Create PDF Files On the Fly in C#

Creation of PDF Document in 5 easy steps

Step 1: First create an instance of document object

Document myDocument= new Document(PageSize.A4.Rotate());

Step 2: Now create a writer that listens to this doucment and writes the document to desired Stream.

PdfWriter.GetInstance(myDocument,new FileStream("Salman.pdf",FileMode.Create));

Step 3: Open the document now using

myDocument.Open();

Step 4: Now add some contents to the document

myDocument.add( new Paragraph ( "First Pdf File made by Salman using iText"));

Step 5: Remember to close the documnet

myDocument.close();

Here's the actual code generating PDF on the fly.

// Code

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Diagnostics;

using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;

public class iTextDemo 
{
 public static void Main() 
 {
  Console.WriteLine("iText Demo");
        
  // step 1: creation of a document-object
  Document myDocument = new Document(PageSize.A4.Rotate());
        
  try 
  {
            
   // step 2:
   // Now create a writer that listens to this doucment and writes the document to desired Stream.
            
   PdfWriter.GetInstance(myDocument,new FileStream("Salman.pdf",FileMode.Create));
            
   // step 3:  Open the document now using
   myDocument.Open();
            
   // step 4: Now add some contents to the document
   myDocument.Add(new Paragraph("First Pdf File made by Salman using iText"));
            
  }
  catch(DocumentException de) 
  {
   Console.Error.WriteLine(de.Message);
  }
  catch(IOException ioe) 
  {
   Console.Error.WriteLine(ioe.Message);
  }
        
  // step 5: Remember to close the documnet
  
  myDocument.Close();
 }
}