iTextsharp - draw a line at the end and start of a page with tables

Question

Selecting records from a table I create iTextsharp\'s Tables one for every first letter of the records

On the picture a table for the \"G\" letter:

\"G\" is a ro

Answer 1

This should be helpful for you: itextsharp: how to show the bottom line of a table with property HeaderRows=1 if border bottom of the row is not set?

You will need to add some code to draw an additional header line, too e.g.:

columns = widths[0].Length - 1;
rect = new Rectangle(widths[0][0], heights[0], widths[0][columns], heights[0]);
rect.BorderColor = Color.BLACK;
rect.BorderWidth = 1;
rect.Border = Rectangle.TOP_BORDER;
canvases[PdfPTable.BASECANVAS].Rectangle(rect);

4.1.6.0

Answer 2

I found the solution, no new class required

Dim heightActualLetter, verticalSpaceAvailable As Integer
heightActualLetter = table.TotalHeight
verticalSpaceAvailable = pdfWrite.GetVerticalPosition(False) - pdfDoc.BottomMargin
If heightActualLetter > verticalSpaceAvailable Then

    Dim finalLine As PdfContentByte
    finalLine = pdfWrite.DirectContent

    Dim curY As Int32
    curY = pdfWrite.GetVerticalPosition(False)

    finalLine.SetLineWidth(0.5)
    finalLine.MoveTo(xStart, curY)
    finalLine.LineTo(xEnd + 1, curY)
    finalLine.Stroke()
End If

I don´t know why I need the +1 on xEnd + 1 but maybe is because of the other lines being 0.5 I need to rounded up