iText - problem in splitting tables across multiple pages

[Thanuja Vishwanath]

Hi,

Iam using iText to Create PDF. I have used ColumnText to add table which splits for multiple pages (it should come around 3 page)

           float[] lineItemsWidths = {25f, 25f, 20f, 15f, 15f};
            PdfPTable lineTable = new PdfPTable(5); //Code 3
            lineTable.setWidthPercentage(100);
            lineTable.setTotalWidth(550);
            lineTable.setHeaderRows(1);
            lineTable.setSplitRows(false);

           PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
           ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb);
           ct.setSimpleColumn(document.left(), 0,document.right(), document.top()-tabHeight+50);
           ct.addElement(lineTable);
          ct.go();

But the result is not as expected. I get only the first page of my table and the remaining pages are not generated. If i use document.add(lineTable) then it works fine ie. table is splitted and table header is repeated in all the pages. But i need to use only ColumnText as i have to place the table in absolute position.

Iam not able to figure where iam doing mistake and why ColumnText is not splitting large tables. please guide.