Most of the computer users(Clients) are likely to have used PDF Documents. This tutorial is based on creating pdfs in asp.net(C#)
1.0 Introduction:
Most of the computer users(Clients) are likely to have used PDF Documents. This tutorial is based on creating pdfs in asp.net(C#)
2.0 Using the Code
PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, new FileStream("c:/pdf1.pdf",FileMode.Create));
3.0 Steps to fallow
3.1 Step 1:
Create an instance of the iTextSharp.text.Document by writing code
iTextSharp.text.Document doc = new iTextSharp.text.Document();
3.2 Step 2:
Create a writer that listen the document you have created and write it to your Stream.
PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, new FileStream("c:/pdf1.pdf", FileMode.Create));
3.3 Step 3:
Open the Document so that you can write your data to it.
doc.Open();
//you can add
Authors, header, subject to your pdf by methods
//Not recommended
doc.AddAuthor("Bill");
doc.AddSubject("Billings");
doc.AddHeader("BY jay", "BigInt");
3.4 Step 4:
Add Content to the document.
doc.Add(new Paragraph("Hello this is my first pdf");
3.5 Step 5:
Close the document.
doc.Close();
3.6 Now result is stored at the location you specified..check it.
4.0 Classes and methods provided by iTextSharp
4.1 iTextSharp.text.Document.
public Document();
public Document(Rectangle Size);
public Document(Rectangle Size,int Left,int Right,int Top, int Bottom);
Size object sets the Pagesize of Pdf Document
You can create your Rectangle object with certain Borders, Backgroundcolor,
Rectangle Size = new Rectangle(144,720);
Size.BackgroundColor = new Color(123, 12, 210);
Document document = new Document(Size);
4.2 PdfWriter
Once the document object is created, we need to create PdfWriter object
PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, new FileStream("c:/pdf1.pdf", FileMode.Create));
4.3. Before writing actual data, you might wish to add some metadata like author, title, subject. Document has few methods to add medata are as fallows.
doc.AddAuthor("Bill");
doc.AddSubject("Billings");
doc.AddHeader("BY jay", "BigInt");
doc.AddCreationDate();
doc.AddCreator("name");
doc.AddProducer();
doc.AddKeywords("Keywords");
4.4. Adding Watermark to report.
Watermark watermark = new Watermark(Image.getInstance("image.jpg"),
400, 600);
4.5. Cell.
Cell can be add by creating a object of Cell class and add to document using add() method of document object
Cell cell = new Cell(new Phrase("BigInt Technologies.. ", FontFactory.GetFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA_BOLD,
24)));
cell.HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER;
cell.VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE;
cell.Colspan = 3;
cell.Border = 1;
cell.BackgroundColor =
iTextSharp.text.Color.LIGHT_GRAY; //System.Drawing.Color.Silver;
not work
tableLayout.AddCell(cell);
Another merhod to add cell is
Document.AddCell("Cell Value");
5.0 Examples
5.1 Example which shows a simple pdf with Rectangle and cell values as shown in Figure 1.0
public void ExportSimplePdf()
{
iTextSharp.text.Document doc = new iTextSharp.text.Document();
PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, new FileStream("c:/pdf1.pdf", FileMode.Create));
doc.AddAuthor("Bill");
doc.AddSubject("Billings");
doc.AddHeader("BY jay", "BigInt");
doc.Open();
iTextSharp.text.Table tableLayout = new iTextSharp.text.Table(3);
float[] headers = { 10, 70, 40 };
tableLayout.Widths = headers;
tableLayout.WidthPercentage = 100;
Cell cell = new Cell(new Phrase("BigInt Technologies.. ", FontFactory.GetFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA_BOLD, 24)));
cell.HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER;
cell.VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE;
cell.Colspan = 3;
cell.Border = 1;
cell.BackgroundColor = iTextSharp.text.Color.LIGHT_GRAY; //System.Drawing.Color.Silver; not work
tableLayout.AddCell(cell);
tableLayout.DefaultColspan = 3;
StringBuilder strInfo = new StringBuilder();
strInfo.Append(" ID Name : Jayant Bramhankar");
strInfo.Append(Environment.NewLine);
strInfo.Append(" Phone : 9923748199");
strInfo.Append(Environment.NewLine);
strInfo.Append(" Adress : Nagpure");
strInfo.Append(Environment.NewLine);
strInfo.Append(" Date of Birth : 14/4/1986 Date: ");
strInfo.Append(DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString());
strInfo.Append(Environment.NewLine);
strInfo.Append(" ");
tableLayout.AddCell(strInfo.ToString());
tableLayout.DefaultColspan = 1;
tableLayout.AddCell("Sr.No");
Cell cInc = new Cell(new Phrase("Incentive Types", FontFactory.GetFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 12)));
cInc.HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER;
cInc.VerticalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE;
tableLayout.AddCell(cInc);
// another method to add cell is
// tableLayout.AddCell("Incentive Types");
tableLayout.AddCell("Amount");
tableLayout.AddCell("2");
tableLayout.AddCell("Silver Zone Incentive");
tableLayout.AddCell("2000");
tableLayout.AddCell("3");
tableLayout.AddCell("Golden Zone Incentive");
tableLayout.AddCell("3000");
tableLayout.AddCell("4");
tableLayout.AddCell("Diamond Incentive");
tableLayout.AddCell("4000");
// doc.Add(new Paragraph("Hello World"));
doc.Add(tableLayout);
doc.Close();
}
5.2 Example which shows exporting data to grid and grid to Pdf
protected void Test2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// data to gridview from database
SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(@"Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\pdf blog\mlm\App_Data\TestPdf.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True");
try
{
connection.Open();
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("Select * from Employee", connection);
SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
DataSet data = new DataSet();
da.Fill(data);
gridDataToExport.DataSource = data.Tables[0];
gridDataToExport.DataBind();
Button2.Visible = true;
}
catch (SqlException ex) { Response.WriteFile(ex.Message); }
}
protected void Button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
iTextSharp.text.Document doc = new iTextSharp.text.Document();
PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, new FileStream("c:/pdf2.pdf", FileMode.Create));
doc.AddAuthor("Bill");
doc.AddSubject("Billings");
doc.AddHeader("BY jay", "BigInt");
doc.Open();
doc.Add(ExportGridToPdf());
doc.Close();
}
public PdfPTable ExportGridToPdf()
{
iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPTable tableLayout = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPTable(4);
float[] headers = { 10, 50, 40, 40 };
tableLayout.SetWidths(headers);
tableLayout.WidthPercentage = 100;
//Create header
PdfPCell cellSr = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Sr. No ", new Font(Font.HELVETICA, 12, 1, Color.BLUE)));
PdfPCell cellName = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Name ", new Font(Font.HELVETICA, 12, 1, Color.BLUE)));
PdfPCell cellQua = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Qualifiaction ", new Font(Font.HELVETICA, 12, 1, Color.BLUE)));
PdfPCell cellOcc = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Occupation ", new Font(Font.HELVETICA, 12, 1, Color.BLUE)));
//add headers to report
tableLayout.AddCell(cellSr);
tableLayout.AddCell(cellName);
tableLayout.AddCell(cellQua);
tableLayout.AddCell(cellOcc);
tableLayout.DefaultCell.BorderWidth = 1;
try{
int index=1;
foreach(GridViewRow row in gridDataToExport.Rows)
{
if (index % 2 == 0)
{
tableLayout.DefaultCell.BackgroundColor = iTextSharp.text.Color.LIGHT_GRAY;
}
else{tableLayout.DefaultCell.BackgroundColor = iTextSharp.text.Color.WHITE;}
tableLayout.AddCell(row.Cells[0].Text);
tableLayout.AddCell(row.Cells[1].Text);
tableLayout.AddCell(row.Cells[2].Text);
tableLayout.AddCell(row.Cells[3].Text);
index++;
}
return tableLayout;
}
catch (SqlException ex)
{
Response.Write(ex.Message);
return tableLayout;
}
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6.0 Future Enhancements
We have just covered a very basic implementation of the pdf using iTextSharp. I’ll try to add advanced features of the iTextSharp application in next post
7.0 References
Download iTextSharp.dll version 5.0 from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/itextsharp/files/itextsharp/iTextSharp-5.0.0/itextsharp-5.0.0- dll.zip/download
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