Add empty rows to a table

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Hello,

I was wondering if its possible to add a parameter or a way to define a # rows in a table while rendering the PDF.

Example: Right now, when we use tables, the # of rows equals the # of records, but what I am looking to find is - If I define a parameter (lets say 5) and the number of records I have is 3, my table still displays 5 rows but the last 2 will be empty rows.

Is there a way to do this? Please advice.

Thank you!

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@gbrunda There is no direct way to achieve this upon building the report. You have three options:

  1. Add empty records in your data source so that upon building the report empty rows will be added to the table.

  2. Define empty rows after the data rows in your template.

  3. You can add empty rows to the table programmatically:

Document doc = new Document("C:\\Temp\\in.docx");

// Get the table.
Table table = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getTables().get(0);

// Add empty rows to the table.
Row emptyRow = (Row)table.getLastRow().deepClone(true);
emptyRow.getChildNodes(NodeType.PARAGRAPH, true).clear();
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
    table.appendChild(emptyRow.deepClone(true));

doc.save("C:\\Temp\\out.docx");
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Thank you, I think this is helpful for now. If any questions or need additional information, I will repost.

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