How to introduce new line characters with iTextSharp - vb.net

Question

I have written following code to write text in PDF and i want to break the line after some text .
Dim document As Document
document = New Document(PageSize.A4, 5.0F, 20.0F, 20.0F, 20.0F)
Try
Dim writer As PdfWriter
writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, New FileStream(filename, FileMode.Create))
document.Open()
Dim spacing As Integer
spacing = 0
Dim curY, lineHeight As Double
curY = document.Top
lineHeight = 0
Const maxPerLine As Integer = 3
For i As Integer = 0 To 5
Dim table As PdfPTable
table = New PdfPTable(4)
table.DefaultCell.Border = Rectangle.NO_BORDER
table.TotalWidth = 200.0F
table.LockedWidth = True
Dim cell As PdfPCell
cell = New PdfPCell(New Phrase("hello \n" + i + "\n" + "wass up ?" ))
cell.Colspan = 4
cell.HorizontalAlignment = 0
cell.Border = Rectangle.NO_BORDER
cell.Padding = 30.0F
table.AddCell(cell)
table.WriteSelectedRows(0, -1, document.Left + spacing, curY, writer.DirectContent)
spacing = spacing + 200
lineHeight = Math.Max(lineHeight, table.TotalHeight)
If 0 = (i + 1) Mod maxPerLine Then
curY = curY - lineHeight
spacing = 0
lineHeight = 0
End If
Next
Catch ex As Exception
Finally
document.Close()
End Try
i have tried with Paragraph but still i am not able to enter texts into new line.
I have read the doc of iTextSharp they have written if you want to break line then use "\n" but it is not working.
How can i break line after some text ?

Answer 1

The easiest way, is to use PdfPCell in composite mode (you're using text mode). Composite mode gets into play when you use AddElement:
Dim cell As PdfPCell
cell = New PdfPCell()
cell.AddElement(New Paragraph("line 1"))
cell.AddElement(New Paragraph("line 2"))
Note that you can't set the alignment at the level of the PdfPCell in this case. When using composite mode, you have to set the alignment at the level of the elements (in this case at the level of the Paragraph).