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.
Related
I'm trying to use codes below to merge the pdf files in a folder and output into a new file but apparently the generated file seems corrupted.
public Boolean MergeForm(String destinationFile, String sourceFolder)
{
try
{
using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
using (Document doc = new Document())
using (PdfCopy pdf = new PdfCopy(doc, stream))
{
doc.Open();
PdfReader reader = null;
PdfImportedPage page = null;
foreach (var file in Directory.GetFiles(sourceFolder))
{
reader = new PdfReader(file);
for (int i = 0; i < reader.NumberOfPages; i++)
{
page = pdf.GetImportedPage(reader, i + 1);
pdf.AddPage(page);
}
pdf.FreeReader(reader);
reader.Close();
}
using (FileStream streamX = new FileStream(destinationFile, FileMode.Create))
{
stream.WriteTo(streamX);
}
}
return true;
}
catch (Exception)
{
return false;
}
}
Can anyone spot on where's the problem? Thank you.
Can anyone spot on where's the problem?
Your main problem is that you use the contents of the MemoryStream before the Document and PdfCopy have finished creating the PDF (during the Dispose at the end of the using block). Thus, you save an incomplete PDF file as a result.
Doing it like this instead should work:
using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
{
using (Document doc = new Document())
{
PdfCopy pdf = new PdfCopy(doc, stream);
pdf.CloseStream = false;
doc.Open();
PdfReader reader = null;
PdfImportedPage page = null;
foreach (var file in Directory.GetFiles(sourceFolder))
{
reader = new PdfReader(file);
for (int i = 0; i < reader.NumberOfPages; i++)
{
page = pdf.GetImportedPage(reader, i + 1);
pdf.AddPage(page);
}
pdf.FreeReader(reader);
reader.Close();
}
}
using (FileStream streamX = new FileStream(destinationFile, FileMode.Create))
{
stream.WriteTo(streamX);
}
}
BTW, you also see here that I did not put PdfCopy into a using block. This is because the Document implicitly closes the PDFCopy when it is disposed. First disposing the PdfCopy and then the Document (which tries to close the PdfCopy again), therefore, is not necessary and can result in hiding exceptions thrown from within the block by other exceptions occurring in this closing circus.
Furthermore I needed to add the pdf.CloseStream = false, otherwise the memory stream would have been closed when the PdfCopy is closed.
That been said,
Of course you should also use AddDocument instead of iterating over the document pages yourself as already explained by #Bruno.
Your memory footprint would decrease if you immediately wrote to the file stream instead of the memory stream.
How would I merge several pdf pages into one with iTextSharp which also supports merging pages having form elements like textboxes, checkboxes, etc.
I have tried so many by googling, but nothing has worked well.
See my answer here Merging Memory Streams. I give an example of how to merge PDFs with itextsharp.
For updating form field names add this code that uses the stamper to change the form field names.
/// <summary>
/// Merges pdf files from a byte list
/// </summary>
/// <param name="files">list of files to merge</param>
/// <returns>memory stream containing combined pdf</returns>
public MemoryStream MergePdfForms(List<byte[]> files)
{
if (files.Count > 1)
{
string[] names;
PdfStamper stamper;
MemoryStream msTemp = null;
PdfReader pdfTemplate = null;
PdfReader pdfFile;
Document doc;
PdfWriter pCopy;
MemoryStream msOutput = new MemoryStream();
pdfFile = new PdfReader(files[0]);
doc = new Document();
pCopy = new PdfSmartCopy(doc, msOutput);
pCopy.PdfVersion = PdfWriter.VERSION_1_7;
doc.Open();
for (int k = 0; k < files.Count; k++)
{
for (int i = 1; i < pdfFile.NumberOfPages + 1; i++)
{
msTemp = new MemoryStream();
pdfTemplate = new PdfReader(files[k]);
stamper = new PdfStamper(pdfTemplate, msTemp);
names = new string[stamper.AcroFields.Fields.Keys.Count];
stamper.AcroFields.Fields.Keys.CopyTo(names, 0);
foreach (string name in names)
{
stamper.AcroFields.RenameField(name, name + "_file" + k.ToString());
}
stamper.Close();
pdfFile = new PdfReader(msTemp.ToArray());
((PdfSmartCopy)pCopy).AddPage(pCopy.GetImportedPage(pdfFile, i));
pCopy.FreeReader(pdfFile);
}
}
pdfFile.Close();
pCopy.Close();
doc.Close();
return msOutput;
}
else if (files.Count == 1)
{
return new MemoryStream(files[0]);
}
return null;
}
Here is my simplified version of Jonathan's Merge code with namespaces added, and stamping removed.
public IO.MemoryStream MergePdfForms(System.Collections.Generic.List<byte[]> files)
{
if (files.Count > 1) {
using (System.IO.MemoryStream msOutput = new System.IO.MemoryStream()) {
using (iTextSharp.text.Document doc = new iTextSharp.text.Document()) {
using (iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfSmartCopy pCopy = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfSmartCopy(doc, msOutput) { PdfVersion = iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfWriter.VERSION_1_7 }) {
doc.Open();
foreach (byte[] oFile in files) {
using (iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader pdfFile = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader(oFile)) {
for (i = 1; i <= pdfFile.NumberOfPages; i++) {
pCopy.AddPage(pCopy.GetImportedPage(pdfFile, i));
pCopy.FreeReader(pdfFile);
}
}
}
}
}
return msOutput;
}
} else if (files.Count == 1) {
return new System.IO.MemoryStream(files[0]);
}
return null;
}
to merge PDF see "Merging two pdf pages into one using itextsharp"
Below is my code for pdf merging.Thanks Jonathan for giving suggestion abt renaming fields,which resolved the issues while merging pdf pages with form fields.
private static void CombineAndSavePdf(string savePath, List<string> lstPdfFiles)
{
using (Stream outputPdfStream = new FileStream(savePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None))
{
Document document = new Document();
PdfSmartCopy copy = new PdfSmartCopy(document, outputPdfStream);
document.Open();
PdfReader reader;
int totalPageCnt;
PdfStamper stamper;
string[] fieldNames;
foreach (string file in lstPdfFiles)
{
reader = new PdfReader(file);
totalPageCnt = reader.NumberOfPages;
for (int pageCnt = 0; pageCnt < totalPageCnt; )
{
//have to create a new reader for each page or PdfStamper will throw error
reader = new PdfReader(file);
stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, outputPdfStream);
fieldNames = new string[stamper.AcroFields.Fields.Keys.Count];
stamper.AcroFields.Fields.Keys.CopyTo(fieldNames, 0);
foreach (string name in fieldNames)
{
stamper.AcroFields.RenameField(name, name + "_file" + pageCnt.ToString());
}
copy.AddPage(copy.GetImportedPage(reader, ++pageCnt));
}
copy.FreeReader(reader);
}
document.Close();
}
}
I am trying to merge PDF documents and add extra pages to some of them. The merge part is working fine and now I am trying to figure out how to add an extra page by passing a link to the preexisting PDF page. How can I pass a link to a PDF page to targetDoc.AddPage(LINK)?
public static void MergePDFs(string targetPath, DataTable pdfs)
{
try
{
using (PdfSharp.Pdf.PdfDocument targetDoc = new PdfSharp.Pdf.PdfDocument())
{
foreach (DataRow pdf in pdfs.Rows)
{
using (PdfSharp.Pdf.PdfDocument pdfDoc = PdfSharp.Pdf.IO.PdfReader.Open(pdf["link"].ToString(), PdfDocumentOpenMode.Import))
{
for (int i = 0; i < pdfDoc.PageCount; i++)
{
targetDoc.AddPage(pdfDoc.Pages[i]);
}
}
}
targetDoc.Save(targetPath);
}
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
Console.Write(ex);
}
}
Stamping method
using (Stream pdfStream = new FileStream(sourceFileName, FileMode.Open))
{
using (Stream newpdfStream = new FileStream(newFileNameWithPath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
{
iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader pdfReader = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader(pdfStream);
PdfStamper pdfStamper = new PdfStamper(pdfReader, newpdfStream);
PdfContentByte pdfContentByte = pdfStamper.GetOverContent(pageNumber);
BaseFont baseFont = BaseFont.CreateFont(BaseFont.TIMES_ROMAN, BaseFont.CP1250, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);
pdfContentByte.SetColorFill(BaseColor.RED);
pdfContentByte.SetFontAndSize(baseFont, 12);
pdfContentByte.BeginText();
pdfContentByte.ShowTextAligned(PdfContentByte.ALIGN_CENTER, inputText, Convert.ToInt32(xCoordinate), Convert.ToInt32(yCoordinate), 0);
pdfContentByte.EndText();
pdfStamper.Close();
}
}
To create a new, empty page call AddPage() without parameters.
targetDoc.AddPage();
You might need Clone() to create multiple copies of an existing imported page (also add (PdfPage)):
targetDoc.AddPage((PdfPage)pdfDoc.Pages[i].Clone());
I have a list of PDF stored as list<byte[]>. I try to concatenate all these PDF files using PDFsharp, but after my operation I get a PDF with proper page count, but all pages are blank. Looks like I lose some header or something but I can't find where.
My code:
PdfDocument output = new PdfDocument();
try
{
foreach (var report in reports)
{
using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(report))
{
PdfDocument input = PdfReader.Open(stream, PdfDocumentOpenMode.Import);
foreach (PdfPage page in input.Pages)
{
output.AddPage(page);
}
}
}
if (output.Pages.Count <= 0)
{
throw new Exception("Empty Document");
}
MemoryStream final = new MemoryStream();
output.Save(final);
output.Close();
return final.ToArray();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new Exception(e.ToString());
}
I want to return it as byte[] because I use them later:
return File(report, System.Net.Mime.MediaTypeNames.Application.Octet, "test.pdf");
This returns PDF with proper page count, but all blank.
You tell in a comment that the files come from SSRS.
Older versions of PDFsharp require a special SSRS setting:
For the DeviceSettings parameter for the Render method on the ReportExecutionService object, pass this value:
theDeviceSettings = "<DeviceInfo><HumanReadablePDF>True</HumanReadablePDF></DeviceInfo>";
Source:
http://forum.pdfsharp.net/viewtopic.php?p=1613#p1613
I use iTextSharp, look at this saple code (it works)
public static byte[] PdfJoin(List<String> pdfs)
{
byte[] mergedPdf = null;
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
using (iTextSharp.text.Document document = new iTextSharp.text.Document())
{
using (iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfCopy copy = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfCopy(document, ms))
{
document.Open();
for (int i = 0; i < pdfs.Count; ++i)
{
iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader reader = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader(pdfs[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();
}
return mergedPdf;
}
public static byte[] PdfJoin(List<byte[]> pdfs)
{
byte[] mergedPdf = null;
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
using (iTextSharp.text.Document document = new iTextSharp.text.Document())
{
using (iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfCopy copy = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfCopy(document, ms))
{
document.Open();
for (int i = 0; i < pdfs.Count; ++i)
{
iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader reader = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfReader(pdfs[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();
}
return mergedPdf;
}
I am trying to build up a single PDF from a bunch of other PDFs that I am filling out some form values in. Essentially I am doing a PDF mail merge. My code is below:
byte[] completedDocument = null;
using (MemoryStream streamCompleted = new MemoryStream())
{
using (Document document = new Document())
{
document.Open();
PdfCopy copy = new PdfCopy(document, streamCompleted);
copy.Open();
foreach (var item in eventItems)
{
byte[] mergedDocument = null;
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(pdfTemplates[item.DataTokens[NotifyTokenType.OrganisationID]]);
using (MemoryStream streamTemplate = new MemoryStream())
{
using (PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, streamTemplate))
{
foreach (var token in item.DataTokens)
{
if (stamper.AcroFields.Fields.Any(fld => fld.Key == token.Key.ToString()))
{
stamper.AcroFields.SetField(token.Key.ToString(), token.Value);
}
}
stamper.FormFlattening = true;
stamper.Writer.CloseStream = false;
}
mergedDocument = new byte[streamTemplate.Length];
streamTemplate.Position = 0;
streamTemplate.Read(mergedDocument, 0, (int)streamTemplate.Length);
}
reader = new PdfReader(mergedDocument);
for (int i = 1; i <= reader.NumberOfPages; i++)
{
document.SetPageSize(PageSize.A4);
copy.AddPage(copy.GetImportedPage(reader, i));
}
}
}
completedDocument = new byte[streamCompleted.Length];
streamCompleted.Position = 0;
streamCompleted.Read(completedDocument, 0, (int)streamCompleted.Length);
}
The problem I am having is that is throws a null reference exception when it exits the using (Document document = new Document()) block.
From debugging the iTextSharp source the problem is the below method in PdfAnnotationsimp
public bool HasUnusedAnnotations() {
return annotations.Count > 0;
}
annotations is null so this throws the null ref exception. Is there something I should be doing to instantiate this?
I changed:
document.Open();
PdfCopy copy = new PdfCopy(document, streamCompleted);
to
PdfCopy copy = new PdfCopy(document, streamCompleted);
document.Open();
And it fixed the problem. This library needs better exception handling. When you do something slightly wrong it falls over horribly and gives you no clue about what you did wrong. I have no idea how i could possibly have worked this out if I didn't have the source code.
What version of iTextSharp are you using? The Document class doesn't implement IDisposable so you can't wrap it in a using block.