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Converting FlowDocument to XPS messes up page contents

I am trying to convert a FlowDocument to XPS. Here is how the FlowDocument is defined:
<FlowDocument PageHeight="29.7cm" PageWidth="21cm" PagePadding="2cm,2cm,2cm,2cm">
</FlowDocument>
It is inside a RichTextBox and is populated by a user. It is saved as a .rtf file (.xamlgave me the same results).
Here is the method I am using to save the doc:
public void UploadTemplate(TextRange content, string filename)
{
string destPath = Path.Combine(default_template_path, filename + ".rtf");
if (content.CanSave(DataFormats.Rtf))
{
using (var stream = new FileStream(destPath, FileMode.Create))
{
content.Save(stream, DataFormats.Rtf);
stream.Close();
}
}
}
And here is how I load the doc:
public void LoadTemplate(string template_path, TextRange content)
{
if (content.CanLoad(DataFormats.Rtf))
{
using (var stream = new FileStream(template_path, FileMode.Open))
{
content.Load(stream, DataFormats.Rtf);
stream.Close();
}
}
}
Finally this is the code I use for converting the FlowDocument to XPS:
public static MemoryStream FlowDocumentToXPS(FlowDocument flowDocument)
{
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
using (Package package = Package.Open(stream, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
{
using (XpsDocument xpsDoc = new XpsDocument(package, CompressionOption.Maximum))
{
XpsSerializationManager rsm = new XpsSerializationManager(new XpsPackagingPolicy(xpsDoc), false);
DocumentPaginator paginator = ((IDocumentPaginatorSource)flowDocument).DocumentPaginator;
paginator.PageSize = new Size(flowDocument.PageWidth, flowDocument.PageHeight);
rsm.SaveAsXaml(paginator);
rsm.Commit();
}
}
stream.Position = 0;
Console.WriteLine(stream.Length);
Console.WriteLine(stream.Position);
return stream;
}
After saving this stream to a .xps file the document pages seem like they are divided in 2 columns. This is what I get from that export. Can someone help me figure this out ?

For anyone that might stumble upon this. You must set the FlowDocument.ColumnWidth property when converting to XPS. In this case it would need to be something like this:
public static MemoryStream FlowDocumentToXPS(FlowDocument flowDocument)
{
flowDocument.ColumnWidth = (int)YourColumnWidth; // THIS IS THE KEY LINE
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
using (Package package = Package.Open(stream, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
{
using (XpsDocument xpsDoc = new XpsDocument(package, CompressionOption.Maximum))
{
XpsSerializationManager rsm = new XpsSerializationManager(new XpsPackagingPolicy(xpsDoc), false);
DocumentPaginator paginator = ((IDocumentPaginatorSource)flowDocument).DocumentPaginator;
paginator.PageSize = new Size(flowDocument.PageWidth, flowDocument.PageHeight);
rsm.SaveAsXaml(paginator);
rsm.Commit();
}
}
stream.Position = 0;
Console.WriteLine(stream.Length);
Console.WriteLine(stream.Position);
return stream;
}

Creating a blank pdf and uploading an image to each page

I am new to file handling in asp.net core 6.0. I want to create a blank pdf and load images from the ImagePath list into it. Using the resources on the internet, I tried to create a blank pdf and throw it into it, but in vain.
I couldn't use pdfReader inside pdfStamper. It was the only resource on the Internet that I found suitable for myself.
Link to the question; Converting Multiple Images into Multiple Pages PDF using itextsharp
How can I do that my code is below.
public static string MainStamping(string docname, List < string > imagePath, string mediaField) {
var config = new ConfigurationBuilder().AddJsonFile("appsettings.json").Build();
var webRootPath = config["AppSettings:urunResimPath"].ToString();
string filename = webRootPath + "\\menupdf\\" + docname + ".pdf";
// yeniisim = yeniisim + filelist.FileName;
// var fileName = "menupdf\\" + yeniisim;
FileStream pdfOutputFile = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Create);
PdfConcatenate pdfConcatenate = new PdfConcatenate(pdfOutputFile);
PdfReader result = null;
for (int i = 0; i < imagePath.Count; i++) {
result = CreatePDFDocument1(imagePath[i], mediaField);
pdfConcatenate.AddPages(result);
}
pdfConcatenate.Close();
return filename;
}
public static PdfReader CreatePDFDocument1(string imagePath, string mediaField) {
PdfReader pdfReader = null;
//C:\Users\hilal\OneDrive\Belgeler\GitHub\Restaurant\Cafe.Web\wwwroot\assets\barkod-menu
var config = new ConfigurationBuilder().AddJsonFile("appsettings.json").Build();
var webRootPath = config["AppSettings:urunResimPath"].ToString();
string image = webRootPath + "\\barkod-menu\\" + imagePath;
iTextSharp.text.Image instanceImg = iTextSharp.text.Image.GetInstance(image);
MemoryStream inputStream = new MemoryStream();
inputStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin); //I don't know what to do here do I need to use it?
pdfReader = new PdfReader(inputStream);
MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
PdfStamper pdfStamper = new PdfStamper(pdfReader, memoryStream);
AcroFields testForm = pdfStamper.AcroFields;
testForm.SetField("MediaField", mediaField);
PdfContentByte overContent = pdfStamper.GetOverContent(1);
IList < AcroFields.FieldPosition > fieldPositions = testForm.GetFieldPositions("ImageField");
if (fieldPositions == null || fieldPositions.Count <= 0) throw new ApplicationException("Error locating field");
AcroFields.FieldPosition fieldPosition = fieldPositions[0];
overContent.AddImage(instanceImg);
pdfStamper.FormFlattening = true;
pdfStamper.Close();
PdfReader resultReader = new PdfReader(memoryStream.ToArray());
pdfReader.Close();
return resultReader;
}
If I want to explain visually, the blank pdf I created will be uploaded in this way. Thank you

The following shows how to create a PDF using iTextSharp (v. 5.5.13.3), and add images to the PDF (one image per page). It's been tested with .NET 6.
Pre-requisite:
Download / install NuGet package iTextSharp (v. 5.5.13.3)
Add the following using statements:
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
using System.IO;
In the code below the PDF is saved to a byte array, instead of a file to allow for more options.
CreatePdfDocument:
public static byte[] CreatePdfDocument(List<string> imagePaths)
{
byte[] pdfBytes;
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
using (Document doc = new Document(PageSize.LETTER, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f))
{
using (PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, ms))
{
//open
doc.Open();
//create a new page for each image
for (int i = 0; i < imagePaths.Count; i++)
{
//add new page
doc.NewPage();
//get image
iTextSharp.text.Image img = iTextSharp.text.Image.GetInstance(imagePaths[i]);
//ToDo: set desired image size
//img.ScaleAbsolute(100.0f, 100.0f);
//center image on page
img.SetAbsolutePosition((PageSize.LETTER.Width - img.ScaledWidth) / 2, (PageSize.LETTER.Height - img.ScaledHeight) / 2);
//add image to page
doc.Add(img);
}
//close
doc.Close();
//convert MemoryStream to byte[]
pdfBytes = ms.ToArray();
}
}
}
return pdfBytes;
}
I've decided that all I want to do is write the PDF to a file. The method below writes the PDF to a file.
CreatePdf:
public static void CreatePdf(string filename, List<string> imagePaths)
{
//create PDF
byte[] pdfBytes = CreatePdfDocument(imagePaths);
//save PDF to file
System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes (filename, pdfBytes);
}
Resources:
How to generate PDF one page one row from datatable using iTextSharp
iTextSharp - Working with images
Center image in pdf using itextsharp
Additional Resources:
iTextSharp: How to resize an image to fit a fix size?

Copy pdf annotations via C#

I have a stream (PDF file with annotations) and another stream (the same PDF file without annotations). I use streams because I need to execute this operations in memory.
I need to copy annotations from first document to another. Annotations can be different: comments, highlighting and other. So it is better to copy annotations without parsing it.
Can you advice me some helpful PDF library for .NET? And some sample for this problem.

You can use this example for iTextSharp to approach your problem (this example copies a list of pdf files with annotations into a new pdf file):
var output = new MemoryStream();
using (var document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 70f, 70f, 20f, 20f))
{
var readers = new List<PdfReader>();
var writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, output);
writer.CloseStream = false;
document.Open();
const Int32 requiredWidth = 500;
const Int32 zeroBottom = 647;
const Int32 left = 50;
Action<String, Action> inlcudePdfInDocument = (filename, e) =>
{
var reader = new PdfReader(filename);
readers.Add(reader);
var pageCount = reader.NumberOfPages;
for (var i = 0; i < pageCount; i++)
{
e?.Invoke();
var imp = writer.GetImportedPage(reader, (i + 1));
var scale = requiredWidth / imp.Width;
var height = imp.Height * scale;
writer.DirectContent.AddTemplate(imp, scale, 0, 0, scale, left, zeroBottom - height);
var annots = reader.GetPageN(i + 1).GetAsArray(PdfName.ANNOTS);
if (annots != null && annots.Size != 0)
{
foreach (var a in annots)
{
var newannot = new PdfAnnotation(writer, new Rectangle(0, 0));
var annotObj = (PdfDictionary) PdfReader.GetPdfObject(a);
newannot.PutAll(annotObj);
var rect = newannot.GetAsArray(PdfName.RECT);
rect[0] = new PdfNumber(((PdfNumber)rect[0]).DoubleValue * scale + left); // Left
rect[1] = new PdfNumber(((PdfNumber)rect[1]).DoubleValue * scale); // top
rect[2] = new PdfNumber(((PdfNumber)rect[2]).DoubleValue * scale + left); // right
rect[3] = new PdfNumber(((PdfNumber)rect[3]).DoubleValue * scale); // bottom
writer.AddAnnotation(newannot);
}
}
document.NewPage();
}
}
foreach (var apprPdf in pdfs)
{
document.NewPage();
inlcudePdfInDocument(apprPdf.Pdf, null);
}
document.Close();
readers.ForEach(x => x.Close());
}
output.Position = 0;
return output;
PdfReader has a constructor that takes an array of bytes so you can adapt it for MemoryStream.

I'm using ITextSharp which is forked from IText (a java implemenation fpr pdf editing).
http://sourceforge.net/projects/itextsharp/
http://itextpdf.com/
Edit - this is what you need to do (untested but shoul be close):
using System;
using System.IO;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
// return processed stream (a new MemoryStream)
public Stream copyAnnotations(Stream sourcePdfStream, Stream destinationPdfStream)
{
// Create new document (IText)
Document outdoc = new Document(PageSize.A4);
// Seek to Stream start and create Reader for input PDF
m.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
PdfReader inputPdfReader = new PdfReader(sourcePdfStream);
// Seek to Stream start and create Reader for destination PDF
m.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
PdfReader destinationPdfReader = new PdfReader(destinationPdfStream);
// Create a PdfWriter from for new a pdf destination stream
// You should write into a new stream here!
Stream processedPdf = new MemoryStream();
PdfWriter pdfw = PdfWriter.GetInstance(outdoc, processedPdf);
// do not close stream if we've read everything
pdfw.CloseStream = false;
// Open document
outdoc.Open();
// get number of pages
int numPagesIn = inputPdfReader.NumberOfPages;
int numPagesOut = destinationPdfReader.NumberOfPages;
int max = numPagesIn;
// Process max number of pages
if (max<numPagesOut)
{
throw new Exception("Impossible - different number of pages");
}
int i = 0;
// Process Pdf pages
while (i < max)
{
// Import pages from corresponding reader
PdfImportedPage pageIn = writer.inputPdfReader(reader, i);
PdfImportedPage pageOut = writer.destinationPdfReader(reader, i);
// Get named destinations (annotations
List<Annotations> toBeAdded = ParseInAndOutAndGetAnnotations(pageIn, pageOut);
// add your annotations
foreach (Annotation anno in toBeAdded) pageOut.Add(anno);
// Add processed page to output PDFWriter
outdoc.Add(pageOut);
}
// PDF creation finished
outdoc.Close();
// your new destination stream is processedPdf
return processedPdf;
}
The implementation of ParseInAndOutAndGetAnnotations(pageIn, pageOut) needs to reflect your annotations.
Here is a good example with annotations: http://www.java2s.com/Open-Source/Java-Document/PDF/pdf-itext/com/lowagie/text/pdf/internal/PdfAnnotationsImp.java.htm

C# WPF convert BitmapImage pasted in richtextbox to binary

I've got a richtextbox, that I plan on saving to a database, which can be loaded back into the same richtextbox. I've got it working so that I can save the flowdocument as DataFormats.XamlPackage, which saves the images, but the issue is that the text isn't searchable. With DataFormats.Xaml, I've got the text of course, but no images. The images will be pasted in by the end user, not images included with the application.
I tried using XamlWriter to get the text into XML, and then grab the images from the document separately and insert them as binary into the XML, but I can't seem to find a way to get the images to binary...
Does anyone have ideas on how to get the images into binary, separate from the text?
Thanks in advance!
GetImageByteArray() is where the issue is.
Code:
private void SaveXML()
{
TextRange documentTextRange = new TextRange(richTextBox.Document.ContentStart, richTextBox.Document.ContentEnd);
FlowDocument flowDocument = richTextBox.Document;
using (StringWriter stringwriter = new StringWriter())
{
using (System.Xml.XmlWriter writer = System.Xml.XmlWriter.Create(stringwriter))
{
XamlWriter.Save(flowDocument, writer );
}
testRTF t = new testRTF();
t.RtfText = new byte[0];
t.RtfXML = GetImagesXML(flowDocument);
t.RtfFullText = stringwriter.ToString();
//save t to database
}
richTextBox.Document.Blocks.Clear();
}
private string GetImagesXML(FlowDocument flowDocument)
{
using (StringWriter stringwriter = new StringWriter())
{
using (System.Xml.XmlWriter writer = System.Xml.XmlWriter.Create(stringwriter))
{
Type inlineType;
InlineUIContainer uic;
System.Windows.Controls.Image replacementImage;
byte[] bytes;
System.Text.ASCIIEncoding enc;
//loop through replacing images in the flowdoc with the byte versions
foreach (Block b in flowDocument.Blocks)
{
foreach (Inline i in ((Paragraph)b).Inlines)
{
inlineType = i.GetType();
if (inlineType == typeof(Run))
{
//The inline is TEXT!!!
}
else if (inlineType == typeof(InlineUIContainer))
{
//The inline has an object, likely an IMAGE!!!
uic = ((InlineUIContainer)i);
//if it is an image
if (uic.Child.GetType() == typeof(System.Windows.Controls.Image))
{
//grab the image
replacementImage = (System.Windows.Controls.Image)uic.Child;
//get its byte array
bytes = GetImageByteArray((BitmapImage)replacementImage.Source);
//write the element
writer.WriteStartElement("Image");
//put the bytes into the tag
enc = new System.Text.ASCIIEncoding();
writer.WriteString(enc.GetString(bytes));
//close the element
writer.WriteEndElement();
}
}
}
}
}
return stringwriter.ToString();
}
}
//This function is where the problem is, i need a way to get the byte array
private byte[] GetImageByteArray(BitmapImage bi)
{
byte[] result = new byte[0];
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
XamlWriter.Save(bi, ms);
//result = new byte[ms.Length];
result = ms.ToArray();
}
return result;
}
UPDATE
I think I may have finally found a solution, which I will post below. It uses BmpBitmapEncoder and BmpBitmapDecoder. This allows me to get binary from the bitmap image, store it to the database, and load it back up and display it right back into the FlowDocument. Initial tests have proven successful. For testing purposes I'm bypassing my database step and basically duplicating the image by creating binary, then taking the binary and turning it into a new image and adding it to the FlowDocument. The only issue is that when I try and take the modified FlowDocument and use the XamlWriter.Save function, it errors on the newly created Image with "Cannot serialize a non-public type 'System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapFrameDecode". This will take some further investigation. I'll have to leave it alone for now though.
private void SaveXML()
{
TextRange documentTextRange = new TextRange(richTextBox.Document.ContentStart, richTextBox.Document.ContentEnd);
FlowDocument flowDocument = richTextBox.Document;
string s = GetImagesXML(flowDocument);//temp
LoadImagesIntoXML(s);
using (StringWriter stringwriter = new StringWriter())
{
using (System.Xml.XmlWriter writer = System.Xml.XmlWriter.Create(stringwriter))
{
XamlWriter.Save(flowDocument, writer );//Throws error here
}
}
}
private string GetImagesXML(FlowDocument flowDocument)
{
string s= "";
using (StringWriter stringwriter = new StringWriter())
{
Type inlineType;
InlineUIContainer uic;
System.Windows.Controls.Image replacementImage;
byte[] bytes;
BitmapImage bi;
//loop through replacing images in the flowdoc with the byte versions
foreach (Block b in flowDocument.Blocks)
{
foreach (Inline i in ((Paragraph)b).Inlines)
{
inlineType = i.GetType();
if (inlineType == typeof(Run))
{
//The inline is TEXT!!!
}
else if (inlineType == typeof(InlineUIContainer))
{
//The inline has an object, likely an IMAGE!!!
uic = ((InlineUIContainer)i);
//if it is an image
if (uic.Child.GetType() == typeof(System.Windows.Controls.Image))
{
//grab the image
replacementImage = (System.Windows.Controls.Image)uic.Child;
bi = (BitmapImage)replacementImage.Source;
//get its byte array
bytes = GetImageByteArray(bi);
s = Convert.ToBase64String(bytes);//temp
}
}
}
}
return s;
}
}
private byte[] GetImageByteArray(BitmapImage src)
{
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
BmpBitmapEncoder encoder = new BmpBitmapEncoder();
encoder.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create((BitmapSource)src));
encoder.Save(stream);
stream.Flush();
return stream.ToArray();
}
private void LoadImagesIntoXML(string xml)
{
byte[] imageArr = Convert.FromBase64String(xml);
System.Windows.Controls.Image img = new System.Windows.Controls.Image()
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(imageArr);
BmpBitmapDecoder decoder = new BmpBitmapDecoder(stream, BitmapCreateOptions.None, BitmapCacheOption.Default);
img.Source = decoder.Frames[0];
img.Stretch = Stretch.None;
Paragraph p = new Paragraph();
p.Inlines.Add(img);
richTextBox.Document.Blocks.Add(p);
}

Good news. I had to work on something else for a while, but this allowed me to come back with a fresh pair of eyes. I quickly realized that I could just combine what I knew was working. I doubt this solution will win any awards, but it works. I know that I can wrap a FlowDocument up as text using the XamlReader, keeping the image elements but losing image data. I also knew that I can turn a FlowDocument into binary using XamlFormat. So I had the idea of taking the FlowDocument, and using a function I already wrote to iterate through it to find the images, I take each image, basically clone it and put the clone into a new FlowDocument. I take that new FlowDocument that now contains the single image, turn it into binary, and then take the resulting binary, turn it into base64 string and stick it into the tag property of the image in the original FlowDocument. This keeps image data in the original FlowDocument as text. This way I can pass the FlowDocument with image data (which I call SUBString Format) into the XamlReader to get searchable text. When it comes out of the database, I pull the FlowDocument out of the Xaml as normal, but then iterate through each image, extracting the data from the tag property using XamlFormat, and then creating another clone image to provide the Source property for my actual image. I have provided the steps to get to SUBString format below.
/// <summary>
/// Returns a FlowDocument in SearchableText UI Binary (SUB)String format.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="flowDocument">The FlowDocument containing images/UI formats to be converted</param>
/// <returns>Returns a string representation of the FlowDocument with images in base64 string in image tag property</returns>
private string ConvertFlowDocumentToSUBStringFormat(FlowDocument flowDocument)
{
//take the flow document and change all of its images into a base64 string
FlowDocument fd = TransformImagesTo64(flowDocument);
//apply the XamlWriter to the newly transformed flowdocument
using (StringWriter stringwriter = new StringWriter())
{
using (System.Xml.XmlWriter writer = System.Xml.XmlWriter.Create(stringwriter))
{
XamlWriter.Save(flowDocument, writer);
}
return stringwriter.ToString();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a FlowDocument with images in base64 stored in their own tag property
/// </summary>
/// <param name="flowDocument">The FlowDocument containing images/UI formats to be converted</param>
/// <returns>Returns a FlowDocument with images in base 64 string in image tag property</returns>
private FlowDocument TransformImagesTo64(FlowDocument flowDocument)
{
FlowDocument img_flowDocument;
Paragraph img_paragraph;
InlineUIContainer img_inline;
System.Windows.Controls.Image newImage;
Type inlineType;
InlineUIContainer uic;
System.Windows.Controls.Image replacementImage;
//loop through replacing images in the flowdoc with the base64 versions
foreach (Block b in flowDocument.Blocks)
{
//loop through inlines looking for images
foreach (Inline i in ((Paragraph)b).Inlines)
{
inlineType = i.GetType();
/*if (inlineType == typeof(Run))
{
//The inline is TEXT!!! $$$$$ Kept in case needed $$$$$
}
else */if (inlineType == typeof(InlineUIContainer))
{
//The inline has an object, likely an IMAGE!!!
uic = ((InlineUIContainer)i);
//if it is an image
if (uic.Child.GetType() == typeof(System.Windows.Controls.Image))
{
//grab the image
replacementImage = (System.Windows.Controls.Image)uic.Child;
//create a new image to be used to get base64
newImage = new System.Windows.Controls.Image();
//clone the image from the image in the flowdocument
newImage.Source = replacementImage.Source;
//create necessary objects to obtain a flowdocument in XamlFormat to get base 64 from
img_inline = new InlineUIContainer(newImage);
img_paragraph = new Paragraph(img_inline);
img_flowDocument = new FlowDocument(img_paragraph);
//Get the base 64 version of the XamlFormat binary
replacementImage.Tag = TransformImageTo64String(img_flowDocument);
}
}
}
}
return flowDocument;
}
/// <summary>
/// Takes a FlowDocument containing a SINGLE Image, and converts to base 64 using XamlFormat
/// </summary>
/// <param name="flowDocument">The FlowDocument containing a SINGLE Image</param>
/// <returns>Returns base 64 representation of image</returns>
private string TransformImageTo64String(FlowDocument flowDocument)
{
TextRange documentTextRange = new TextRange(flowDocument.ContentStart, flowDocument.ContentEnd);
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
documentTextRange.Save(ms, DataFormats.XamlPackage);
ms.Position = 0;
return Convert.ToBase64String(ms.ToArray());
}
}

Save your image to a MemoryStream and write that stream to your XML file.
The memory stream will convert it to an Byte[].

Here is the sample code for both of my suggestions that i have made already, ill have to look into the payload issue if my examples dont work...
// get raw bytes from BitmapImage using BaseUri and SourceUri
private byte[] GetImageByteArray(BitmapImage bi)
{
byte[] result = new byte[0];
string strImagePath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(bi.BaseUri.OriginalString), bi.UriSource.OriginalString);
byte[] fileBuffer;
using (FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(strImagePath, FileMode.Open))
{
fileBuffer = new byte[fileStream.Length];
fileStream.Write(fileBuffer, 0, (int)fileStream.Length);
}
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(fileBuffer))
{
XamlWriter.Save(bi, ms);
//result = new byte[ms.Length];
result = ms.ToArray();
}
return result;
}
// get raw bytes from BitmapImage using BitmapImage.CopyPixels
private byte[] GetImageByteArray(BitmapSource bi)
{
int rawStride = (bi.PixelWidth * bi.Format.BitsPerPixel + 7) / 8;
byte[] result = new byte[rawStride * bi.PixelHeight];
bi.CopyPixels(result, rawStride, 0);
return result;
}
private BitmapSource GetImageFromByteArray(byte[] pixelInfo, int height, int width)
{
PixelFormat pf = PixelFormats.Bgr32;
int stride = (width * pf.BitsPerPixel + 7) / 8;
BitmapSource image = BitmapSource.Create(width, height, 96, 96, pf, null, pixelInfo, stride);
return image;
}

Combine two (or more) PDF's

Background: I need to provide a weekly report package for my sales staff. This package contains several (5-10) crystal reports.
Problem:
I would like to allow a user to run all reports and also just run a single report. I was thinking I could do this by creating the reports and then doing:
List<ReportClass> reports = new List<ReportClass>();
reports.Add(new WeeklyReport1());
reports.Add(new WeeklyReport2());
reports.Add(new WeeklyReport3());
<snip>
foreach (ReportClass report in reports)
{
report.ExportToDisk(ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat, #"c:\reports\" + report.ResourceName + ".pdf");
}
This would provide me a folder full of the reports, but I would like to email everyone a single PDF with all the weekly reports. So I need to combine them.
Is there an easy way to do this without install any more third party controls? I already have DevExpress & CrystalReports and I'd prefer not to add too many more.
Would it be best to combine them in the foreach loop or in a seperate loop? (or an alternate way)

I had to solve a similar problem and what I ended up doing was creating a small pdfmerge utility that uses the PDFSharp project which is essentially MIT licensed.
The code is dead simple, I needed a cmdline utility so I have more code dedicated to parsing the arguments than I do for the PDF merging:
using (PdfDocument one = PdfReader.Open("file1.pdf", PdfDocumentOpenMode.Import))
using (PdfDocument two = PdfReader.Open("file2.pdf", PdfDocumentOpenMode.Import))
using (PdfDocument outPdf = new PdfDocument())
{
CopyPages(one, outPdf);
CopyPages(two, outPdf);
outPdf.Save("file1and2.pdf");
}
void CopyPages(PdfDocument from, PdfDocument to)
{
for (int i = 0; i < from.PageCount; i++)
{
to.AddPage(from.Pages[i]);
}
}

Here is a single function that will merge X amount of PDFs using PDFSharp
using PdfSharp;
using PdfSharp.Pdf;
using PdfSharp.Pdf.IO;
public static void MergePDFs(string targetPath, params string[] pdfs) {
using(var targetDoc = new PdfDocument()){
foreach (var pdf in pdfs) {
using (var pdfDoc = PdfReader.Open(pdf, PdfDocumentOpenMode.Import)) {
for (var i = 0; i < pdfDoc.PageCount; i++)
targetDoc.AddPage(pdfDoc.Pages[i]);
}
}
targetDoc.Save(targetPath);
}
}

This is something that I figured out, and wanted to share with you, using PdfSharp.
Here you can join multiple Pdfs in one, without the need of an output directory (following the input list order)
public static byte[] MergePdf(List<byte[]> pdfs)
{
List<PdfSharp.Pdf.PdfDocument> lstDocuments = new List<PdfSharp.Pdf.PdfDocument>();
foreach (var pdf in pdfs)
{
lstDocuments.Add(PdfReader.Open(new MemoryStream(pdf), PdfDocumentOpenMode.Import));
}
using (PdfSharp.Pdf.PdfDocument outPdf = new PdfSharp.Pdf.PdfDocument())
{
for(int i = 1; i<= lstDocuments.Count; i++)
{
foreach(PdfSharp.Pdf.PdfPage page in lstDocuments[i-1].Pages)
{
outPdf.AddPage(page);
}
}
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
outPdf.Save(stream, false);
byte[] bytes = stream.ToArray();
return bytes;
}
}

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 a example using iTextSharp
public static void MergePdf(Stream outputPdfStream, IEnumerable<string> pdfFilePaths)
{
using (var document = new Document())
using (var pdfCopy = new PdfCopy(document, outputPdfStream))
{
pdfCopy.CloseStream = false;
try
{
document.Open();
foreach (var pdfFilePath in pdfFilePaths)
{
using (var pdfReader = new PdfReader(pdfFilePath))
{
pdfCopy.AddDocument(pdfReader);
pdfReader.Close();
}
}
}
finally
{
document?.Close();
}
}
}
The PdfReader constructor has many overloads. It's possible to replace the parameter type IEnumerable<string> with IEnumerable<Stream> and it should work as well. Please notice that the method does not close the OutputStream, it delegates that task to the Stream creator.

PDFsharp seems to allow merging multiple PDF documents into one.
And the same is also possible with ITextSharp.

Combining two byte[] using iTextSharp up to version 5.x:
internal static MemoryStream mergePdfs(byte[] pdf1, byte[] pdf2)
{
MemoryStream outStream = new MemoryStream();
using (Document document = new Document())
using (PdfCopy copy = new PdfCopy(document, outStream))
{
document.Open();
copy.AddDocument(new PdfReader(pdf1));
copy.AddDocument(new PdfReader(pdf2));
}
return outStream;
}
Instead of the byte[]'s it's possible to pass also Stream's

There's some good answers here already, but I thought I might mention that pdftk might be useful for this task. Instead of producing one PDF directly, you could produce each PDF you need and then combine them together as a post-process with pdftk. This could even be done from within your program using a system() or ShellExecute() call.

You could try pdf-shuffler gtk-apps.org

I know a lot of people have recommended PDF Sharp, however it doesn't look like that project has been updated since june of 2008. Further, source isn't available.
Personally, I've been playing with iTextSharp which has been pretty easy to work with.

I combined the two above, because I needed to merge 3 pdfbytes and return a byte
internal static byte[] mergePdfs(byte[] pdf1, byte[] pdf2,byte[] pdf3)
{
MemoryStream outStream = new MemoryStream();
using (Document document = new Document())
using (PdfCopy copy = new PdfCopy(document, outStream))
{
document.Open();
copy.AddDocument(new PdfReader(pdf1));
copy.AddDocument(new PdfReader(pdf2));
copy.AddDocument(new PdfReader(pdf3));
}
return outStream.ToArray();
}

Following method gets a List of byte array which is PDF byte array and then returns a byte array.
using ...;
using PdfSharp.Pdf;
using PdfSharp.Pdf.IO;
public static class PdfHelper
{
public static byte[] PdfConcat(List<byte[]> lstPdfBytes)
{
byte[] res;
using (var outPdf = new PdfDocument())
{
foreach (var pdf in lstPdfBytes)
{
using (var pdfStream = new MemoryStream(pdf))
using (var pdfDoc = PdfReader.Open(pdfStream, PdfDocumentOpenMode.Import))
for (var i = 0; i < pdfDoc.PageCount; i++)
outPdf.AddPage(pdfDoc.Pages[i]);
}
using (var memoryStreamOut = new MemoryStream())
{
outPdf.Save(memoryStreamOut, false);
res = Stream2Bytes(memoryStreamOut);
}
}
return res;
}
public static void DownloadAsPdfFile(string fileName, byte[] content)
{
var ms = new MemoryStream(content);
HttpContext.Current.Response.Clear();
HttpContext.Current.Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", $"attachment;filename={fileName}.pdf");
HttpContext.Current.Response.Buffer = true;
ms.WriteTo(HttpContext.Current.Response.OutputStream);
HttpContext.Current.Response.End();
}
private static byte[] Stream2Bytes(Stream input)
{
var buffer = new byte[input.Length];
using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
{
int read;
while ((read = input.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)) > 0)
ms.Write(buffer, 0, read);
return ms.ToArray();
}
}
}
So, the result of PdfHelper.PdfConcat method is passed to PdfHelper.DownloadAsPdfFile method.
PS: A NuGet package named [PdfSharp][1] need to be installed. So in the Package Manage Console window type:
Install-Package PdfSharp

Following method merges two pdfs( f1 and f2) using iTextSharp. The second pdf is appended after a specific index of f1.
string f1 = "D:\\a.pdf";
string f2 = "D:\\Iso.pdf";
string outfile = "D:\\c.pdf";
appendPagesFromPdf(f1, f2, outfile, 3);
public static void appendPagesFromPdf(String f1,string f2, String destinationFile, int startingindex)
{
PdfReader p1 = new PdfReader(f1);
PdfReader p2 = new PdfReader(f2);
int l1 = p1.NumberOfPages, l2 = p2.NumberOfPages;
//Create our destination file
using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(destinationFile, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None))
{
Document doc = new Document();
PdfWriter w = PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, fs);
doc.Open();
for (int page = 1; page <= startingindex; page++)
{
doc.NewPage();
w.DirectContent.AddTemplate(w.GetImportedPage(p1, page), 0, 0);
//Used to pull individual pages from our source
}// copied pages from first pdf till startingIndex
for (int i = 1; i <= l2;i++)
{
doc.NewPage();
w.DirectContent.AddTemplate(w.GetImportedPage(p2, i), 0, 0);
}// merges second pdf after startingIndex
for (int i = startingindex+1; i <= l1;i++)
{
doc.NewPage();
w.DirectContent.AddTemplate(w.GetImportedPage(p1, i), 0, 0);
}// continuing from where we left in pdf1
doc.Close();
p1.Close();
p2.Close();
}
}

To solve a similar problem i used iTextSharp like this:
//Create the document which will contain the combined PDF's
Document document = new Document();
//Create a writer for de document
PdfCopy writer = new PdfCopy(document, new FileStream(OutPutFilePath, FileMode.Create));
if (writer == null)
{
return;
}
//Open the document
document.Open();
//Get the files you want to combine
string[] filePaths = Directory.GetFiles(DirectoryPathWhereYouHaveYourFiles);
foreach (string filePath in filePaths)
{
//Read the PDF file
using (PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(vls_FilePath))
{
//Add the file to the combined one
writer.AddDocument(reader);
}
}
//Finally close the document and writer
writer.Close();
document.Close();

Here is a link to an example using PDFSharp and ConcatenateDocuments

Here the solution http://www.wacdesigns.com/2008/10/03/merge-pdf-files-using-c
It use free open source iTextSharp library http://sourceforge.net/projects/itextsharp

I've done this with PDFBox. I suppose it works similarly to iTextSharp.