Create Pdf Using Itextsharp
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Nov 25, 2013 Taking each Page in the iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfDictionary's object using GetPageN(int pageNumber) method of iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader's object. Taking the Content of the Page in the iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfArray's object using GetAsArray(PdfName.CONTENTS) method of iTextSharp.text.pdf. Step 2: Creating a PdfDocument object. The PdfDocument class is the class that represents the PDF Document in iText. This class belongs to the package com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf. To instantiate this class (in writing mode), you need to pass an object of the class PdfWriter to its constructor. Instantiate the PdfDocument class by passing.
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Let us now understand how to create a PDF document using the iText library.
Creating an Empty PDF Document
You can create an empty PDF Document by instantiating the Document class. While instantiating this class, you need to pass a PdfDocument object as a parameter to its constructor.
Following are the steps to create an empty PDF document.
Step 1: Creating a PdfWriter object
The PdfWriter class represents the Doc Writer for a PDF. This class belongs to the package com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf. The constructor of this class accepts a string, representing the path of the file where the PDF is to be created.
Instantiate the PdfWriter class by passing a string value (representing the path where you need to create a PDF) to its constructor, as shown below.
When an object of this type is passed to a PdfDocument (class), every element added to this document will be written to the file specified.
Step 2: Creating a PdfDocument object
The PdfDocument class is the class that represents the PDF Document in iText. This class belongs to the package com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf. To instantiate this class (in writing mode), you need to pass an object of the class PdfWriter to its constructor.
Instantiate the PdfDocument class by passing the above created PdfWriter object to its constructor, as shown below.
Once a PdfDocument object is created, you can add various elements like page, font, file attachment, and event handler using the respective methods provided by its class.
Step 3: Adding an empty page
The addNewPage() method of the PdfDocument class is used to create an empty page in the PDF document.
Add an empty page to the PDF document created in the previous step as shown below.
Step 4: Creating a Document object
The Document class of the package com.itextpdf.layout is the root element while creating a self-sufficient PDF. One of the constructors of this class accepts an object of the class PdfDocument.
Instantiate the Document class by passing the object of the class PdfDocument created in the previous steps as shown below.
Step 5: Closing the Document
Close the document using the close() method of the Document class as shown below.
Example
Following is the Java program which demonstrates the creation of a PDF Document. It creates a PDF document with the name sample.pdf, adds an empty page to it, and saves it in the path C:/itextExamples/
Fsx acceleration download free full movie. Save this code in a file with the name create_PDF.java.
Compile and execute the saved Java file from the Command prompt using the following commands −
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Acpi atk0110 windows 7. Upon execution, the above program creates a PDF document, displaying the following message.
If you verify the specified path, you can find the created PDF document as shown below.
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Since this is an empty document, if you try to open this document, it will display an error message, as shown in the following screenshot.