I am converting a multi-paged (paginated) pdf document into a single page (non-paginated) pdf document.
I am looking to overcome the 200 inch limitation in adobe reader.
With iTextSharp.PdfReader each page is read to create a total height of the target document and find the maximum width.
The code to create the document works ok reading directly from the paginated pdf into the non-paginated pdf. Utilizing Chrome or Foxit the file opens fine. Adobe gives the 200 inch truncation when the page exceeds 200 inchs. In my test file the page height is 8.25 x 814 inches.
Changing the UserUnits to 4.07 (814/200) has Adobe show the page height as 814in but still truncates the page as well as showing the width as 33.
If the width of the target file is set to width/userunits (8.25/4.07) the only left 2 inches are shown in the target file.
The copy part of the code:
RandomAccessFileOrArray ra = new RandomAccessFileOrArray(fn);
SizeF pageSize = new SizeF(pageWidth, pageHeight);
float USERUnitNewValue = ComputeUserUnit(pageSize);
if (pageHeight > 14400f)
{
USERUnitNewValue = pageHeight / 14400f;
}
float NewPageWidth = (pageWidth <= 14400f) ? pageWidth : pageWidth* USERUnitNewValue;
float NewPageHeight = pageHeight * USERUnitNewValue;
FileInfo file1 = new FileInfo(newfn);
DirectoryInfo directory1 = file1.Directory;
if (!directory1.Exists)
directory1.Create();
iTextSharp.text.Rectangle newPagesize = new iTextSharp.text.Rectangle(pageWidth, pageHeight);
Document newPdf = new Document(newPagesize);
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(newPdf, new FileStream(newfn, FileMode.Create));
writer.PdfVersion = PdfWriter.VERSION_1_6;
if (pageHeight > 14400)
{
writer.Userunit = USERUnitNewValue;
}
newPdf.SetMargins(0f, 0f, 0f, 0f);
newPdf.Open();
PdfContentByte cb = writer.DirectContent;
float verticalPosition = pageHeight;
for (int pagenumber = 1; pagenumber <= n1; pagenumber++)
{
if (pdfReader.NumberOfPages >= pagenumber)
{
verticalPosition = verticalPosition - pdfReader.GetPageSize(pagenumber).Height;
cb.AddTemplate(writer.GetImportedPage(pdfReader, pagenumber), 0, verticalPosition);
}
else
{
break;
}
}
newPdf.Close();
How can the original file be copied into the target where both files would keep the same size if someone sends it to a printer?
Yes there is some redundancy in this code as I have been troubleshooting this for a little while now.
The key question here is a setting that would maintain the 8.25 x 814in and still allow adobe to open the file.
Thanks,
Mike
Thank you David.
After looking through Mr Lowagie's document and brief note about addTemplate.
cb.addTemplate(page, scale, 0, 0, scale, 0, 0)
The code was updated to utilize the new userunit and scaling.
Opening ok in Adobe now and reporting page length as expected
Once again the code is a little ugly still
RandomAccessFileOrArray ra = new RandomAccessFileOrArray(fn);
SizeF pageSize = GetPageSize(fn);
PdfReader pdfReader = new PdfReader(fn);
float USERUnitNewValue = ComputeUserUnit(pageSize);
int n1 = pdfReader.NumberOfPages;
if (pageSize.Height > 14400f) //14400 value is 72 pixels per inch over 200 inches. 200 inches seems to be adobe limit to a page
{ //determine the userunit to be used
USERUnitNewValue = pageSize.Height / 14400f;
}
float NewPageWidth = (pageSize.Width <= 14400f) ? pageSize.Width / USERUnitNewValue : pageSize.Width / USERUnitNewValue;
float NewPageHeight = pageSize.Height / USERUnitNewValue;
FileInfo file1 = new FileInfo(newfn);
DirectoryInfo directory1 = file1.Directory;
if (!directory1.Exists)
directory1.Create();
iTextSharp.text.Rectangle newPagesize = new iTextSharp.text.Rectangle(NewPageWidth, NewPageHeight);
Document newPdf = new Document(newPagesize);
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(newPdf, new FileStream(newfn, FileMode.Create));
writer.PdfVersion = PdfWriter.VERSION_1_6;
if (pageSize.Height > 14400)
{
writer.Userunit = USERUnitNewValue;
}
newPdf.SetMargins(0f, 0f, 0f, 0f);
newPdf.Open();
PdfContentByte cb = writer.DirectContent;
float verticalPosition = NewPageHeight;
for (int pagenumber = 1; pagenumber <= n1; pagenumber++)
{
if (pdfReader.NumberOfPages >= pagenumber)
{
/*convoluted page position. First position should be 0,0
unlike other counters this starts as page 1 so we need to subtract the
first page height away so that we start at the bottom of the previous image
* hmm seems that ths AddTemplate feature adds the pages in reverse order or
* at least the coordinate system sets 0,0 at the bottom left of the page
*/
float widthfactor = 1 / USERUnitNewValue; //Page scaling (width)
float heightfactor = 1 / USERUnitNewValue; //Page scaling (height)
//vertical position needs to take into account the new page height taking new UserUnit in affect
verticalPosition = verticalPosition - (pdfReader.GetPageSize(pagenumber).Height / USERUnitNewValue);
cb.AddTemplate(writer.GetImportedPage(pdfReader, pagenumber), heightfactor, 0, 0, widthfactor, 0, verticalPosition);
}
else
{
break;
}
}
newPdf.Close();
Thank you again for your help,
Mike
From a pdf, I want to make a new pdf that I 'll add a watermark and then make each page an image page.
Is this possible with itext?
I don't know how to convert it to images, but for the watermark, as said by Usama Kiyani in comments, you should consider using itextsharp which can be installed through nugget packages manager. I already used it to add a water mark to an existing pdf file.
Here's the code I used, it add a diagonal red watermark (which text is argument watermarkText) in the center of each page of an existing pdf file (sourceFile), then save this modified version at the given location (outputFile) :
public static void AddWatermarkTextC(string sourceFile, string outputFile, string watermarkText)
{
BaseFont tWatermarkFont = null;
float tWatermarkFontSize = 48F;
iTextSharp.text.BaseColor tWatermarkFontColor = null;
float tWatermarkFontOpacity = 0.3F;
float tWatermarkRotation = 45.0F;
tWatermarkFont = iTextSharp.text.pdf.BaseFont.CreateFont(iTextSharp.text.pdf.BaseFont.HELVETICA, iTextSharp.text.pdf.BaseFont.CP1252, iTextSharp.text.pdf.BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);
tWatermarkFontColor = iTextSharp.text.BaseColor.RED;
AddWatermarkTextC(sourceFile, outputFile, watermarkText, tWatermarkFont, tWatermarkFontSize, tWatermarkFontColor, tWatermarkFontOpacity, tWatermarkRotation);
}
public static void AddWatermarkTextC(string sourceFile, string outputFile, string watermarkText, iTextSharp.text.pdf.BaseFont watermarkFont, float watermarkFontSize, iTextSharp.text.BaseColor watermarkFontColor, float watermarkFontOpacity, float watermarkRotation)
{
iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader reader = null;
iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfStamper stamper = null;
iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfGState gstate = null;
iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfContentByte underContent = null;
iTextSharp.text.Rectangle rect = null;
float currentY = 0.0F;
float offset = 0.0F;
int pageCount = 0;
try
{
reader = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader(sourceFile);
rect = reader.GetPageSizeWithRotation(1);
FileStream stream = new System.IO.FileStream(outputFile, System.IO.FileMode.Create);
stamper = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfStamper(reader, stream);
if (watermarkFont == null)
{
watermarkFont = iTextSharp.text.pdf.BaseFont.CreateFont(iTextSharp.text.pdf.BaseFont.HELVETICA, iTextSharp.text.pdf.BaseFont.CP1252, iTextSharp.text.pdf.BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);
}
if (watermarkFontColor == null)
{
watermarkFontColor = iTextSharp.text.BaseColor.RED;
}
gstate = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfGState();
gstate.FillOpacity = watermarkFontOpacity;
gstate.StrokeOpacity = watermarkFontOpacity;
pageCount = reader.NumberOfPages;
for (int i = 1; i <= pageCount; i++)
{
underContent = stamper.GetOverContent(i);
underContent.SaveState();
underContent.SetGState(gstate);
underContent.SetColorFill(watermarkFontColor);
underContent.BeginText();
underContent.SetFontAndSize(watermarkFont, watermarkFontSize);
underContent.SetTextMatrix(30, 30);
currentY = (rect.Height / 2);
underContent.ShowTextAligned(iTextSharp.text.Element.ALIGN_CENTER, watermarkText, rect.Width / 2, currentY - offset, watermarkRotation);
underContent.EndText();
underContent.RestoreState();
}
stamper.Close();
reader.Close();
stream.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw ex;
}
}
I guess it's not really hard to change it to fit your need, but if there's is anything you need me to explain just ask for it.
I want to Send Arabic text as Bitmap to a POS printer since I could not print Arabic words directly to the printer. I used below code to convert a text to Bitmap :
Convert_ValueToImage("كيكه", "Simplified Arabic Fixed", 12)
public static Bitmap Convert_ValueToImage(string ValueText, string Fontname, int Fontsize)
{
//creating bitmap image
Bitmap ValueBitmap = new Bitmap(1, 1);
//FromImage method creates a new Graphics from the specified Image.
Graphics Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(ValueBitmap);
// Create the Font object for the image text drawing.
Font Font = new Font(Fontname, Fontsize);
// Instantiating object of Bitmap image again with the correct size for the text and font.
SizeF stringSize = Graphics.MeasureString(ValueText, Font);
ValueBitmap = new Bitmap(ValueBitmap, (int)stringSize.Width, (int)stringSize.Height);
Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(ValueBitmap);
//Draw Specified text with specified format
Graphics.DrawString(ValueText, Font, Brushes.Black, 0, 0);
Font.Dispose();
Graphics.Flush();
Graphics.Dispose();
return ValueBitmap; //return Bitmap Image
}
and when I assign it to pictureBox it works.
Now I want to send it to the printer. I used below method to convert the bitmap image to string with adding the image mode to the string:
public string GetArabic(Bitmap ArabicText)
{
string logo = "";
BitmapData data = GetArabicBitmapData(ArabicText);
BitArray dots = data.Dots;
byte[] width = BitConverter.GetBytes(data.Width);
int offset = 0;
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
BinaryWriter bw = new BinaryWriter(stream);
bw.Write((char)0x1B);
bw.Write('#');
bw.Write((char)0x1B);
bw.Write('3');
bw.Write((byte)24);
while (offset < data.Height)
{
bw.Write((char)0x1B);
bw.Write('*'); // bit-image mode
bw.Write((byte)33); // 24-dot double-density
bw.Write(width[0]); // width low byte
bw.Write(width[1]); // width high byte
for (int x = 0; x < data.Width; ++x)
{
for (int k = 0; k < 3; ++k)
{
byte slice = 0;
for (int b = 0; b < 8; ++b)
{
int y = (((offset / 8) + k) * 8) + b;
// Calculate the location of the pixel we want in the bit array.
// It'll be at (y * width) + x.
int i = (y * data.Width) + x;
// If the image is shorter than 24 dots, pad with zero.
bool v = false;
if (i < dots.Length)
{
v = dots[i];
}
slice |= (byte)((v ? 1 : 0) << (7 - b));
}
bw.Write(slice);
}
}
offset += 24;
bw.Write((char)0x0A);
}
// Restore the line spacing to the default of 30 dots.
bw.Write((char)0x1B);
bw.Write('3');
bw.Write((byte)30);
bw.Flush();
byte[] bytes = stream.ToArray();
return logo + Encoding.Default.GetString(bytes);
}
public BitmapData GetArabicBitmapData(Bitmap bmpFileName)
{
using (var bitmap = bmpFileName )
{
var threshold = 127;
var index = 0;
double multiplier = 570; // this depends on your printer model. for Beiyang you should use 1000
double scale = (double)(multiplier / (double)bitmap.Width);
int xheight = (int)(bitmap.Height * scale);
int xwidth = (int)(bitmap.Width * scale);
var dimensions = xwidth * xheight;
var dots = new BitArray(dimensions);
for (var y = 0; y < xheight; y++)
{
for (var x = 0; x < xwidth; x++)
{
var _x = (int)(x / scale);
var _y = (int)(y / scale);
var color = bitmap.GetPixel(_x, _y);
var luminance = (int)(color.R * 0.3 + color.G * 0.59 + color.B * 0.11);
dots[index] = (luminance < threshold);
index++;
}
}
return new BitmapData()
{
Dots = dots,
Height = (int)(bitmap.Height * scale),
Width = (int)(bitmap.Width * scale)
};
}
}
this code print a black Rectangle. what would help me is if I could print the text with white background and the size is small as the text size.
I have some code that takes 3 different PDF byte arrays and merges them. This code works great. The issue (some people) are having is that each PDF is considered to be a full page (if printed) even if there is only say 4 inches of content on it, thus leaving 7 inches of white space vertically. Then the middle document gets put in and may or may not have vertical white space at the end of it. Then the footer gets put on its own page as well.
Here is the code:
byte[] Bytes = rv.LocalReport.Render("PDF", null, out MimeType, out Encoding, out Extension, out StreamIDs, out Warnings);
List<byte[]> MergeSets = // This is filled prior to this code
// Append any other pages to this primary letter
if (MergeSets.Count > 0) {
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
Document document = new Document();
PdfCopy copy = new PdfCopy(document, ms);
document.Open();
PdfImportedPage page;
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(Bytes); // read the generated primary Letter
int pages = reader.NumberOfPages;
for (int i = 0; i < pages; ) {
page = copy.GetImportedPage(reader, ++i);
copy.AddPage(page);
} // foreach of the pages in the Cover Letter
// Now append the merge sets
foreach (byte[] ba in MergeSets) {
reader = new PdfReader(ba);
pages = reader.NumberOfPages;
for (int i = 0; i < pages; ) {
page = copy.GetImportedPage(reader, ++i);
copy.AddPage(page);
} // foreach of the pages in the current merge set
} // foreach of the sets of data
document.Close();
ServerSaved = SaveGeneratedLetter(ms.GetBuffer(), DateTime.Now.Year, hl.LetterName, SaveName);
} // if there is anything to merge
Is there a way when I am merging each page to clip/remove/erase the vertical white space at the end of each pdf so it appears as one seamless document?
UPDATE:
Here are some sample .pdf files I am trying to merge.
header, body, footer
UPDATE 2: USING THE ANSWER:
I have converted #mkl's code to C# and here it is.
The tool class:
public class PdfVeryDenseMergeTool {
private Rectangle PageSize;
private float TopMargin;
private float BottomMargin;
private float Gap;
private Document Document = null;
private PdfWriter Writer = null;
private float YPosition = 0;
public PdfVeryDenseMergeTool(Rectangle size, float top, float bottom, float gap) {
this.PageSize = size;
this.TopMargin = top;
this.BottomMargin = bottom;
this.Gap = gap;
} // PdfVeryDenseMergeTool
public void Merge(MemoryStream outputStream, List<PdfReader> inputs) {
try {
this.OpenDocument(outputStream);
foreach (PdfReader reader in inputs) {
this.Merge(reader);
} // foreach of the PDF files to merge
} finally {
this.CloseDocument();
} // try-catch-finally
} // Merge
public void OpenDocument(MemoryStream outputStream) {
this.Document = new Document(PageSize, 36, 36, this.TopMargin, this.BottomMargin);
this.Writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(Document, outputStream);
this.Document.Open();
this.NewPage();
} // OpenDocument
public void CloseDocument() {
try {
this.Document.Close();
} finally {
this.Document = null;
this.Writer = null;
this.YPosition = 0;
} // try-finally
} // CloseDocument
public void NewPage() {
this.Document.NewPage();
this.YPosition = PageSize.GetTop(this.TopMargin);
} // Merge
public void Merge(PdfReader reader) {
PdfReaderContentParser parser = new PdfReaderContentParser(reader);
for (int pageIndex = 1; pageIndex <= reader.NumberOfPages; pageIndex++) {
this.Merge(reader, parser, pageIndex);
} // foreach of the pages of the current PDF
} // Merge
public void Merge(PdfReader reader, PdfReaderContentParser parser, int pageIndex) {
PdfImportedPage importedPage = Writer.GetImportedPage(reader, pageIndex);
PdfContentByte directContent = Writer.DirectContent;
PageVerticalAnalyzer finder = parser.ProcessContent(pageIndex, new PageVerticalAnalyzer());
if (finder.VerticalFlips.Count < 2)
return;
Rectangle pageSizeToImport = reader.GetPageSize(pageIndex);
int startFlip = finder.VerticalFlips.Count - 1;
bool first = true;
while (startFlip > 0) {
if (!first)
this.NewPage();
float freeSpace = this.YPosition - PageSize.GetBottom(BottomMargin);
int endFlip = startFlip + 1;
while ((endFlip > 1) && (finder.VerticalFlips[startFlip] - finder.VerticalFlips[endFlip - 2] < freeSpace))
endFlip -= 2;
if (endFlip < startFlip) {
float height = finder.VerticalFlips[startFlip] - finder.VerticalFlips[endFlip];
directContent.SaveState();
directContent.Rectangle(0, this.YPosition - height, pageSizeToImport.Width, height);
directContent.Clip();
directContent.NewPath();
this.Writer.DirectContent.AddTemplate(importedPage, 0, this.YPosition - (finder.VerticalFlips[startFlip] - pageSizeToImport.Bottom));
directContent.RestoreState();
this.YPosition -= height + this.Gap;
startFlip = endFlip - 1;
} else if (!first) {
throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("Page {0} content too large", pageIndex));
} // if
first = false;
} // while
} // Merge
} // PdfVeryDenseMergeTool
The RenderListener class:
UPDATE 3: FIXED 1 LINE OF CODE AND IT WORKS: See comment in code
public class PageVerticalAnalyzer : IRenderListener {
public PageVerticalAnalyzer() { }
public List<float> VerticalFlips = new List<float>();
public void AddVerticalUseSection(float from, float to) {
if (to < from) {
float temp = to;
to = from;
from = temp;
}
int i = 0;
int j = 0;
for (i = 0; i < VerticalFlips.Count; i++) {
float flip = VerticalFlips[i];
if (flip < from)
continue;
for (j = i; j < VerticalFlips.Count; j++) {
flip = VerticalFlips[j];
if (flip < to)
continue;
break;
}
break;
} // foreach of the vertical flips
bool fromOutsideInterval = i % 2 == 0;
bool toOutsideInterval = j % 2 == 0;
while (j-- > i)
VerticalFlips.RemoveAt(j); // This was the problem line with just .Remove(j)
if (toOutsideInterval)
VerticalFlips.Insert(i, to);
if (fromOutsideInterval)
VerticalFlips.Insert(i, from);
} // AddVerticalUseSection
public void BeginTextBlock() { /* Do nothing */ }
public void EndTextBlock() { /* Do nothing */ }
public void RenderImage(ImageRenderInfo renderInfo) {
Matrix ctm = renderInfo.GetImageCTM();
List<float> YCoords = new List<float>(4) { 0, 0, 0, 0 };
for (int x = 0; x < 2; x++) {
for (int y = 0; y < 2; y++) {
Vector corner = new Vector(x, y, 1).Cross(ctm);
YCoords[2 * x + y] = corner[Vector.I2];
}
}
YCoords.Sort();
AddVerticalUseSection(YCoords[0], YCoords[3]);
} // RenderImage
public void RenderText(TextRenderInfo renderInfo) {
LineSegment ascentLine = renderInfo.GetAscentLine();
LineSegment descentLine = renderInfo.GetDescentLine();
List<float> YCoords = new List<float>(4) {
ascentLine.GetStartPoint()[Vector.I2],
ascentLine.GetEndPoint()[Vector.I2],
descentLine.GetStartPoint()[Vector.I2],
descentLine.GetEndPoint()[Vector.I2],
};
YCoords.Sort();
AddVerticalUseSection(YCoords[0], YCoords[3]);
} // RenderText
} // PageVericalAnalyzer
Code to gather files and run the tool:
public void TestMergeDocuments() {
PdfVeryDenseMergeTool tool = new PdfVeryDenseMergeTool(iTextSharp.text.PageSize.A4, 18, 18, 10);
List<byte[]> Files = new List<byte[]>();
// Code to load each of the 3 files I need into this byte array list
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream()) {
List<PdfReader> files = new List<PdfReader>();
foreach (byte[] ba in Files) {
files.Add(new PdfReader(ba));
} // foreach of the sets of data
tool.Merge(ms, files);
// Save the file using: ms.GetBuffer()
} // using the memory stream
} // TestMergeDocuments
The following sample tool has been implemented along the ideas of the tool PdfDenseMergeTool from this answer which the OP has commented to be SO close to what [he] NEEDs. Just like PdfDenseMergeTool this tool here is implemented in Java/iText which I'm more at home with than C#/iTextSharp. As the OP has already translated PdfDenseMergeTool to C#/iTextSharp, translating this tool here also should not be too great a problem.
PdfVeryDenseMergeTool
This tool similarly to PdfDenseMergeTool takes the page contents of pages from a number of PdfReader instances and tries to merge them densely, i.e. putting contents of multiple source pages onto a single target page if there is enough free space to do so. In contrast to that earlier tool, this tool even splits source page contents to allow for an even denser merge.
Just like that other tool the PdfVeryDenseMergeTool does not take vector graphics into account because the iText(Sharp) parsing API does only forward text and bitmap images
The PdfVeryDenseMergeTool splits source pages which do not completely fit onto a target page at a horizontal line which is not intersected by the bounding boxes of text glyphs or bitmap graphics.
The tool class:
public class PdfVeryDenseMergeTool
{
public PdfVeryDenseMergeTool(Rectangle size, float top, float bottom, float gap)
{
this.pageSize = size;
this.topMargin = top;
this.bottomMargin = bottom;
this.gap = gap;
}
public void merge(OutputStream outputStream, Iterable<PdfReader> inputs) throws DocumentException, IOException
{
try
{
openDocument(outputStream);
for (PdfReader reader: inputs)
{
merge(reader);
}
}
finally
{
closeDocument();
}
}
void openDocument(OutputStream outputStream) throws DocumentException
{
final Document document = new Document(pageSize, 36, 36, topMargin, bottomMargin);
final PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, outputStream);
document.open();
this.document = document;
this.writer = writer;
newPage();
}
void closeDocument()
{
try
{
document.close();
}
finally
{
this.document = null;
this.writer = null;
this.yPosition = 0;
}
}
void newPage()
{
document.newPage();
yPosition = pageSize.getTop(topMargin);
}
void merge(PdfReader reader) throws IOException
{
PdfReaderContentParser parser = new PdfReaderContentParser(reader);
for (int page = 1; page <= reader.getNumberOfPages(); page++)
{
merge(reader, parser, page);
}
}
void merge(PdfReader reader, PdfReaderContentParser parser, int page) throws IOException
{
PdfImportedPage importedPage = writer.getImportedPage(reader, page);
PdfContentByte directContent = writer.getDirectContent();
PageVerticalAnalyzer finder = parser.processContent(page, new PageVerticalAnalyzer());
if (finder.verticalFlips.size() < 2)
return;
Rectangle pageSizeToImport = reader.getPageSize(page);
int startFlip = finder.verticalFlips.size() - 1;
boolean first = true;
while (startFlip > 0)
{
if (!first)
newPage();
float freeSpace = yPosition - pageSize.getBottom(bottomMargin);
int endFlip = startFlip + 1;
while ((endFlip > 1) && (finder.verticalFlips.get(startFlip) - finder.verticalFlips.get(endFlip - 2) < freeSpace))
endFlip -=2;
if (endFlip < startFlip)
{
float height = finder.verticalFlips.get(startFlip) - finder.verticalFlips.get(endFlip);
directContent.saveState();
directContent.rectangle(0, yPosition - height, pageSizeToImport.getWidth(), height);
directContent.clip();
directContent.newPath();
writer.getDirectContent().addTemplate(importedPage, 0, yPosition - (finder.verticalFlips.get(startFlip) - pageSizeToImport.getBottom()));
directContent.restoreState();
yPosition -= height + gap;
startFlip = endFlip - 1;
}
else if (!first)
throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("Page %s content sections too large.", page));
first = false;
}
}
Document document = null;
PdfWriter writer = null;
float yPosition = 0;
final Rectangle pageSize;
final float topMargin;
final float bottomMargin;
final float gap;
}
(PdfVeryDenseMergeTool.java)
This tool makes use of a custom RenderListener for use with the iText parser API:
public class PageVerticalAnalyzer implements RenderListener
{
#Override
public void beginTextBlock() { }
#Override
public void endTextBlock() { }
/*
* #see RenderListener#renderText(TextRenderInfo)
*/
#Override
public void renderText(TextRenderInfo renderInfo)
{
LineSegment ascentLine = renderInfo.getAscentLine();
LineSegment descentLine = renderInfo.getDescentLine();
float[] yCoords = new float[]{
ascentLine.getStartPoint().get(Vector.I2),
ascentLine.getEndPoint().get(Vector.I2),
descentLine.getStartPoint().get(Vector.I2),
descentLine.getEndPoint().get(Vector.I2)
};
Arrays.sort(yCoords);
addVerticalUseSection(yCoords[0], yCoords[3]);
}
/*
* #see RenderListener#renderImage(ImageRenderInfo)
*/
#Override
public void renderImage(ImageRenderInfo renderInfo)
{
Matrix ctm = renderInfo.getImageCTM();
float[] yCoords = new float[4];
for (int x=0; x < 2; x++)
for (int y=0; y < 2; y++)
{
Vector corner = new Vector(x, y, 1).cross(ctm);
yCoords[2*x+y] = corner.get(Vector.I2);
}
Arrays.sort(yCoords);
addVerticalUseSection(yCoords[0], yCoords[3]);
}
/**
* This method marks the given interval as used.
*/
void addVerticalUseSection(float from, float to)
{
if (to < from)
{
float temp = to;
to = from;
from = temp;
}
int i=0, j=0;
for (; i<verticalFlips.size(); i++)
{
float flip = verticalFlips.get(i);
if (flip < from)
continue;
for (j=i; j<verticalFlips.size(); j++)
{
flip = verticalFlips.get(j);
if (flip < to)
continue;
break;
}
break;
}
boolean fromOutsideInterval = i%2==0;
boolean toOutsideInterval = j%2==0;
while (j-- > i)
verticalFlips.remove(j);
if (toOutsideInterval)
verticalFlips.add(i, to);
if (fromOutsideInterval)
verticalFlips.add(i, from);
}
final List<Float> verticalFlips = new ArrayList<Float>();
}
(PageVerticalAnalyzer.java)
It is used like this:
PdfVeryDenseMergeTool tool = new PdfVeryDenseMergeTool(PageSize.A4, 18, 18, 5);
tool.merge(output, inputs);
(VeryDenseMerging.java)
Applied to the OP's sample documents
Header.pdf
Body.pdf
Footer.pdf
it generates
If one defines the target document page size to be A5 landscape:
PdfVeryDenseMergeTool tool = new PdfVeryDenseMergeTool(new RectangleReadOnly(595,421), 18, 18, 5);
tool.merge(output, inputs);
(VeryDenseMerging.java)
it generates this:
Beware! This is only a proof of concept and it does not consider all possibilities. E.g. the case of source or target pages with a non-trivial Rotate value is not properly handled. Thus, it is not ready for production use yet.
Improvement in current (5.5.6 SNAPSHOT) iText version
The current iText development version towards 5.5.6 enhances the parser functionality to also signal vector graphics. Thus, I extended the PageVerticalAnalyzer to make use of this:
public class PageVerticalAnalyzer implements ExtRenderListener
{
#Override
public void beginTextBlock() { }
#Override
public void endTextBlock() { }
#Override
public void clipPath(int rule) { }
...
static class SubPathSection
{
public SubPathSection(float x, float y, Matrix m)
{
float effectiveY = getTransformedY(x, y, m);
pathFromY = effectiveY;
pathToY = effectiveY;
}
void extendTo(float x, float y, Matrix m)
{
float effectiveY = getTransformedY(x, y, m);
if (effectiveY < pathFromY)
pathFromY = effectiveY;
else if (effectiveY > pathToY)
pathToY = effectiveY;
}
float getTransformedY(float x, float y, Matrix m)
{
return new Vector(x, y, 1).cross(m).get(Vector.I2);
}
float getFromY()
{
return pathFromY;
}
float getToY()
{
return pathToY;
}
private float pathFromY;
private float pathToY;
}
/*
* Beware: The implementation is not correct as it includes the control points of curves
* which may be far outside the actual curve.
*
* #see ExtRenderListener#modifyPath(PathConstructionRenderInfo)
*/
#Override
public void modifyPath(PathConstructionRenderInfo renderInfo)
{
Matrix ctm = renderInfo.getCtm();
List<Float> segmentData = renderInfo.getSegmentData();
switch (renderInfo.getOperation())
{
case PathConstructionRenderInfo.MOVETO:
subPath = null;
case PathConstructionRenderInfo.LINETO:
case PathConstructionRenderInfo.CURVE_123:
case PathConstructionRenderInfo.CURVE_13:
case PathConstructionRenderInfo.CURVE_23:
for (int i = 0; i < segmentData.size()-1; i+=2)
{
if (subPath == null)
{
subPath = new SubPathSection(segmentData.get(i), segmentData.get(i+1), ctm);
path.add(subPath);
}
else
subPath.extendTo(segmentData.get(i), segmentData.get(i+1), ctm);
}
break;
case PathConstructionRenderInfo.RECT:
float x = segmentData.get(0);
float y = segmentData.get(1);
float w = segmentData.get(2);
float h = segmentData.get(3);
SubPathSection section = new SubPathSection(x, y, ctm);
section.extendTo(x+w, y, ctm);
section.extendTo(x, y+h, ctm);
section.extendTo(x+w, y+h, ctm);
path.add(section);
case PathConstructionRenderInfo.CLOSE:
subPath = null;
break;
default:
}
}
/*
* #see ExtRenderListener#renderPath(PathPaintingRenderInfo)
*/
#Override
public Path renderPath(PathPaintingRenderInfo renderInfo)
{
if (renderInfo.getOperation() != PathPaintingRenderInfo.NO_OP)
{
for (SubPathSection section : path)
addVerticalUseSection(section.getFromY(), section.getToY());
}
path.clear();
subPath = null;
return null;
}
List<SubPathSection> path = new ArrayList<SubPathSection>();
SubPathSection subPath = null;
...
}
(PageVerticalAnalyzer.java)
A simple test (VeryDenseMerging.java method testMergeOnlyGraphics) merges these files
into this:
But once again beware: this is a mere proof of concept. Especially modifyPath() needs to be improved, the implementation is not correct as it includes the control points of curves which may be far outside the actual curve.
I am appending PDFs together using the function below via iTextSharp. Its working fine. The only problem is that PDFs that are larger than the set size of the document (A4), ends up being scaled and placed at the bottom left corner of the document. I would like to centre it. Can anyone point me in the right direction to achieving this? Cheers.
private void appendPDF(appendDoc doc)
{
PdfContentByte pdfContentByte = pdfWriter.DirectContent;
PdfReader pdfReader = null;
if (doc.MemoryStream != null && doc.MemoryStream.CanRead)
{
pdfReader = new PdfReader(doc.MemoryStream);
}
else if (File.Exists(doc.FullFilePath))
{
pdfReader = new PdfReader(doc.FullFilePath);
}
if (pdfReader != null)
{
for (int pageIndex = 1; pageIndex <= pdfReader.NumberOfPages; pageIndex++)
{
PdfImportedPage importedPage = pdfWriter.GetImportedPage(pdfReader, pageIndex);
float importedPageXYRatio = importedPage.Width / importedPage.Height;
if (XYRatio > 1f)
{
iTextDocument.SetPageSize(PageSize.A4.Rotate());
}
else
{
iTextDocument.SetPageSize(PageSize.A4);
}
iTextDocument.NewPage();
pdfContentByte.AddTemplate(importedPage, 0, 0);
}
}
}
Edit:
This was the solution I ended up using.
private void appendPDF(appendDoc doc)
{
PdfContentByte pdfContentByte = pdfWriter.DirectContent;
PdfReader pdfReader = null;
if (doc.MemoryStream != null && doc.MemoryStream.CanRead)
{
pdfReader = new PdfReader(doc.MemoryStream);
}
else if (File.Exists(doc.FullFilePath))
{
pdfReader = new PdfReader(doc.FullFilePath);
}
if (pdfReader != null)
{
for (int pageIndex = 1; pageIndex <= pdfReader.NumberOfPages; pageIndex++)
{
PdfImportedPage importedPage = pdfWriter.GetImportedPage(pdfReader, pageIndex);
float importedPageXYRatio = importedPage.Width / importedPage.Height;
if (XYRatio > 1f)
{
iTextDocument.SetPageSize(PageSize.A4.Rotate());
}
else
{
iTextDocument.SetPageSize(PageSize.A4);
}
iTextDocument.NewPage();
var truePageWidth = iTextDocument.PageSize.Width - iTextDocument.LeftMargin - iTextDocument.RightMargin;
var truePageHeight = iTextDocument.PageSize.Height - iTextDocument.TopMargin - iTextDocument.BottomMargin;
var x = (truePageWidth - importedPage.Width) / 2 + iTextDocument.RightMargin;
var y = (truePageHeight - importedPage.Height) / 2 + iTextDocument.BottomMargin;
pdfContentByte.AddTemplate(importedPage, x, y);
}
}
}
Can you set the x-coordinate when you call AddTemplate?
Float offset = 0;
if(importedPage.width < iTextDocument.PageSize.Width) {
offset = (iTextDocument.PageSize.Width - importedPage.width)/2;
}
pdfContentByte.AddTemplate(importedPage, offset, 0);
Or does it do the scaling in AddTemplate so you don't know the final width?