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iText Sharp in merge Excel file

I merged two PDF files into one PDF file using iText Sharp . But is it possible to merge excel file into PDF file using iText Sharp also? i tried many times but it doesn't work for me.Here is my PDF Merge code:
protected void btnMerge_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (file1.HasFile && file2.HasFile)
{
PdfReader pdfReader1 = new PdfReader(file1.PostedFile.InputStream);
PdfReader pdfReader2 = new PdfReader(file2.PostedFile.InputStream);
List<PdfReader> readerList = new List<PdfReader>();
readerList.Add(pdfReader1);
readerList.Add(pdfReader2);
//Define a new output document and its size, type
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 0, 0, 0, 0);
//Get instance response output stream to write output file.
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, Response.OutputStream);
document.Open();
foreach (PdfReader reader in readerList)
{
for (int i = 1; i <= reader.NumberOfPages; i++)
{
PdfImportedPage page = writer.GetImportedPage(reader, i);
document.Add(iTextSharp.text.Image.GetInstance(page));
}
}
document.Close();
Response.AppendHeader("content-disposition", "inline; filename=OutPut.pdf");
Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
}
}
private void MergePDFs(string outPutFilePath, params string[] filesPath)
{
List<PdfReader> readerList = new List<PdfReader>();
foreach (string filePath in filesPath)
{
PdfReader pdfReader = new PdfReader(filePath);
readerList.Add(pdfReader);
}
//Define a new output document and its size, type
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 0, 0, 0, 0);
//Create blank output pdf file and get the stream to write on it.
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new FileStream(outPutFilePath, FileMode.Create));
document.Open();
foreach (PdfReader reader in readerList)
{
for (int i = 1; i <= reader.NumberOfPages; i++)
{
PdfImportedPage page = writer.GetImportedPage(reader, i);
document.Add(iTextSharp.text.Image.GetInstance(page));
}
}
document.Close();
}
}
}

Creating a PDF file?

I looked into iTextSharp and SharpPDF and Report.Net as well as PDFSharp.
None of these open source projects have good documentation OR do not work with VS 2012.
Does anyone have a recommended solution or can show me the documentation?
My employer blocks many sites and although Google is not blocked, some of the results are.
I plan on using C# with WinForms and obtaining my data from an Access DB

Hey #Cocoa Dev get this a complete example with diferent functions.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.IO;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
using System.Data;
using System.Text;
using System.util.collections;
using iTextSharp.text;
using System.Net.Mail;
public partial class PDFScenarios : System.Web.UI.Page
{
public string P_InputStream = "~/MyPDFTemplates/ex1.pdf";
public string P_InputStream2 = "~/MyPDFTemplates/ContactInfo.pdf";
public string P_InputStream3 = "~/MyPDFTemplates/MulPages.pdf";
public string P_InputStream4 = "~/MyPDFTemplates/CompanyLetterHead.pdf";
public string P_OutputStream = "~/MyPDFOutputs/ex1_1.pdf";
//Read all 'Form values/keys' from an existing multi-page PDF document
public void ReadPDFformDataPageWise()
{
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(Server.MapPath(P_InputStream3));
AcroFields form = reader.AcroFields;
try
{
for (int page = 1; page <= reader.NumberOfPages; page++)
{
foreach (KeyValuePair<string, AcroFields.Item> kvp in form.Fields)
{
switch (form.GetFieldType(kvp.Key))
{
case AcroFields.FIELD_TYPE_CHECKBOX:
case AcroFields.FIELD_TYPE_COMBO:
case AcroFields.FIELD_TYPE_LIST:
case AcroFields.FIELD_TYPE_RADIOBUTTON:
case AcroFields.FIELD_TYPE_NONE:
case AcroFields.FIELD_TYPE_PUSHBUTTON:
case AcroFields.FIELD_TYPE_SIGNATURE:
case AcroFields.FIELD_TYPE_TEXT:
int fileType = form.GetFieldType(kvp.Key);
string fieldValue = form.GetField(kvp.Key);
string translatedFileName = form.GetTranslatedFieldName(kvp.Key);
break;
}
}
}
}
catch
{
}
finally
{
reader.Close();
}
}
//Read and alter form values for only second and
//third page of an existing multi page PDF doc.
//Save the changes in a brand new pdf file.
public void ReadAlterPDFformDataInSelectedPages()
{
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(Server.MapPath(P_InputStream3));
reader.SelectPages("1-2"); //Work with only page# 1 & 2
using (PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileStream(Server.MapPath(P_OutputStream), FileMode.Create)))
{
AcroFields form = stamper.AcroFields;
var fieldKeys = form.Fields.Keys;
foreach (string fieldKey in fieldKeys)
{
//Replace Address Form field with my custom data
if (fieldKey.Contains("Address"))
{
form.SetField(fieldKey, "MyCustomAddress");
}
}
//The below will make sure the fields are not editable in
//the output PDF.
stamper.FormFlattening = true;
}
}
//Extract text from an existing PDF's second page.
private string ExtractText()
{
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(Server.MapPath(P_InputStream3));
string txt = PdfTextExtractor.GetTextFromPage(reader, 2, new LocationTextExtractionStrategy());
return txt;
}
//Create a brand new PDF from scratch and without a template
private void CreatePDFNoTemplate()
{
Document pdfDoc = new Document();
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDoc, new FileStream(Server.MapPath(P_OutputStream), FileMode.OpenOrCreate));
pdfDoc.Open();
pdfDoc.Add(new Paragraph("Some data"));
PdfContentByte cb = writer.DirectContent;
cb.MoveTo(pdfDoc.PageSize.Width / 2, pdfDoc.PageSize.Height / 2);
cb.LineTo(pdfDoc.PageSize.Width / 2, pdfDoc.PageSize.Height);
cb.Stroke();
pdfDoc.Close();
}
private void fillPDFForm()
{
string formFile = Server.MapPath(P_InputStream);
string newFile = Server.MapPath(P_OutputStream);
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(formFile);
using (PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileStream(newFile, FileMode.Create)))
{
AcroFields fields = stamper.AcroFields;
// set form fields
fields.SetField("name", "John Doe");
fields.SetField("address", "xxxxx, yyyy");
fields.SetField("postal_code", "12345");
fields.SetField("email", "johndoe#xxx.com");
// flatten form fields and close document
stamper.FormFlattening = true;
stamper.Close();
}
}
//Helper functions
private void SendEmail(MemoryStream ms)
{
MailAddress _From = new MailAddress("XXX#domain.com");
MailAddress _To = new MailAddress("YYY#a.com");
MailMessage email = new MailMessage(_From, _To);
Attachment attach = new Attachment(ms, new System.Net.Mime.ContentType("application/pdf"));
email.Attachments.Add(attach);
SmtpClient mailSender = new SmtpClient("Gmail-Server");
mailSender.Send(email);
}
private void DownloadAsPDF(MemoryStream ms)
{
Response.Clear();
Response.ClearContent();
Response.ClearHeaders();
Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
Response.AppendHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=abc.pdf");
Response.OutputStream.Write(ms.GetBuffer(), 0, ms.GetBuffer().Length);
Response.OutputStream.Flush();
Response.OutputStream.Close();
Response.End();
ms.Close();
}
//Working with Memory Stream and PDF
public void CreatePDFFromMemoryStream()
{
//(1)using PDFWriter
Document doc = new Document();
MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, memoryStream);
doc.Open();
doc.Add(new Paragraph("Some Text"));
writer.CloseStream = false;
doc.Close();
//Get the pointer to the beginning of the stream.
memoryStream.Position = 0;
//You may use this PDF in memorystream to send as an attachment in an email
//OR download as a PDF
SendEmail(memoryStream);
DownloadAsPDF(memoryStream);
//(2)Another way using PdfStamper
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(Server.MapPath(P_InputStream2));
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, ms);
AcroFields fields = stamper.AcroFields;
fields.SetField("SomeField", "MyValueFromDB");
stamper.FormFlattening = true;
stamper.Close();
SendEmail(ms);
}
}
//Burst-- Make each page of an existing multi-page PDF document
//as another brand new PDF document
private void PDFBurst()
{
string pdfTemplatePath = Server.MapPath(P_InputStream3);
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(pdfTemplatePath);
//PdfCopy copy;
PdfSmartCopy copy;
for (int i = 1; i < reader.NumberOfPages; i++)
{
Document d1 = new Document();
copy = new PdfSmartCopy(d1, new FileStream(Server.MapPath(P_OutputStream).Replace(".pdf", i.ToString() + ".pdf"), FileMode.Create));
d1.Open();
copy.AddPage(copy.GetImportedPage(reader, i));
d1.Close();
}
}
//Copy a set of form fields from an existing PDF template/doc
//and keep appending to a brand new PDF file.
//The copied set of fields will have different values.
private void AppendSetOfFormFields()
{
PdfCopyFields _copy = new PdfCopyFields(new FileStream(Server.MapPath(P_OutputStream), FileMode.Create));
_copy.AddDocument(new PdfReader(a1("1")));
_copy.AddDocument(new PdfReader(a1("2")));
_copy.AddDocument(new PdfReader(new FileStream(Server.MapPath("~/MyPDFTemplates/Myaspx.pdf"), FileMode.Open)));
_copy.Close();
}
//ConcatenateForms
private byte[] a1(string _ToAppend)
{
using (var existingFileStream = new FileStream(Server.MapPath(P_InputStream), FileMode.Open))
using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
{
// Open existing PDF
var pdfReader = new PdfReader(existingFileStream);
var stamper = new PdfStamper(pdfReader, stream);
var form = stamper.AcroFields;
var fieldKeys = form.Fields.Keys;
foreach (string fieldKey in fieldKeys)
{
form.RenameField(fieldKey, fieldKey + _ToAppend);
}
// "Flatten" the form so it wont be editable/usable anymore
stamper.FormFlattening = true;
stamper.Close();
pdfReader.Close();
return stream.ToArray();
}
}
//Working with Image
private void AddAnImage()
{
using (var inputPdfStream = new FileStream(#"C:\MyInput.pdf", FileMode.Open))
using (var inputImageStream = new FileStream(#"C:\img1.jpg", FileMode.Open))
using (var outputPdfStream = new FileStream(#"C:\MyOutput.pdf", FileMode.Create))
{
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(inputPdfStream);
PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, outputPdfStream);
PdfContentByte pdfContentByte = stamper.GetOverContent(1);
var image = iTextSharp.text.Image.GetInstance(inputImageStream);
image.SetAbsolutePosition(1, 1);
pdfContentByte.AddImage(image);
stamper.Close();
}
}
//Add Company Letter-Head/Stationary to an existing pdf
private void AddCompanyStationary()
{
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(Server.MapPath(P_InputStream2));
PdfReader s_reader = new PdfReader(Server.MapPath(P_InputStream4));
using (PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileStream(Server.MapPath(P_OutputStream), FileMode.Create)))
{
PdfImportedPage page = stamper.GetImportedPage(s_reader, 1);
int n = reader.NumberOfPages;
PdfContentByte background;
for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++)
{
background = stamper.GetUnderContent(i);
background.AddTemplate(page, 0, 0);
}
stamper.Close();
}
}

Try this example:
using iTextSharp.text;
// Set up the fonts to be used on the pages
private Font _largeFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.HELVETICA, 18, Font.BOLD, BaseColor.BLACK);
private Font _standardFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.HELVETICA, 14, Font.NORMAL, BaseColor.BLACK);
private Font _smallFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.HELVETICA, 10, Font.NORMAL, BaseColor.BLACK);
public void Build()
{
iTextSharp.text.Document doc = null;
try
{
// Initialize the PDF document
doc = new Document();
iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfWriter writer = iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc,
new System.IO.FileStream(System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + "\\ScienceReport.pdf",
System.IO.FileMode.Create));
// Set margins and page size for the document
doc.SetMargins(50, 50, 50, 50);
// There are a huge number of possible page sizes, including such sizes as
// EXECUTIVE, LEGAL, LETTER_LANDSCAPE, and NOTE
doc.SetPageSize(new iTextSharp.text.Rectangle(iTextSharp.text.PageSize.LETTER.Width,
iTextSharp.text.PageSize.LETTER.Height));
// Add metadata to the document. This information is visible when viewing the
// document properities within Adobe Reader.
doc.AddTitle("My Science Report");
doc.AddCreator("M. Lichtenberg");
doc.AddKeywords("paper airplanes");
// Add Xmp metadata to the document.
this.CreateXmpMetadata(writer);
// Open the document for writing content
doc.Open();
// Add pages to the document
this.AddPageWithBasicFormatting(doc);
this.AddPageWithInternalLinks(doc);
this.AddPageWithBulletList(doc);
this.AddPageWithExternalLinks(doc);
this.AddPageWithImage(doc, System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + "\\FinalGraph.jpg");
// Add page labels to the document
iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPageLabels pdfPageLabels = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPageLabels();
pdfPageLabels.AddPageLabel(1, iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPageLabels.EMPTY, "Basic Formatting");
pdfPageLabels.AddPageLabel(2, iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPageLabels.EMPTY, "Internal Links");
pdfPageLabels.AddPageLabel(3, iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPageLabels.EMPTY, "Bullet List");
pdfPageLabels.AddPageLabel(4, iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPageLabels.EMPTY, "External Links");
pdfPageLabels.AddPageLabel(5, iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPageLabels.EMPTY, "Image");
writer.PageLabels = pdfPageLabels;
}
catch (iTextSharp.text.DocumentException dex)
{
// Handle iTextSharp errors
}
finally
{
// Clean up
doc.Close();
doc = null;
}
}

You can always just create an html page and then convert that to pdf using wkhtmltopdf. This has the benefit of you not having to construct the pdf with a library such as iText. You just make a text file (html) and then pass it to the wkhtmltopdf executable.
See Calling wkhtmltopdf to generate PDF from HTML for more info.

Merge PDFs iTextSharp

I looked at a few examples online and came up with this code to merge pdfs using iTextSharp. But I am getting an error :.
{"The document has no pages."}
It fails at Page = writer.GetImportedPage(reader, X);
Here is stack trace :
at iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPages.WritePageTree()
at iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfWriter.Close()
at iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfCopy.Close()
at iTextSharp.text.Document.Close()
It has 3 pages when I debugged it. What is wrong here??
Here is my code
public static MemoryStream MergePdfs(List<MemoryStream> pdfStreams)
{
//Create output stream
MemoryStream OutStream = new MemoryStream();
Document Document = null;
try
{
//Create Main reader
PdfReader Reader = new PdfReader(pdfStreams.ElementAt(0));
//Create Main Doc
Document = new Document(Reader.GetPageSizeWithRotation(1));
//Create main writer
PdfCopy Writer = new PdfCopy(Document, OutStream);
//Open document for writing
Document.Open();
//Add pages
AddPages(Reader.NumberOfPages, Reader, ref Writer);
//For each additional pdf after first combine them into main document
foreach (MemoryStream PdfStream in pdfStreams.Skip(1))
{
PdfReader Reader2 = new PdfReader(PdfStream);
// Add content
AddPages(Reader2.NumberOfPages, Reader2, ref Writer);
}
}
finally
{
// Step 5: Close the document
if (Document != null)
Document.Close();
foreach (var Strm in pdfStreams)
{
try { if (null != Strm) Strm.Dispose(); } catch { }
}
}
return OutStream;
}
private static void AddPages(int Pages, PdfReader reader, ref PdfCopy writer)
{
PdfImportedPage Page = null;
for (int X = 0; X < Pages; X++)
{
Page = writer.GetImportedPage(reader, X);
writer.AddPage(Page);
}
if (reader.AcroForm != null)
writer.CopyAcroForm(reader);
}

Page numbers for GetImportedPage are 1-based. Thus:
for (int X = 1; X < Pages + 1; X++)
{
Page = writer.GetImportedPage(reader, X);
writer.AddPage(Page);
}

Insert page into existing PDF using itextsharp

We are using itextsharp to create a single PDF from multiple PDF files. How do I insert a new page into a PDF file that has multiple pages already in the file? When I use add page it is overwriting the existing pages and only saves the 1 page that was selected.
Here is the code that I am using to add the page to the existing PDF:
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(sourcePdfPath);
Document document = new Document(reader.GetPageSizeWithRotation(1));
PdfCopy pdfCopy = new PdfCopy(document, new System.IO.FileStream(outputPdfPath, System.IO.FileMode.Create));
MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, memoryStream);
document.AddDocListener(writer);
document.Open();
for (int p = 1; p <= reader.NumberOfPages; p++)
{
if (pagesToExtract.FindIndex(s => s == p) == -1) continue;
document.SetPageSize(reader.GetPageSize(p));
document.NewPage();
PdfContentByte cb = writer.DirectContent;
PdfImportedPage pageImport = writer.GetImportedPage(reader, p);
int rot = reader.GetPageRotation(p);
if (rot == 90 || rot == 270)
{
cb.AddTemplate(pageImport, 0, -1.0F, 1.0F, 0, 0, reader.GetPageSizeWithRotation(p).Height);
}
else
{
cb.AddTemplate(pageImport, 1.0F, 0, 0, 1.0F, 0, 0);
}
pdfCopy.AddPage(pageImport);
}
pdfCopy.Close();

This code works. You need to have a different file to output the results.
private static void AppendToDocument(string sourcePdfPath1, string sourcePdfPath2, string outputPdfPath)
{
using (var sourceDocumentStream1 = new FileStream(sourcePdfPath1, FileMode.Open))
{
using (var sourceDocumentStream2 = new FileStream(sourcePdfPath2, FileMode.Open))
{
using (var destinationDocumentStream = new FileStream(outputPdfPath, FileMode.Create))
{
var pdfConcat = new PdfConcatenate(destinationDocumentStream);
var pdfReader = new PdfReader(sourceDocumentStream1);
var pages = new List<int>();
for (int i = 0; i < pdfReader.NumberOfPages; i++)
{
pages.Add(i);
}
pdfReader.SelectPages(pages);
pdfConcat.AddPages(pdfReader);
pdfReader = new PdfReader(sourceDocumentStream2);
pages = new List<int>();
for (int i = 0; i < pdfReader.NumberOfPages; i++)
{
pages.Add(i);
}
pdfReader.SelectPages(pages);
pdfConcat.AddPages(pdfReader);
pdfReader.Close();
pdfConcat.Close();
}
}
}
}

I've tried this code, and it works for me, but don't forget to do some validations of the number of pages and existence of the paths you use
here is the code:
private static void AppendToDocument(string sourcePdfPath, string outputPdfPath, List<int> neededPages)
{
var sourceDocumentStream = new FileStream(sourcePdfPath, FileMode.Open);
var destinationDocumentStream = new FileStream(outputPdfPath, FileMode.Create);
var pdfConcat = new PdfConcatenate(destinationDocumentStream);
var pdfReader = new PdfReader(sourceDocumentStream);
pdfReader.SelectPages(neededPages);
pdfConcat.AddPages(pdfReader);
pdfReader.Close();
pdfConcat.Close();
}

You could use something like this, where src is the IEnumerable<string> of input pdf filenames. Just make sure that your existing pdf file is one of those sources.
The PdfConcatenate class is in the latest iTextSharp release.
var result = "combined.pdf";
var fs = new FileStream(result, FileMode.Create);
var conc = new PdfConcatenate(fs, true);
foreach(var s in src) {
var r = new PdfReader(s);
conc.AddPages(r);
}
conc.Close();

PdfCopy is intended for use with an empty Document. You should add everything you want, one page at a time.
The alternative is to use PdfStamper.InsertPage(pageNum, rectangle) and then draw a PdfImportedPage onto that new page.
Note that PdfImportedPage only includes the page contents, not the annotations or doc-level information ("document structure", doc-level javascripts, etc) that page may have originally used... unless you use one with PdfCopy.
A Stamper would probably be more efficient and use less code, but PdfCopy will import all the page-level info, not just the page's contents.
This might be important, it might not. It depends on what page you're trying to import.

Had to even out the page count with a multiple of 4:
private static void AppendToDocument(string sourcePdfPath)
{
var tempFileLocation = Path.GetTempFileName();
var bytes = File.ReadAllBytes(sourcePdfPath);
using (var reader = new PdfReader(bytes))
{
var numberofPages = reader.NumberOfPages;
var modPages = (numberofPages % 4);
var pages = modPages == 0 ? 0 : 4 - modPages;
if (pages == 0)
return;
using (var fileStream = new FileStream(tempFileLocation, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
{
using (var stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, fileStream))
{
var rectangle = reader.GetPageSize(1);
for (var i = 1; i <= pages; i++)
stamper.InsertPage(numberofPages + i, rectangle);
}
}
}
File.Delete(sourcePdfPath);
File.Move(tempFileLocation, sourcePdfPath);
}

I know I'm really late to the part here, but I mixed a bit of the two best answers and created a method if anyone needs it that adds a list of source PDF documents to a single document using itextsharp.
private static void appendToDocument(List<string> sourcePDFList, string outputPdfPath)
{
//Output document name and creation
FileStream destinationDocumentStream = new FileStream(outputPdfPath, FileMode.Create);
//Object to concat source pdf's to output pdf
PdfConcatenate pdfConcat = new PdfConcatenate(destinationDocumentStream);
//For each source pdf in list...
foreach (string sourcePdfPath in sourcePDFList)
{
//If file exists...
if (File.Exists(sourcePdfPath))
{
//Open the document
FileStream sourceDocumentStream = new FileStream(sourcePdfPath, FileMode.Open);
//Read the document
PdfReader pdfReader = new PdfReader(sourceDocumentStream);
//Create an int list
List<int> pages = new List<int>();
//for each page in pdfReader
for (int i = 1; i < pdfReader.NumberOfPages + 1; i++)
{
//Add that page to the list
pages.Add(i);
}
//Add that page to the pages to add to ouput document
pdfReader.SelectPages(pages);
//Add pages to output page
pdfConcat.AddPages(pdfReader);
//Close reader
pdfReader.Close();
}
}
//Close pdfconcat
pdfConcat.Close();
}

How can I crop the PDF page

Can any one help me that how can I cut the PDF page like as Acrobat professional?

This snippet might help you:
public static void CropDocument(string file, string oldchar, string repChar)
{
int pageNumber = 1;
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(file);
iTextSharp.text.Rectangle size = new iTextSharp.text.Rectangle(
Globals.fX,
Globals.fY,
Globals.fWidth,
Globals.fHeight);
Document document = new Document(size);
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document,
new FileStream(file.Replace(oldchar, repChar),
FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write));
document.Open();
PdfContentByte cb = writer.DirectContent;
document.NewPage();
PdfImportedPage page = writer.GetImportedPage(reader,
pageNumber);
cb.AddTemplate(page, 0, 0);
document.Close();
}