title: Adding table to existing PDF on the same page - ITEXT
body: <p>I have two parts to my java project.  </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>I need to populate the fields of a pdf</li>
  <li>I need to add a table below the populated section on the blank area of the page (and this table needs to be able to rollover to the next page).</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I am able to do these things separately (populate the pdf and create a table).  But I cannot effectively merge them.  I have tried doing a doc.add(table) which will result in the table being on the next page of the pdf, which I don't want.</p>
  
  <p>I essentially just need to be able to specify where the table starts on the page (so it wouldn't overlap the existing content) and then stamp the table onto the existing pdf.</p>
  
  <p>My other option if this doesn't work is trying to add fields to the original pdf that will be filled by the table contents (so it will instead be a field-based table).</p>
  
  <p>Any suggestions?</p>
  
  <p>EDIT:</p>
  
  <p>I'm new to iText and have not used columntext before, but I'm trying to test it out in the following code but the table is not being displayed.  I looked at other columntext examples and I have not seen exactly where the columntext is added back into the pdf.</p>
  
  <pre><code>//CREATE FILLED FORM PDF
  PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(sourcePath);  
  PdfStamper pdfStamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(destPath));
  pdfStamper.setFormFlattening(true);
  AcroFields form = pdfStamper.getAcroFields();
  
  form.setField("ID", "99999");
  form.setField("ADDR1", "425 Test Street");
  form.setField("ADDR2", "Test, WA 91334");
  form.setField("PHNBR", "(999)999-9999");
  form.setField("NAME", "John Smith");
  
  //CREATE TABLE
  PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3);
  Font bfBold12 = new Font(FontFamily.HELVETICA, 12, Font.BOLD, new BaseColor(0, 0, 0)); 
  insertCell(table, "Table", Element.ALIGN_CENTER, 1, bfBold12);
  table.completeRow(); 
  
  ColumnText column = new ColumnText(pdfStamper.getOverContent(1));
  column.addElement(table);
  
  pdfStamper.close();
  reader.close();
  </code></pre>