cell = new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("Statement Number:", getFieldHeadingFont()));
                table.addCell(cell);
                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph(f.getReferenceId(), getTextFont())));

                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("Statement Date:", getFieldHeadingFont())));

                String strDate = "";
                java.util.Date date = f.getStatementDate();
                if (date != null) {
                    SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy"); 
                    strDate = formatter.format(date);
                }
                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph(strDate, getTextFont())));

                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("Statement Location:", getFieldHeadingFont())));
                cell = new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph(emptyIfNull(f.getTakerLocation()), getTextFont()));
                cell.setColspan(3);
                table.addCell(cell);

                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("Statement keywords:", getFieldHeadingFont())));
                cell = new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph(emptyIfNull(f.getKeywords()), getTextFont()));
                cell.setColspan(3);
                table.addCell(cell);

                document.add(table);
                ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


                ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
                // Statement Giver's Details
                ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////                    
                LIPerson p01 = null;
                Set<Actor> actors = f.getActors();
                Iterator iter = actors.iterator();
                while (iter.hasNext()) {
                    Actor actor = (Actor) iter.next();
                    if (actor instanceof LIPerson) {
                        LIPerson person = (LIPerson) actor;
                        if (person.getReferenceId().toString().equalsIgnoreCase("p01") ) {
                            p01 = person;
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                }

                blankLine(document);
                drawLine(writer);
                p = new Paragraph(new Chunk("Statement Giver's Details", this.pageHeadingFont2));
                p.setAlignment("center");                        
                document.add(p);

                java.util.ArrayList giver = new java.util.ArrayList();
                if (p01 != null)
                    giver.add(p01);

                table = new PdfPTable(2);
                table.setWidthPercentage(100f);
                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("Name of Statement Giver:", getFieldHeadingFont())));
                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph(ActorsToString(giver), getTextFont())));

                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("Sex:", getFieldHeadingFont())));
                if (p01 == null)
                    table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph(emptyIfNull("TBD"), getTextFont())));
                else
                    table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph((p01.getSex() != null ? p01.getSex().toString() : ""), getTextFont())));

                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("Tribe:", getFieldHeadingFont())));
                if (p01 == null)
                    table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph(emptyIfNull(null), getTextFont())));
                else
                    table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(
                            new Paragraph((p01.getEthnicityOrTribe() != null ? p01.getEthnicityOrTribe().toDescriptionPathString() : emptyIfNull(null)), 
                            getTextFont())));

                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("Nationality:", getFieldHeadingFont())));
                if (p01 == null)
                    table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph(emptyIfNull(null), getTextFont())));
                else
                    table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(
                            new Paragraph((p01.getNationality() != null ? p01.getNationality().toDescriptionPathString() : emptyIfNull(null)), 
                            getTextFont())));

                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("Marital Status:", getFieldHeadingFont())));
                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph(emptyIfNull(f.getMaritalStatus()), getTextFont())));

                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("Education Level:", getFieldHeadingFont())));
                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph(emptyIfNull(f.getEducationLevel()), getTextFont())));

                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("County of Origin:", getFieldHeadingFont())));
                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph(emptyIfNull(f.getCountyOfOrigin()), getTextFont())));

                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("Mother's Name:", getFieldHeadingFont())));
                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph(emptyIfNull(f.getMothersName()), getTextFont())));

                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("Father's Name:", getFieldHeadingFont())));
                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph(emptyIfNull(f.getFathersName()), getTextFont())));

                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("# of Dependents:", getFieldHeadingFont())));
                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph(Integer.toString(f.getNumDependents()), getTextFont())));

                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("Phone Number:", getFieldHeadingFont())));
                table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph(emptyIfNull(f.getPhoneNumber()), getTextFont())));

                document.add(table);

                ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
                // Summary
                ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////                    
                blankLine(document);
                drawLine(writer);
                p = new Paragraph(new Chunk("Summary", this.pageHeadingFont2));
                p.setAlignment("center");                        
                document.add(p);
                p = new Paragraph(new Chunk(emptyIfNull(f.getSourceSummary()), getTextFont()));
                document.add(p);

                ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
                // Incident(s)
                ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////                                        
                Set<Act> acts = f.getActs();

                if (acts.size() > 0) {
                    // sort them by id
                    Hashtable map = new Hashtable();
                    Iterator it = acts.iterator();
                    String[] ids = new String[acts.size()];
                    int x = 0;
                    while (it.hasNext()) {
                        LIAct act = (LIAct) it.next();
                        String index = Integer.toString(act.getId());
                        map.put(index, act);

                        ids[x++] = index;
                    }
                    java.util.Arrays.sort(ids);

                    blankLine(document);
                    drawLine(writer);
                    p = new Paragraph(new Chunk("Act(s)", this.pageHeadingFont2));
                    p.setAlignment("center");                        
                    document.add(p);

                    blankLine(document);
                    table = new PdfPTable(4);
                    table.setWidthPercentage(100);

                    for (int y = 0; y < ids.length; y++) {
                        LIAct act = (LIAct) map.get(ids[y]);

                        table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("Act ID:", getFieldHeadingFont())));
                        cell = new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph(act.getReferenceId(), getTextFont()));
                        cell.setColspan(3);
                        table.addCell(cell);

                        table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("Start Date:", getFieldHeadingFont())));
                        table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph((act.getWhen() != null ? act.getWhen().toString():""), getTextFont())));

                        table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("End Date:", getFieldHeadingFont())));
                        table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph((act.getUntil() != null?act.getUntil().toString():""), getTextFont())));

                        table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("Location of act:", getFieldHeadingFont())));                            
                        p = new Paragraph(emptyIfNull(act.getWhere().toString()), getTextFont());
                        p.setAlignment(Paragraph.ALIGN_LEFT);
                        cell = new BorderlessCell(p);
                        cell.setColspan(3);                            
                        table.addCell(cell);

                        table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("Precise Location:", getFieldHeadingFont())));                            
                        p = new Paragraph(emptyIfNull(act.getPreciseLocation()), getTextFont());
                        p.setAlignment(Paragraph.ALIGN_LEFT);
                        cell = new BorderlessCell(p);
                        cell.setColspan(3);                            
                        table.addCell(cell);

                        table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("Violation:", getFieldHeadingFont())));                            
                        p = new Paragraph(emptyIfNull(act.getViolation().toDescriptionPathString()), getTextFont());
                        p.setAlignment(Paragraph.ALIGN_LEFT);
                        cell = new BorderlessCell(p);
                        cell.setColspan(3);                            
                        table.addCell(cell);

                        table.addCell(new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph("Description:", getFieldHeadingFont())));                                         
                        p = new Paragraph(emptyIfNull(act.getDescriptionLocation()), getTextFont());
                        p.setAlignment(Paragraph.ALIGN_LEFT);
                        cell = new BorderlessCell(p);
                        cell.setColspan(3);                            
                        table.addCell(cell);

                        // add empty cell
                        cell = new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph(""));
                        cell.setColspan(4);
                        table.addCell(cell);                            
                        cell = new BorderlessCell(new Paragraph(""));
                        cell.setColspan(4);
                        table.addCell(cell);                            
                    }

                    document.add(table);
                }                    

                /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
                // Victims
                /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
                List<Actor> victims = this.getAllVictims(f);

                if (!victims.isEmpty()) {
                    blankLine(document);
                    drawLine(writer);
                    String strVictims = ActorsToString(victims);
                    p = new Paragraph(new Chunk("Victim(s)", this.pageHeadingFont2));
                    p.setAlignment("center");                        
                    document.add(p);

                    p = new Paragraph(new Chunk("Name(s) of Victim(s): ", getFieldHeadingFont()));
                    p.add(new Chunk(strVictims, getTextFont()));
                    document.add(p);

                    String gender = ActorsToGender(victims);
                    p = new Paragraph(new Chunk("Gender: ", getFieldHeadingFont()));
                    p.add(new Chunk(gender, getTextFont()));
                    document.add(p);
                }

                /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

                /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
                // Perps
                /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
                List<Actor> perps = this.getAllPerpetrators(f);
                if (!perps.isEmpty()) {
                    blankLine(document);
                    drawLine(writer);
                    p = new Paragraph(new Chunk("Perpetrator(s)", this.pageHeadingFont2));
                    p.setAlignment("center");                        
                    document.add(p);

                    String strPerps = ActorsToString(perps);
                    p = new Paragraph(new Chunk("Name(s) of alleged perpetrator(s): ", getFieldHeadingFont()));
                    p.add(new Chunk(strPerps, getTextFont()));
                    document.add(p);
                }
                /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

                document.newPage();
            }

    } catch (DocumentException de) {
            System.err.println(de.getMessage());
    } catch (java.io.IOException ioe) {
            System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
    }

    // step 5: we close the document
    if (open) {
        document.close();

        if (!fname.equals("")) {
            // launch it
            Reports.LaunchPDF(fname);        
        }
    }        

}

If you need more info, let me know. Good luck!