I have pdf files in the "C:\\pdfs\\" directory. I want to get these pdf files and insert metadatas from the meta_data.txt file. With my lock of iTextSharp knowledge, I coded like this:
var pdf_files = Directory.GetFiles("C:\\pdfs\\", "*.pdf");
var i = 0;
foreach (var pdf_file in pdf_files)
{
var read = new PdfReader(pdf_file);
var size = read.GetPageSizeWithRotation(1);
var document = new Document(size);
var write = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new FileStream("C:\\temp\\" + "file_" + i, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write));
var datas = File.ReadAllLines("C:\\pdfs\\" + #"meta_data.txt");
var str = datas[i].Split('#');
document.AddTitle(str[1]);
document.AddSubject(str[2]);
document.AddCreator(str[3]);
document.AddAuthor(str[4]);
document.AddKeywords(str[5]);
document.Open();
var cb = write.DirectContent;
for (var pageNum = 1; pageNum <= read.NumberOfPages; pageNum++)
{
document.NewPage();
var page = write.GetImportedPage(read, pageNum);
cb.AddTemplate(page, 0, 0);
}
document.Close();
read.Close();
File.Delete(pdf_file);
File.Move("C:\\temp\\" + "file_" + i, "C:\\created\\" + "file_" + i);
i++;
}
This codes get an instance of main pdf files, while creation to temp directory, injects metadatas and later move the created directory. I don't find more practical method than this.
Anyway, in some pdf files (generated as an original pdf file) there is no problem like this:
But some other pdf files (generated from scan or very old dated pdf file) are rotated programmatically. And it seems disgusting like this:
Worse than all, I don't know how I fix the problem. Could you help me how I manage this problem.
The correct answer to this question looks like this:
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src);
using (PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader,
new FileStream("C:\\temp\\" + "file_" + i, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))) {
Dictionary<String, String> info = reader.Info;
info["Title"] = "Hello World stamped";
info["Subject"] = "Hello World with changed metadata";
info["Keywords"] = "iText in Action, PdfStamper";
info["Creator"] = "Silly standalone example";
info["Author"] = "Bruno Lowagie";
stamper.MoreInfo = info;
}
Habip OĞUZ ignored what I wrote in Chapter 6 of "iText in Action - Second Edition", namely that using Document, PdfWriter and AddTemplate() is wrong when you want to manipulate a single existing PDF. By using AddTemplate(), you throw away plenty of features, such as interactivity, structure, and so on. You also create a PDF that is suboptimal because every page will be stored as a Form XObject.
I have the requirement to merge pdf together. I need to import a pdf at a specific page into another one.
Let me illustrate this to you.
I have two pdf, first one is 50 pages long and the second one is 4pages long. I need to import the second one at the 13th page of the first pdf.
I don't find any exemple. There are plenty exemple on how to merge pdf but nothing about merging at a specific page.
Based on this exemple it look like I need to iterate over all pages one by one and import them in a new pdf. That look a bit painfull espicially if you have big pdf and need to merge many. I would create x new pdf to merge x+1 pdf.
Is there something I don't understand or is it really the way to go?
Borrowing from the example, this should be easy to do with a few modifications. You just need to add all the pages before the merge, then all the pages from the second document, then all the rest of the original pages.
Try something like this (not tested or robust - just a starting point maybe):
// Used the ExtractPages as a starting point.
public void MergeDocuments(string sourcePdfPath1, string sourcePdfPath2,
string outputPdfPath, int insertPage) {
PdfReader reader1 = null;
PdfReader reader2 = null;
Document sourceDocument1 = null;
Document sourceDocument2 = null;
PdfCopy pdfCopyProvider = null;
PdfImportedPage importedPage = null;
try {
reader1 = new PdfReader(sourcePdfPath1);
reader2 = new PdfReader(sourcePdfPath2);
// Note, I'm assuming pages are 0 based. If that's not the case, change to 1.
sourceDocument1 = new Document(reader1.GetPageSizeWithRotation(0));
sourceDocument2 = new Document(reader2.GetPageSizeWithRotation(0));
pdfCopyProvider = new PdfCopy(sourceDocument1,
new System.IO.FileStream(outputPdfPath, System.IO.FileMode.Create));
sourceDocument1.Open();
sourceDocument2.Open();
int length1 = reader1.NumberOfPages;
int length2 = reader2.NumberOfPages;
int page1 = 0; // Also here I'm assuming pages are 0-based.
// Having these three loops is the key. First is pages before the merge.
for (;page1 < insertPage && page1 < length1; page1++) {
importedPage = pdfCopyProvider.GetImportedPage(reader1, page1);
pdfCopyProvider.AddPage(importedPage);
}
// These are the pages from the second document.
for (int page2 = 0; page2 < length2; page2++) {
importedPage = pdfCopyProvider.GetImportedPage(reader2, page2);
pdfCopyProvider.AddPage(importedPage);
}
// Finally, add the remaining pages from the first document.
for (;page1 < length1; page1++) {
importedPage = pdfCopyProvider.GetImportedPage(reader1, page1);
pdfCopyProvider.AddPage(importedPage);
}
sourceDocument1.Close();
sourceDocument2.Close();
reader1.Close();
reader2.Close();
} catch (Exception ex) {
throw ex;
}
}
I have a PDF template file for 60 labels per page. My goal was to make copies of the template as needed, fill in the form data and then merge the files into a single PDF (or provide links to individual files...either works)
The problem is that the 2nd PDF copy comes out corrupt regardless of date.
The workflow is user selects a date. The lunch orders for that day are gathered into a generic list that in turn is used to fill in the form fields on the template. At 60, the file is saved as a temp file and a new copy of the template is used for the next 60 names, etc...
09/23/2013 through 09/25 have data. On the 25th there are only 38 orders, so this works as intended. On 09/24/2013 there are over 60 orders, the first page works, but the 2nd page is corrupt.
private List<string> CreateLabels(DateTime orderDate)
{
// create file name to save
string fName = ConvertDateToStringName(orderDate) + ".pdf"; // example 09242013.pdf
// to hold Temp File Names
List<string> tempFNames = new List<string>();
// Get path to template/save directory
string path = Server.MapPath("~/admin/labels/");
string pdfPath = path + "8195a.pdf"; // template file
// Get the students and their lunch orders
List<StudentLabel> labels = DalStudentLabel.GetStudentLabels(orderDate);
// Get number of template pages needed
decimal recCount = Convert.ToDecimal(labels.Count);
decimal pages = Decimal.Divide(recCount, 60);
int pagesNeeded = Convert.ToInt32(Math.Ceiling(pages));
// Make the temp names
for (int c = 0; c < pagesNeeded; c++)
{
tempFNames.Add(c.ToString() + fName); //just prepend a digit to the date string
}
//Create copies of the empty templates
foreach (string tName in tempFNames)
{
try
{ File.Delete(path + tName); }
catch { }
File.Copy(pdfPath, path + tName);
}
// we know we need X pages and there is 60 per page
int x = 0;
// foreach page needed
for (int pCount = 0; pCount < pagesNeeded; pCount++)
{
// Make a new page
PdfReader newReader = new PdfReader(pdfPath);
// pCount.ToString replicates temp names
using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(path + pCount.ToString() + fName, FileMode.Open))
{
PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(newReader, stream);
var form = stamper.AcroFields;
var fieldKeys = form.Fields.Keys;
StudentLabel lbl = null;
string lblInfo = "";
// fill in acro fields with lunch data
foreach (string fieldKey in fieldKeys)
{
try
{
lbl = labels[x];
}
catch
{
break;
} // if we're out of labels, then we're done
lblInfo = lbl.StudentName + "\n";
lblInfo += lbl.Teacher + "\n";
lblInfo += lbl.MenuItem;
form.SetField(fieldKey, lblInfo);
x++;
if (x % 60 == 0) // reached 60, time for new page
{
break;
}
}
stamper.Writer.CloseStream = false;
stamper.FormFlattening = true;
stamper.Close();
newReader.Close();
stream.Flush();
stream.Close();
}
}
return tempFNames;
}
Why are you pre-allocating your files? My guess is that's your problem. You're binding a PdfStamper to a PdfReader for input and an exact copy of the same pdf to a FileStream object for output. The PdfStamper will generate your output file for you, you don't need to help it. You're trying to append new data to an existing file and I'm not quite sure what happens in that case (as I've never actually seen anyone do it.)
So drop your whole File.Copy pre-allocation and change your FileStream declaration to:
using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(path + pCount.ToString() + fName, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None))
You'll obviously also need to adjust how your return array gets populated, too.
How to merge multiple pdf files (generated on run time) through ItextSharp then printing them.
I found the following link but that method requires the pdf names considering that the pdf files stored and this is not my case .
I have multiple reports i'll convert them to pdf files through this method :
private void AddReportToResponse(LocalReport followsReport)
{
string mimeType;
string encoding;
string extension;
string[] streams = new string[100];
Warning[] warnings = new Warning[100];
byte[] pdfStream = followsReport.Render("PDF", "", out mimeType, out encoding, out extension, out streams, out warnings);
//Response.Clear();
//Response.ContentType = mimeType;
//Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=Application." + extension);
//Response.BinaryWrite(pdfStream);
//Response.End();
}
Now i want to merge all those generated files (Bytes) in one pdf file to print it
If you want to merge source documents using iText(Sharp), there are two basic situations:
You really want to merge the documents, acquiring the pages in their original format, transfering as much of their content and their interactive annotations as possible. In this case you should use a solution based on a member of the Pdf*Copy* family of classes.
You actually want to integrate pages from the source documents into a new document but want the new document to govern the general format and don't care for the interactive features (annotations...) in the original documents (or even want to get rid of them). In this case you should use a solution based on the PdfWriter class.
You can find details in chapter 6 (especially section 6.4) of iText in Action — 2nd Edition. The Java sample code can be accessed here and the C#'ified versions here.
A simple sample using PdfCopy is Concatenate.java / Concatenate.cs. The central piece of code is:
byte[] mergedPdf = null;
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
using (Document document = new Document())
{
using (PdfCopy copy = new PdfCopy(document, ms))
{
document.Open();
for (int i = 0; i < pdf.Count; ++i)
{
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(pdf[i]);
// loop over the pages in that document
int n = reader.NumberOfPages;
for (int page = 0; page < n; )
{
copy.AddPage(copy.GetImportedPage(reader, ++page));
}
}
}
}
mergedPdf = ms.ToArray();
}
Here pdf can either be defined as a List<byte[]> immediately containing the source documents (appropriate for your use case of merging intermediate in-memory documents) or as a List<String> containing the names of source document files (appropriate if you merge documents from disk).
An overview at the end of the referenced chapter summarizes the usage of the classes mentioned:
PdfCopy: Copies pages from one or more existing PDF documents. Major downsides: PdfCopy doesn’t detect redundant content, and it fails when concatenating forms.
PdfCopyFields: Puts the fields of the different forms into one form. Can be used to avoid the problems encountered with form fields when concatenating forms using PdfCopy. Memory use can be an issue.
PdfSmartCopy: Copies pages from one or more existing PDF documents. PdfSmartCopy is able to detect redundant content, but it needs more memory and CPU than PdfCopy.
PdfWriter: Generates PDF documents from scratch. Can import pages from other PDF documents. The major downside is that all interactive features of the imported page (annotations, bookmarks, fields, and so forth) are lost in the process.
I used iTextsharp with c# to combine pdf files. This is the code I used.
string[] lstFiles=new string[3];
lstFiles[0]=#"C:/pdf/1.pdf";
lstFiles[1]=#"C:/pdf/2.pdf";
lstFiles[2]=#"C:/pdf/3.pdf";
PdfReader reader = null;
Document sourceDocument = null;
PdfCopy pdfCopyProvider = null;
PdfImportedPage importedPage;
string outputPdfPath=#"C:/pdf/new.pdf";
sourceDocument = new Document();
pdfCopyProvider = new PdfCopy(sourceDocument, new System.IO.FileStream(outputPdfPath, System.IO.FileMode.Create));
//Open the output file
sourceDocument.Open();
try
{
//Loop through the files list
for (int f = 0; f < lstFiles.Length-1; f++)
{
int pages =get_pageCcount(lstFiles[f]);
reader = new PdfReader(lstFiles[f]);
//Add pages of current file
for (int i = 1; i <= pages; i++)
{
importedPage = pdfCopyProvider.GetImportedPage(reader, i);
pdfCopyProvider.AddPage(importedPage);
}
reader.Close();
}
//At the end save the output file
sourceDocument.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw ex;
}
private int get_pageCcount(string file)
{
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(File.OpenRead(file)))
{
Regex regex = new Regex(#"/Type\s*/Page[^s]");
MatchCollection matches = regex.Matches(sr.ReadToEnd());
return matches.Count;
}
}
Here is some code I pulled out of an old project I had. It was a web application but I was using iTextSharp to merge pdf files then print them.
public static class PdfMerger
{
/// <summary>
/// Merge pdf files.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sourceFiles">PDF files being merged.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static byte[] MergeFiles(List<Stream> sourceFiles)
{
Document document = new Document();
MemoryStream output = new MemoryStream();
try
{
// Initialize pdf writer
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, output);
writer.PageEvent = new PdfPageEvents();
// Open document to write
document.Open();
PdfContentByte content = writer.DirectContent;
// Iterate through all pdf documents
for (int fileCounter = 0; fileCounter < sourceFiles.Count; fileCounter++)
{
// Create pdf reader
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(sourceFiles[fileCounter]);
int numberOfPages = reader.NumberOfPages;
// Iterate through all pages
for (int currentPageIndex = 1; currentPageIndex <=
numberOfPages; currentPageIndex++)
{
// Determine page size for the current page
document.SetPageSize(
reader.GetPageSizeWithRotation(currentPageIndex));
// Create page
document.NewPage();
PdfImportedPage importedPage =
writer.GetImportedPage(reader, currentPageIndex);
// Determine page orientation
int pageOrientation = reader.GetPageRotation(currentPageIndex);
if ((pageOrientation == 90) || (pageOrientation == 270))
{
content.AddTemplate(importedPage, 0, -1f, 1f, 0, 0,
reader.GetPageSizeWithRotation(currentPageIndex).Height);
}
else
{
content.AddTemplate(importedPage, 1f, 0, 0, 1f, 0, 0);
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
throw new Exception("There has an unexpected exception" +
" occured during the pdf merging process.", exception);
}
finally
{
document.Close();
}
return output.GetBuffer();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Implements custom page events.
/// </summary>
internal class PdfPageEvents : IPdfPageEvent
{
#region members
private BaseFont _baseFont = null;
private PdfContentByte _content;
#endregion
#region IPdfPageEvent Members
public void OnOpenDocument(PdfWriter writer, Document document)
{
_baseFont = BaseFont.CreateFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA,
BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);
_content = writer.DirectContent;
}
public void OnStartPage(PdfWriter writer, Document document)
{ }
public void OnEndPage(PdfWriter writer, Document document)
{ }
public void OnCloseDocument(PdfWriter writer, Document document)
{ }
public void OnParagraph(PdfWriter writer,
Document document, float paragraphPosition)
{ }
public void OnParagraphEnd(PdfWriter writer,
Document document, float paragraphPosition)
{ }
public void OnChapter(PdfWriter writer, Document document,
float paragraphPosition, Paragraph title)
{ }
public void OnChapterEnd(PdfWriter writer,
Document document, float paragraphPosition)
{ }
public void OnSection(PdfWriter writer, Document document,
float paragraphPosition, int depth, Paragraph title)
{ }
public void OnSectionEnd(PdfWriter writer,
Document document, float paragraphPosition)
{ }
public void OnGenericTag(PdfWriter writer, Document document,
Rectangle rect, string text)
{ }
#endregion
private float GetCenterTextPosition(string text, PdfWriter writer)
{
return writer.PageSize.Width / 2 - _baseFont.GetWidthPoint(text, 8) / 2;
}
}
I didn't write this, but made some modifications. I can't remember where I found it. After I merged the PDFs I would call this method to insert javascript to open the print dialog when the PDF is opened. If you change bSilent to true then it should print silently to their default printer.
public Stream addPrintJStoPDF(Stream thePDF)
{
MemoryStream outPutStream = null;
PRStream finalStream = null;
PdfDictionary page = null;
string content = null;
//Open the stream with iTextSharp
var reader = new PdfReader(thePDF);
outPutStream = new MemoryStream(finalStream.GetBytes());
var stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, (MemoryStream)outPutStream);
var jsText = "var res = app.setTimeOut('this.print({bUI: true, bSilent: false, bShrinkToFit: false});', 200);";
//Add the javascript to the PDF
stamper.JavaScript = jsText;
stamper.FormFlattening = true;
stamper.Writer.CloseStream = false;
stamper.Close();
//Set the stream to the beginning
outPutStream.Position = 0;
return outPutStream;
}
Not sure how well the above code is written since I pulled it from somewhere else and I haven't worked in depth at all with iTextSharp but I do know that it did work at merging PDFs that I was generating at runtime.
Tested with iTextSharp-LGPL 4.1.6:
public static byte[] ConcatenatePdfs(IEnumerable<byte[]> documents)
{
using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
{
var outputDocument = new Document();
var writer = new PdfCopy(outputDocument, ms);
outputDocument.Open();
foreach (var doc in documents)
{
var reader = new PdfReader(doc);
for (var i = 1; i <= reader.NumberOfPages; i++)
{
writer.AddPage(writer.GetImportedPage(reader, i));
}
writer.FreeReader(reader);
reader.Close();
}
writer.Close();
outputDocument.Close();
var allPagesContent = ms.GetBuffer();
ms.Flush();
return allPagesContent;
}
}
To avoid the memory issues mentioned, I used file stream instead of memory stream(mentioned in ITextSharp Out of memory exception merging multiple pdf) to merge pdf files:
var parentDirectory = Directory.GetParent(SelectedDocuments[0].FilePath);
var savePath = parentDirectory + "\\MergedDocument.pdf";
using (var fs = new FileStream(savePath, FileMode.Create))
{
using (var document = new Document())
{
using (var pdfCopy = new PdfCopy(document, fs))
{
document.Open();
for (var i = 0; i < SelectedDocuments.Count; i++)
{
using (var pdfReader = new PdfReader(SelectedDocuments[i].FilePath))
{
for (var page = 0; page < pdfReader.NumberOfPages;)
{
pdfCopy.AddPage(pdfCopy.GetImportedPage(pdfReader, ++page));
}
}
}
}
}
}
****/*For Multiple PDF Print..!!*/****
<button type="button" id="btnPrintMultiplePdf" runat="server" class="btn btn-primary btn-border btn-sm"
onserverclick="btnPrintMultiplePdf_click">
<i class="fa fa-file-pdf-o"></i>Print Multiple pdf</button>
protected void btnPrintMultiplePdf_click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (ValidateForMultiplePDF() == true)
{
#region Declare Temp Variables..!!
CheckBox chkList = new CheckBox();
HiddenField HidNo = new HiddenField();
string Multi_fofile, Multi_listfile;
Multi_fofile = Multi_listfile = "";
Multi_fofile = Server.MapPath("PDFRNew");
#endregion
for (int i = 0; i < grdRnew.Rows.Count; i++)
{
#region Find Grd Controls..!!
CheckBox Chk_One = (CheckBox)grdRnew.Rows[i].FindControl("chkOne");
Label lbl_Year = (Label)grdRnew.Rows[i].FindControl("lblYear");
Label lbl_No = (Label)grdRnew.Rows[i].FindControl("lblCode");
#endregion
if (Chk_One.Checked == true)
{
HidNo .Value = llbl_No .Text.Trim()+ lbl_Year .Text;
if (File.Exists(Multi_fofile + "\\" + HidNo.Value.ToString() + ".pdf"))
{
#region Get Multiple Files Name And Paths..!!
if (Multi_listfile != "")
{
Multi_listfile = Multi_listfile + ",";
}
Multi_listfile = Multi_listfile + Multi_fofile + "\\" + HidNo.Value.ToString() + ".pdf";
#endregion
}
}
}
#region For Generate Multiple Pdf..!!
if (Multi_listfile != "")
{
String[] Multifiles = Multi_listfile.Split(',');
string DestinationFile = Server.MapPath("PDFRNew") + "\\Multiple.Pdf";
MergeFiles(DestinationFile, Multifiles);
Response.ContentType = "pdf";
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=\"" + DestinationFile + "\"");
Response.TransmitFile(DestinationFile);
Response.End();
}
else
{
}
#endregion
}
}
private void MergeFiles(string DestinationFile, string[] SourceFiles)
{
try
{
int f = 0;
/**we create a reader for a certain Document**/
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(SourceFiles[f]);
/**we retrieve the total number of pages**/
int n = reader.NumberOfPages;
/**Console.WriteLine("There are " + n + " pages in the original file.")**/
/**Step 1: creation of a document-object**/
Document document = new Document(reader.GetPageSizeWithRotation(1));
/**Step 2: we create a writer that listens to the Document**/
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new FileStream(DestinationFile, FileMode.Create));
/**Step 3: we open the Document**/
document.Open();
PdfContentByte cb = writer.DirectContent;
PdfImportedPage page;
int rotation;
/**Step 4: We Add Content**/
while (f < SourceFiles.Length)
{
int i = 0;
while (i < n)
{
i++;
document.SetPageSize(reader.GetPageSizeWithRotation(i));
document.NewPage();
page = writer.GetImportedPage(reader, i);
rotation = reader.GetPageRotation(i);
if (rotation == 90 || rotation == 270)
{
cb.AddTemplate(page, 0, -1f, 1f, 0, 0, reader.GetPageSizeWithRotation(i).Height);
}
else
{
cb.AddTemplate(page, 1f, 0, 0, 1f, 0, 0);
}
/**Console.WriteLine("Processed page " + i)**/
}
f++;
if (f < SourceFiles.Length)
{
reader = new PdfReader(SourceFiles[f]);
/**we retrieve the total number of pages**/
n = reader.NumberOfPages;
/**Console.WriteLine("There are"+n+"pages in the original file.")**/
}
}
/**Step 5: we Close the Document**/
document.Close();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
string strOb = e.Message;
}
}
private bool ValidateForMultiplePDF()
{
bool chkList = false;
foreach (GridViewRow gvr in grdRnew.Rows)
{
CheckBox Chk_One = (CheckBox)gvr.FindControl("ChkSelectOne");
if (Chk_One.Checked == true)
{
chkList = true;
}
}
if (chkList == false)
{
divStatusMsg.Style.Add("display", "");
divStatusMsg.Attributes.Add("class", "alert alert-danger alert-dismissable");
divStatusMsg.InnerText = "ERROR !!...Please Check At Least On CheckBox.";
grdRnew.Focus();
set_timeout();
return false;
}
return true;
}
I have a class that build the content for my table of contents and that works, fine and dandy.
Here's the code:
public void Build(string center,IDictionary<string,iTextSharp.text.Image> images)
{
iTextSharp.text.Image image = null;
XPathDocument rapportTekst = new XPathDocument(Application.StartupPath + #"..\..\..\RapportTemplates\RapportTekst.xml");
XPathNavigator nav = rapportTekst.CreateNavigator();
XPathNodeIterator iter;
iter = nav.Select("//dokument/brevhoved");
iter.MoveNext();
var logo = iTextSharp.text.Image.GetInstance(iter.Current.GetAttribute("url", ""));
iter = nav.Select("//dokument/gem_som");
iter.MoveNext();
string outputPath = iter.Current.GetAttribute("url", "")+center+".pdf";
iter = nav.Select("//dokument/titel");
iter.MoveNext();
this.titel = center;
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 30, 30, 100, 30);
var outputStream = new FileStream(outputPath, FileMode.Create);
var pdfWriter = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, outputStream);
pdfWriter.SetLinearPageMode();
var pageEventHandler = new PageEventHandler();
pageEventHandler.ImageHeader = logo;
pdfWriter.PageEvent = pageEventHandler;
DateTime timeOfReport = DateTime.Now.AddMonths(-1);
pageWidth = document.PageSize.Width - (document.LeftMargin + document.RightMargin);
pageHight = document.PageSize.Height - (document.TopMargin + document.BottomMargin);
document.Open();
var title = new Paragraph(titel, titleFont);
title.Alignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER;
document.Add(title);
List<TableOfContentsEntry> _contentsTable = new List<TableOfContentsEntry>();
nav.MoveToRoot();
iter = nav.Select("//dokument/indhold/*");
Chapter chapter = null;
int chapterCount = 1;
while (iter.MoveNext())
{
_contentsTable.Add(new TableOfContentsEntry("Test", pdfWriter.CurrentPageNumber.ToString()));
XPathNodeIterator innerIter = iter.Current.SelectChildren(XPathNodeType.All);
chapter = new Chapter("test", chapterCount);
while(innerIter.MoveNext())
{
if (innerIter.Current.Name.ToString().ToLower().Equals("billede"))
{
image = images[innerIter.Current.GetAttribute("navn", "")];
image.Alignment = Image.ALIGN_CENTER;
image.ScaleToFit(pageWidth, pageHight);
chapter.Add(image);
}
if (innerIter.Current.Name.ToString().ToLower().Equals("sektion"))
{
string line = "";
var afsnit = new Paragraph();
line += (innerIter.Current.GetAttribute("id", "") + " ");
innerIter.Current.MoveToFirstChild();
line += innerIter.Current.Value;
afsnit.Add(line);
innerIter.Current.MoveToNext();
afsnit.Add(innerIter.Current.Value);
chapter.Add(afsnit);
}
}
chapterCount++;
document.Add(chapter);
}
document = CreateTableOfContents(document, pdfWriter, _contentsTable);
document.Close();
}
I'm then calling the method CreateTableOfContents(), and as such it is doing what it is supposed to do. Here's the code for the method:
public Document CreateTableOfContents(Document _doc, PdfWriter _pdfWriter, List<TableOfContentsEntry> _contentsTable)
{
_doc.NewPage();
_doc.Add(new Paragraph("Table of Contents", FontFactory.GetFont("Arial", 18, Font.BOLD)));
_doc.Add(new Chunk(Environment.NewLine));
PdfPTable _pdfContentsTable = new PdfPTable(2);
foreach (TableOfContentsEntry content in _contentsTable)
{
PdfPCell nameCell = new PdfPCell(_pdfContentsTable);
nameCell.Border = Rectangle.NO_BORDER;
nameCell.Padding = 6f;
nameCell.Phrase = new Phrase(content.Title);
_pdfContentsTable.AddCell(nameCell);
PdfPCell pageCell = new PdfPCell(_pdfContentsTable);
pageCell.Border = Rectangle.NO_BORDER;
pageCell.Padding = 6f;
pageCell.Phrase = new Phrase(content.Page);
_pdfContentsTable.AddCell(pageCell);
}
_doc.Add(_pdfContentsTable);
_doc.Add(new Chunk(Environment.NewLine));
/** Reorder pages so that TOC will will be the second page in the doc
* right after the title page**/
int toc = _pdfWriter.PageNumber - 1;
int total = _pdfWriter.ReorderPages(null);
int[] order = new int[total];
for (int i = 0; i < total; i++)
{
if (i == 0)
{
order[i] = 1;
}
else if (i == 1)
{
order[i] = toc;
}
else
{
order[i] = i;
}
}
_pdfWriter.ReorderPages(order);
return _doc;
}
The problem is however. I want to insert a page break before the table of contents, for the sake of reordering the pages, so that the table of contents is the first page, naturally. But the output of the pdf-file is not right.
Here's a picture of what it looks like:
It seems like the _doc.NewPage() in the CreateTableOfContents() method does not execute correctly. Meaning that the image and the table of contents is still on the same page when the method starts the reordering of pages.
EDIT: To clarify the above, the _doc.NewPage() gets executed, but the blank page is added after the picture and the table of contents.
I've read a couple of places that this could be because one is trying to insert a new page after an already blank page. But this is not the case.
I'll just link to the pdf files aswell, to better illustrate the problem.
The pdf with table of contents: with table of contents
The pdf without table of contents: without table of contents
Thank you in advance for your help :)