The sample demonstrates how to draw text as watermark in PDF document.

Download TextWaterMark.pdf

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

namespace TextWaterMark
{
    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);

            PdfTilingBrush brush
                = new PdfTilingBrush(new SizeF(page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width / 2, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Height / 3));
            brush.Graphics.SetTransparency(0.3f);
            brush.Graphics.Save();
            brush.Graphics.TranslateTransform(brush.Size.Width / 2, brush.Size.Height / 2);
            brush.Graphics.RotateTransform(-45);
            brush.Graphics.DrawString("Spire.Pdf Demo",
                new PdfFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 24), PdfBrushes.Violet, 0, 0,
                new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center));
            brush.Graphics.Restore();
            brush.Graphics.SetTransparency(1);
            page.Canvas.DrawRectangle(brush, new RectangleF(new PointF(0, 0), page.Canvas.ClientSize));

            //Draw the page
            DrawPage(page);

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

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

        private static void DrawPage(PdfPageBase page)
        {
            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("Category Sales by Year", font1, brush1, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width / 2, y, format1);
            y = y + font1.MeasureString("Category Sales by Year", format1).Height;
            y = y + 5;

            String[][] data
                = {
                    new String[]{"Category Name", "1994 Sale Amount", "1995 Sale Amount", "1996 Sale Amount"},
                    new String[]{"Beverages", "38,487.20", "102,479.46", "126,901.53"},
                    new String[]{"Condiments", "16,402.95", "51,041.83", "38,602.31"},
                    new String[]{"Confections", "23,812.90", "79,752.25", "63,792.07"},
                    new String[]{"Dairy Products", "30,027.79", "116,495.45", "87,984.05"},
                    new String[]{"Grains/Cereals", "7,313.92", "53,823.48", "34,607.19"},
                    new String[]{"Meat/Poultry", "19,856.86", "77,164.75", "66,000.75"},
                    new String[]{"Produce", "10,694.96", "45,973.69", "43,315.93"},
                    new String[]{"Seafood", "16,247.77", "64,195.51", "50,818.46"}
                };

            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.HeaderSource = PdfHeaderSource.Rows;
            table.Style.HeaderRowCount = 1;
            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;
            table.DataSource = data;

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

            PdfBrush brush2 = PdfBrushes.LightGray;
            PdfTrueTypeFont font2 = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 9f));
            page.Canvas.DrawString("* All data from NorthWind", font2, brush2, 5, y);
        }                
    }
}

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

Namespace TextWaterMark
    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 brush As New PdfTilingBrush(New SizeF(page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width \ 2, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Height \ 3))
            brush.Graphics.SetTransparency(0.3F)
            brush.Graphics.Save()
            brush.Graphics.TranslateTransform(brush.Size.Width \ 2, brush.Size.Height \ 2)
            brush.Graphics.RotateTransform(-45)
            brush.Graphics.DrawString("Spire.Pdf Demo", New PdfFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 24), _
                                      PdfBrushes.Violet, 0, 0, New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center))
            brush.Graphics.Restore()
            brush.Graphics.SetTransparency(1)
            page.Canvas.DrawRectangle(brush, New RectangleF(New PointF(0, 0), page.Canvas.ClientSize))

            'Draw the page
            DrawPage(page)

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

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

        Private Shared Sub DrawPage(ByVal page As PdfPageBase)
            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("Category Sales by Year", font1, brush1, _
                                   page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width \ 2, y, format1)
            y = y + font1.MeasureString("Category Sales by Year", format1).Height
            y = y + 5

            Dim data()() As String _
                = {New String() {"Category Name", "1994 Sale Amount", "1995 Sale Amount", "1996 Sale Amount"}, _
                   New String() {"Beverages", "38,487.20", "102,479.46", "126,901.53"}, _
                   New String() {"Condiments", "16,402.95", "51,041.83", "38,602.31"}, _
                   New String() {"Confections", "23,812.90", "79,752.25", "63,792.07"}, _
                   New String() {"Dairy Products", "30,027.79", "116,495.45", "87,984.05"}, _
                   New String() {"Grains/Cereals", "7,313.92", "53,823.48", "34,607.19"}, _
                   New String() {"Meat/Poultry", "19,856.86", "77,164.75", "66,000.75"}, _
                   New String() {"Produce", "10,694.96", "45,973.69", "43,315.93"}, _
                   New String() {"Seafood", "16,247.77", "64,195.51", "50,818.46"}}

            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.HeaderSource = PdfHeaderSource.Rows
            table.Style.HeaderRowCount = 1
            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
            table.DataSource = data

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

            Dim brush2 As PdfBrush = PdfBrushes.LightGray
            Dim font2 As New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 9.0F))
            page.Canvas.DrawString("* All data from NorthWind", font2, brush2, 5, y)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

The sample demonstrates how to draw nested table in PDF document and set table row&cell format.

Download Grid.pdf

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.OleDb;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Spire.Pdf;
using Spire.Pdf.Graphics;
using Spire.Pdf.Grid;

namespace Grid
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //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, PdfPageRotateAngle.RotateAngle0, PdfPageOrientation.Landscape);

            float y = 10;
            float x1 = page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width;

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

            String[] data
                = {
                    "VendorName;Address1;City;State;Country",
                    "Cacor Corporation;161 Southfield Rd;Southfield;OH;U.S.A.",
                    "Underwater;50 N 3rd Street;Indianapolis;IN;U.S.A.",
                    "J.W.  Luscher Mfg.;65 Addams Street;Berkely;MA;U.S.A.",
                    "Scuba Professionals;3105 East Brace;Rancho Dominguez;CA;U.S.A.",
                    "Divers'  Supply Shop;5208 University Dr;Macon;GA;U.S.A.",
                    "Techniques;52 Dolphin Drive;Redwood City;CA;U.S.A.",
                    "Perry Scuba;3443 James Ave;Hapeville;GA;U.S.A.",
                    "Beauchat, Inc.;45900 SW 2nd Ave;Ft Lauderdale;FL;U.S.A.",
                    "Amor Aqua;42 West 29th Street;New York;NY;U.S.A.",
                    "Aqua Research Corp.;P.O. Box 998;Cornish;NH;U.S.A.",
                    "B&K Undersea Photo;116 W 7th Street;New York;NY;U.S.A.",
                    "Diving International Unlimited;1148 David Drive;San Diego;DA;U.S.A.",
                    "Nautical Compressors;65 NW 167 Street;Miami;FL;U.S.A.",
                    "Glen Specialties, Inc.;17663 Campbell Lane;Huntington Beach;CA;U.S.A.",
                    "Dive Time;20 Miramar Ave;Long Beach;CA;U.S.A.",
                    "Undersea Systems, Inc.;18112 Gotham Street;Huntington Beach;CA;U.S.A.",
                    "Felix Diving;310 S Michigan Ave;Chicago;IL;U.S.A.",
                    "Central Valley Skin Divers;160 Jameston Ave;Jamaica;NY;U.S.A.",
                    "Parkway Dive Shop;241 Kelly Street;South Amboy;NJ;U.S.A.",
                    "Marine Camera & Dive;117 South Valley Rd;San Diego;CA;U.S.A.",
                    "Dive Canada;275 W Ninth Ave;Vancouver;British Columbia;Canada",
                    "Dive & Surf;P.O. Box 20210;Indianapolis;IN;U.S.A.",
                    "Fish Research Labs;29 Wilkins Rd Dept. SD;Los Banos;CA;U.S.A."
                };
            PdfGrid grid = new PdfGrid();
            grid.Style.CellPadding = new PdfPaddings(1, 1, 1, 1);

            String[] header = data[0].Split(';');
            grid.Columns.Add(header.Length);
            float width
                = page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width - (grid.Columns.Count + 1);
            grid.Columns[0].Width = width * 0.25f;
            grid.Columns[1].Width = width * 0.25f;
            grid.Columns[2].Width = width * 0.25f;
            grid.Columns[3].Width = width * 0.15f;
            grid.Columns[4].Width = width * 0.10f;
            PdfGridRow headerRow = grid.Headers.Add(1)[0];
            headerRow.Style.Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 11f, FontStyle.Bold), true);
            headerRow.Style.BackgroundBrush
                = new PdfLinearGradientBrush(new PointF(0, 0), new PointF(x1, 0), Color.Red, Color.Blue);
            for (int i = 0; i < header.Length; i++)
            {
                headerRow.Cells[i].Value = header[i];
                headerRow.Cells[i].StringFormat
                    = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
                if (i == 0)
                {
                    headerRow.Cells[i].Style.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.Gray;
                }
            }

            Random random = new Random();
            Dictionary groupByCountry = new Dictionary();
            for (int r = 1; r < data.Length; r++)
            {
                PdfGridRow row = grid.Rows.Add();
                row.Style.Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 10f), true);
                byte[] buffer = new byte[6];
                random.NextBytes(buffer);
                PdfRGBColor color1 = new PdfRGBColor(buffer[0], buffer[1], buffer[2]);
                PdfRGBColor color2 = new PdfRGBColor(buffer[3], buffer[4], buffer[5]);
                row.Style.BackgroundBrush
                    = new PdfLinearGradientBrush(new PointF(0, 0), new PointF(x1, 0), color1, color2);
                String[] rowData = data[r].Split(';');
                for (int c = 0; c < rowData.Length; c++)
                {
                    row.Cells[c].Value = rowData[c];
                    if (c == 0)
                    {
                        row.Cells[c].Style.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.Gray;
                    }
                    if(c < 3)
                    {
                        row.Cells[c].StringFormat = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        row.Cells[c].StringFormat = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
                    }
                    if (c == 4)
                    {
                        if (groupByCountry.ContainsKey(rowData[c]))
                        {
                            groupByCountry[rowData[c]] = groupByCountry[rowData[c]] + 1;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            groupByCountry[rowData[c]] = 1;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            StringBuilder totalAmount = new StringBuilder();
            foreach (KeyValuePair country in groupByCountry)
            {
                totalAmount.AppendFormat("{0}:\t{1}", country.Key, country.Value);
                totalAmount.AppendLine();
            }

            PdfGridRow totalAmountRow = grid.Rows.Add();
            totalAmountRow.Style.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.Plum;
            totalAmountRow.Cells[0].Value = "Total Amount";
            totalAmountRow.Cells[0].Style.Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 10f, FontStyle.Bold), true);
            totalAmountRow.Cells[0].StringFormat = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
            totalAmountRow.Cells[1].ColumnSpan = 4;
            totalAmountRow.Cells[1].Value = totalAmount.ToString();
            totalAmountRow.Cells[1].Style.Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 10f, FontStyle.Bold | FontStyle.Italic), true);
            totalAmountRow.Cells[1].StringFormat = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Right, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);

            //append product list
            PdfGrid productList = new PdfGrid();
            productList.Style.Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 8f), true);
            using (OleDbConnection conn = new OleDbConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=..\..\..\..\..\..\Data\demo.mdb";
                OleDbCommand command = new OleDbCommand();
                command.CommandText
                    = " select p.Description "
                    + " from vendors v "
                    + "     inner join parts p "
                    + "     on v.VendorNo = p.VendorNo "
                    + " where v.VendorName = 'Cacor Corporation'";
                command.Connection = conn;
                using (OleDbDataAdapter dataAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(command))
                {
                    DataTable dataTable = new DataTable();
                    dataAdapter.Fill(dataTable);
                    productList.DataSource = dataTable;
                }
            }
            productList.Headers[0].Cells[0].Value = "Cacor Corporation";
            productList.Headers[0].Cells[0].Style.Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 8f, FontStyle.Bold), true);
            productList.Headers[0].Cells[0].Style.Borders.All = new PdfPen(new PdfTilingBrush(new SizeF(1, 1)), 0);
            grid.Rows[0].Cells[0].Value = productList;
            grid.Rows[0].Cells[0].StringFormat.Alignment = PdfTextAlignment.Left;

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

            PdfBrush brush2 = PdfBrushes.Gray;
            PdfTrueTypeFont font2 = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 9f));
            result.Page.Canvas.DrawString(String.Format("* All {0} vendors in the list", grid.Rows.Count - 1),
                font2, brush2, 5, y);

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

            //Launching the Pdf file.
            PDFDocumentViewer("Grid.pdf");
        }

        private void PDFDocumentViewer(string fileName)
        {
            try
            {
                System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(fileName);
            }
            catch { }
        }

    }
}

Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.OleDb
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports Spire.Pdf
Imports Spire.Pdf.Graphics
Imports Spire.Pdf.Grid

Namespace Grid
	Public Partial Class Form1
		Inherits Form
		Public Sub New()
			InitializeComponent()
		End Sub

		Private Sub button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
			'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, PdfPageRotateAngle.RotateAngle0, PdfPageOrientation.Landscape)

			Dim y As Single = 10
			Dim x1 As Single = page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width

			'title
			Dim brush1 As PdfBrush = PdfBrushes.Black
			Dim font1 As New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 16F, FontStyle.Bold), True)
			Dim format1 As New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center)
			page.Canvas.DrawString("Vendor List", font1, brush1, page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width / 2, y, format1)
			y = y + font1.MeasureString("Vendor List", format1).Height
			y = y + 5

			Dim data As [String]() = {"VendorName;Address1;City;State;Country", "Cacor Corporation;161 Southfield Rd;Southfield;OH;U.S.A.", "Underwater;50 N 3rd Street;Indianapolis;IN;U.S.A.", "J.W.  Luscher Mfg.;65 Addams Street;Berkely;MA;U.S.A.", "Scuba Professionals;3105 East Brace;Rancho Dominguez;CA;U.S.A.", "Divers'  Supply Shop;5208 University Dr;Macon;GA;U.S.A.", _
				"Techniques;52 Dolphin Drive;Redwood City;CA;U.S.A.", "Perry Scuba;3443 James Ave;Hapeville;GA;U.S.A.", "Beauchat, Inc.;45900 SW 2nd Ave;Ft Lauderdale;FL;U.S.A.", "Amor Aqua;42 West 29th Street;New York;NY;U.S.A.", "Aqua Research Corp.;P.O. Box 998;Cornish;NH;U.S.A.", "B&K Undersea Photo;116 W 7th Street;New York;NY;U.S.A.", _
				"Diving International Unlimited;1148 David Drive;San Diego;DA;U.S.A.", "Nautical Compressors;65 NW 167 Street;Miami;FL;U.S.A.", "Glen Specialties, Inc.;17663 Campbell Lane;Huntington Beach;CA;U.S.A.", "Dive Time;20 Miramar Ave;Long Beach;CA;U.S.A.", "Undersea Systems, Inc.;18112 Gotham Street;Huntington Beach;CA;U.S.A.", "Felix Diving;310 S Michigan Ave;Chicago;IL;U.S.A.", _
				"Central Valley Skin Divers;160 Jameston Ave;Jamaica;NY;U.S.A.", "Parkway Dive Shop;241 Kelly Street;South Amboy;NJ;U.S.A.", "Marine Camera & Dive;117 South Valley Rd;San Diego;CA;U.S.A.", "Dive Canada;275 W Ninth Ave;Vancouver;British Columbia;Canada", "Dive & Surf;P.O. Box 20210;Indianapolis;IN;U.S.A.", "Fish Research Labs;29 Wilkins Rd Dept. SD;Los Banos;CA;U.S.A."}
			Dim grid As New PdfGrid()
			grid.Style.CellPadding = New PdfPaddings(1, 1, 1, 1)

			Dim header As [String]() = data(0).Split(";"C)
			grid.Columns.Add(header.Length)
			Dim width As Single = page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width - (grid.Columns.Count + 1)
			grid.Columns(0).Width = width * 0.25F
			grid.Columns(1).Width = width * 0.25F
			grid.Columns(2).Width = width * 0.25F
			grid.Columns(3).Width = width * 0.15F
			grid.Columns(4).Width = width * 0.1F
			Dim headerRow As PdfGridRow = grid.Headers.Add(1)(0)
			headerRow.Style.Font = New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 11F, FontStyle.Bold), True)
			headerRow.Style.BackgroundBrush = New PdfLinearGradientBrush(New PointF(0, 0), New PointF(x1, 0), Color.Red, Color.Blue)
			For i As Integer = 0 To header.Length - 1
				headerRow.Cells(i).Value = header(i)
				headerRow.Cells(i).StringFormat = New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)
				If i = 0 Then
					headerRow.Cells(i).Style.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.Gray
				End If
			Next

			Dim random As New Random()
			Dim groupByCountry As New Dictionary(Of [String], Integer)()
			For r As Integer = 1 To data.Length - 1
				Dim row As PdfGridRow = grid.Rows.Add()
				row.Style.Font = New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 10F), True)
				Dim buffer As Byte() = New Byte(5) {}
				random.NextBytes(buffer)
				Dim color1 As New PdfRGBColor(buffer(0), buffer(1), buffer(2))
				Dim color2 As New PdfRGBColor(buffer(3), buffer(4), buffer(5))
				row.Style.BackgroundBrush = New PdfLinearGradientBrush(New PointF(0, 0), New PointF(x1, 0), color1, color2)
				Dim rowData As [String]() = data(r).Split(";"C)
				For c As Integer = 0 To rowData.Length - 1
					row.Cells(c).Value = rowData(c)
					If c = 0 Then
						row.Cells(c).Style.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.Gray
					End If
					If c < 3 Then
						row.Cells(c).StringFormat = New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)
					Else
						row.Cells(c).StringFormat = New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)
					End If
					If c = 4 Then
						If groupByCountry.ContainsKey(rowData(c)) Then
							groupByCountry(rowData(c)) = groupByCountry(rowData(c)) + 1
						Else
							groupByCountry(rowData(c)) = 1
						End If
					End If
				Next
			Next
			Dim totalAmount As New StringBuilder()
			For Each country As KeyValuePair(Of [String], Integer) In groupByCountry
				totalAmount.AppendFormat("{0}:" & vbTab & "{1}", country.Key, country.Value)
				totalAmount.AppendLine()
			Next

			Dim totalAmountRow As PdfGridRow = grid.Rows.Add()
			totalAmountRow.Style.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.Plum
			totalAmountRow.Cells(0).Value = "Total Amount"
			totalAmountRow.Cells(0).Style.Font = New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 10F, FontStyle.Bold), True)
			totalAmountRow.Cells(0).StringFormat = New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Left, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)
			totalAmountRow.Cells(1).ColumnSpan = 4
			totalAmountRow.Cells(1).Value = totalAmount.ToString()
			totalAmountRow.Cells(1).Style.Font = New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 10F, FontStyle.Bold Or FontStyle.Italic), True)
			totalAmountRow.Cells(1).StringFormat = New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Right, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle)

			'append product list
			Dim productList As New PdfGrid()
			productList.Style.Font = New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 8F), True)
			Using conn As New OleDbConnection()
				conn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=..\..\..\..\..\..\Data\demo.mdb"
				Dim command As New OleDbCommand()
				command.CommandText = " select p.Description " & " from vendors v " & "     inner join parts p " & "     on v.VendorNo = p.VendorNo " & " where v.VendorName = 'Cacor Corporation'"
				command.Connection = conn
				Using dataAdapter As New OleDbDataAdapter(command)
					Dim dataTable As New DataTable()
					dataAdapter.Fill(dataTable)
					productList.DataSource = dataTable
				End Using
			End Using
			productList.Headers(0).Cells(0).Value = "Cacor Corporation"
			productList.Headers(0).Cells(0).Style.Font = New PdfTrueTypeFont(New Font("Arial", 8F, FontStyle.Bold), True)
			productList.Headers(0).Cells(0).Style.Borders.All = New PdfPen(New PdfTilingBrush(New SizeF(1, 1)), 0)
			grid.Rows(0).Cells(0).Value = productList
			grid.Rows(0).Cells(0).StringFormat.Alignment = PdfTextAlignment.Left

			Dim result As PdfLayoutResult = grid.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", 9F))
			result.Page.Canvas.DrawString([String].Format("* All {0} vendors in the list", grid.Rows.Count - 1), font2, brush2, 5, y)

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

			'Launching the Pdf file.
			PDFDocumentViewer("Grid.pdf")
		End Sub

		Private Sub PDFDocumentViewer(fileName As String)
			Try
				System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(fileName)
			Catch
			End Try
		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