iTextSharp automatically shrinking images when end of the page reach - itext

I'm using iTextSharp to display images in a pdf report. Here I want display two images in a row and it's working as expected but having a issue when end of the page reaches. The issue is that last row images get shrink to fit in same page, it doesn't automatically add it to the next page. All images having same dimension and resolution.

Please, provide us with the code.
I wrote the test below (although it's in java, there should be no problem) and the results seem to be correct.
public void tableWithImagesTest01() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
String testName = "tableWithImagesTest01.pdf";
String outFileName = destinationFolder + testName;
String cmpFileName = sourceFolder + "cmp_" + testName;
PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(outFileName));
Document doc = new Document(pdfDoc, PageSize.A3);
Image image1 = new Image(ImageDataFactory.create(sourceFolder + "itis.jpg"));
Table table = new Table(2);
for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
table.addCell(new Cell().add(image1));
table.addCell(new Cell().add(image1));
table.addCell(new Cell().add(new Paragraph("Hello")));
table.addCell(new Cell().add(new Paragraph("World")));
}
doc.add(table);
doc.close();
Assert.assertNull(new CompareTool().compareByContent(outFileName, cmpFileName, destinationFolder, "diff"));
}
The result pdf looks like this:
Maybe you use summat image1.setAutoScale(true);? Still we need your code to look at.

The easiest solution (considering all images have the same dimension and resolution) would be to manually insert a new page and pagebreak every time you have inserted the maximum number of images to a page.

Taken from a comment below, the solution that works is, on the individual images you need to set:
image.ScaleToFitHeight = false;
Likely to happen when keeping rows together

Related

IText PDFImage seems to shrink or disappear during new pages after upgrade from 2.1.7 to 5.5.5 (Java .jars)

I seem to have an issue after upgrading iText from 2.1.7 where the PDF seems to be missing or the image has shrunk between pages.
I'm wondering if this is a known issue or if there is something that I need to set in order to fix it.
Some context:
no real calculations have been changed when switching libraries.
the general structure is that we have a Document which has a pdfTable which holds a bunch of pdfImages.
changing between landscape and portrait produces different results.
the images are scaled down so that it will fit the page.
Edit: Sorry, my application was pretty big and does a bunch of work. I had to make a simple mock version before posting the problem
Sample Code (So the numbers are just examples that I used. I basically added a 800*600 Image 5 times using landscape position. I end up seeing only 3 pages when I am expecting 5.)
Note: Using portrait page size shows all 5 but it seems that the sizes vary for some reason.
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = createTemporaryOutputStream();
Document doc = newDocument();
PdfWriter writer = newWriter(doc, baos);
writer.setViewerPreferences(PdfWriter.ALLOW_PRINTING | PdfWriter.PageLayoutSinglePage);
//create page rectangle landscape
Rectangle page = new Rectangle(PageSize.A4.rotate());
doc.setPageSize(page);
doc.setMargins((float)36.0, (float)36.0, (float)36.0, (float)36.0);
doc.open();
//create element pdf table.
PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(new float[]{(float) 770.0});
table.setWidthPercentage(100);
table.setSplitRows(true);
table.setSplitLate(false);
table.setHeaderRows(0);
// in my case I used 5 800*600 images (same picture)
//then I loop through them and create pdfcell
//and then add it to table which then gets added to the document
List<Image> hi = (List<Image>) model.get("images");
for (Image image : hi) {
com.itextpdf.text.Image pdfImage = com.itextpdf.text.Image.getInstance(image.getBytes());
pdfImage.scalePercent((float) (0.8642384 * 100));
PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(pdfImage, false);
table.addCell(cell);
}
doc.add(table);
doc.close();

How does the itext document divides its pages and fits elements into a page

Hi I recently posted a question here :
IText PDFImage seems to shrink or disappear during new pages after upgrade from 2.1.7 to 5.5.5 (Java .jars)
But I think it is not the problem with the library but more of a missing setting sort of problem. I am wondering if there is a way to control what element gets drawn on the existing page verses pushing to a new page
I want to do the following
-create document
-create pdfPTable
-create a bunch of image element for each PdfPCells
-add to pdfPTable then write to document
Result: It seems that some images get shrink near the end/beginng of the page or is missing ( seems like its trying to fit on to the page )
Sample code again for visibility
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = createTemporaryOutputStream();
Document doc = newDocument();
PdfWriter writer = newWriter(doc, baos);
writer.setViewerPreferences(PdfWriter.ALLOW_PRINTING | PdfWriter.PageLayoutSinglePage);
//create page rectangle landscape
Rectangle page = new Rectangle(PageSize.A4.rotate());
doc.setPageSize(page);
doc.setMargins((float)36.0, (float)36.0, (float)36.0, (float)36.0);
doc.open();
//create element pdf table.
PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(new float[]{(float) 770.0});
table.setWidthPercentage(100);
table.setSplitRows(true);
table.setSplitLate(false);
table.setHeaderRows(0);
// in my case I used 5 800*600 images (same picture)
//then I loop through them and create pdfcell
//and then add it to table which then gets added to the document
List<Image> hi = (List<Image>) model.get("images");
for (Image image : hi) {
com.itextpdf.text.Image pdfImage = com.itextpdf.text.Image.getInstance(image.getBytes());
pdfImage.scalePercent((float) (0.8642384 * 100));
PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(pdfImage, false);
table.addCell(cell);
}
doc.add(table);
doc.close();
thank you for your time. Any insight as to what my problem is would be helpful

adding page numbers and creating landscape A4 in streams with itext

I have the following code that generates a pdf into the stream. This works well but i now have the following requirements.
1) make page landscape: Looking at other examples they add the property to the document object. But i'm doing this instream. So how would i add this property?
2) Add page numbers. I need to put items into a grid so that there are x number of rows per page. With a page number at the footer of the page. How can this kind of feature be acheived with Itext sharp.
public static void Create(ICollection<Part> parts, string path)
{
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(path);
var pageWidth = 500;
byte[] bytes;
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
using (PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, ms))
{
PdfContentByte cb = stamper.GetOverContent(1);
//Flush the PdfStamper's buffer
stamper.Close();
//Get the raw bytes of the PDF
bytes = ms.ToArray();
var now = String.Format("{0:d-M-yyyy}", DateTime.Now);
var pdfName = string.Format("{0}_factory_worksheet", now).Replace("%", "").Replace(" ", "_");
var context = HttpContext.Current;
context.Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
context.Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=" + pdfName);
context.Response.Buffer = true;
context.Response.Clear();
context.Response.OutputStream.Write(ms.GetBuffer(), 0, ms.GetBuffer().Length);
context.Response.OutputStream.Flush();
context.Response.End();
}
}
}
I don't really know how you handling it C# but logical flow will be like this:
Use PdfDictionary to rotate content in reader to 90 degree.Assuming your pdf contain multiple pages,
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(path);
for (int pgCnt=1; pgCnt <= reader.getNumberOfPages(); pgCnt++) {
//Logic to implement rotation & Add Page number
}
To get current rotation(assuming you are using Portrait mode & try to convert it in landscape mode) use int rttnPg = reader.getPageRotation(pgCnt); also get the PdfDictionary of that page pgDctnry=reader.getPageN(i);(I named that variable as pgDctnry)
Now to rotate it in 90 degree use
pgDctnry.put(PdfName.ROTATE, new PdfNumber(rttnPg+90));
Now bind it using PdfStamper as you are currently doing it.Now to add page number get over content(here i named it pgCntntBt) of the current page
pgCntntBt = stamper .getOverContent(pgCnt);
rctPgSz = rdrPgr.getPageSizeWithRotation(pgCnt);
pgCntntBt.beginText();
bfUsed=//Base Font used for text to be displayed.Also set font size pgCntntBt.setFontAndSize(bfUsed,8.2f);
txtPg=String.format(pgTxt+" %d/%d",pgCnt,totPgCnt);
pgCntntBt.showTextAligned(2,txtPg,//Put Width,//Put Height,//Rotation);
pgCntntBt.endText();
Actually i don't understand what you mean by this:"I need to put items into a grid so that there are x number of rows per page. With a page number at the footer of the page".Now close the stamper to flush it in outputstream.

Insert an Image in PDF using ITextSharp

I have to insert a an image in a pdf. That is, wherever I see a text 'Signature', I have to insert an signature image there . I can do by saying absolute positions .
But, I am looking for how to find the position of the word 'Signature' in the pdf and insert the image.
Appreciate ur help!
This is the working code:
using (Stream inputImageStream = new FileStream(#"C:\signature.jpeg", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
using (Stream outputPdfStream = new FileStream(#"C:\test\1282011\Result.pdf", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None))
{
var reader = new PdfReader(#"C:\Test\1282011\Input.pdf");
var stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, outputPdfStream);
var count = reader.NumberOfPages;
iTextSharp.text.Image image = iTextSharp.text.Image.GetInstance(inputImageStream);
image.SetAbsolutePosition(300, 200); // Absolute position
image.ScaleToFit(200, 30);
PRTokeniser pkt = null;
string strpages = string.Empty;
System.Text.StringBuilder build = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
for (int i = 1; i <= count; i++)
{
var pdfContentByte = stamper.GetOverContent(i);
if (pdfContentByte != null)
{
pkt = new PRTokeniser(stamper.Reader.GetPageContent(i));
while (pkt.NextToken())
{
if (pkt.TokenType == PRTokeniser.TokType.STRING)
{
if (pkt.StringValue == "Signature")
{
pdfContentByte.AddImage(image);
}
}
}
}
}
stamper.Close();
}
}
After some googling, I found out that I could absolute position of text as follows:
extSharp.text.pdf.AcroFields fields = stamper.AcroFields;
IList<iTextSharp.text.pdf.AcroFields.FieldPosition> signatureArea = fields.GetFieldPositions("Signature");
iTextSharp.text.Rectangle rect= signatureArea.First().position;
iTextSharp.text.Rectangle logoRect = new iTextSharp.text.Rectangle(rect);
image.SetAbsolutePosition(logoRect.Width ,logoRect .Height );
But the variable , signatureArea is null all the time even when the pdf contains the word 'Signature'.
Any input..? :)
Jaleel
Check out PdfTextExtractor and specifically the LocationTextExtractionStrategy. Create a class in your project with the exact code for the LocationTextExtractionStrategy and put a breakpoint on the line return sb.ToString(); (line 131 in SVN) and take a look at the contents of the variable locationalResult. You'll see pretty much exactly what you're looking for, a collection of text with start and end locations. If your search word isn't on a line by itself you might have to dig a little deeper but this should point you in the right direction.
That was perfect Chris. I am able to find the text position and insert the signature. What I understood is , there is a list List<TextChunk> LocationalResult in the LocationTextExtractionStrategy class. The RenderText() method in LocationTextExtractionStrategy will add each text to the LocationalResult list.
Actually the list LocationalResult is a private list, I made it public to access it from outside.
I loop through each page of PDF document and call PdfTextExtractor.GetTextFromPage(reader, i, locationStrat); where i is the pagenumber. At this time all text in the page will be added to the LocationalResult with all the position information.
This is what I done . And it works perfect.

iText AddImage() to specific page

I'm having a problem trying to locate a PdfContentByte directly into an specific page. My problem is: I need to add an Image for each page (That works) and need to add a QRCode to each of the pages at the right bottom corner but this works only for the first Page and I don't know how to repeat it on the other ones.
This is my code:
public string GeneratePDFDocument(Atomic.Development.Montenegro.Data.Entities.Document document, Stamp stamp)
{
string filename = #"C:\Users\Sheldon\Desktop\Pdf.Pdf";
FileStream fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Create);
iTextSharp.text.Document pdfDocument = new iTextSharp.text.Document(PageSize.LETTER, PAGE_LEFT_MARGIN, PAGE_RIGHT_MARGIN, PAGE_TOP_MARGIN, PAGE_BOTTOM_MARGIN);
iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfWriter writer = iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDocument, fs);
pdfDocument.Open();
int count = document.Pages.Count;
foreach (Page page in document.Pages)
{
Image img = Image.GetInstance(page.Image);
img.ScaleToFit(PageSize.LETTER.Width-(PAGE_LEFT_MARGIN + PAGE_RIGHT_MARGIN), PageSize.LETTER.Height-(PAGE_TOP_MARGIN + PAGE_BOTTOM_MARGIN));
pdfDocument.Add(img);
PlaceCodeBar(writer);
}
pdfDocument.Close();
writer.Close();
fs.Close();
return filename;
}
private static void PlaceCodeBar(iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfWriter writer)
{
String codeText = "TEXT TO ENCODE";
iTextSharp.text.pdf.BarcodePDF417 pdf417 = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.BarcodePDF417();
pdf417.SetText(codeText);
Image img = pdf417.GetImage();
iTextSharp.text.pdf.BarcodeQRCode qrcode = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.BarcodeQRCode(codeText, 1, 1, null);
img = qrcode.GetImage();
iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfContentByte cb = writer.DirectContent;
cb.SaveState();
cb.BeginText();
img.SetAbsolutePosition(PageSize.LETTER.Width-PAGE_RIGHT_MARGIN-img.ScaledWidth, PAGE_BOTTOM_MARGIN);
cb.AddImage(img);
cb.EndText();
cb.RestoreState();
}
So add it in your foreach (Page...) loop:
foreach (Page page in document.Pages)
{
Image img = Image.GetInstance(page.Image);
img.ScaleToFit(PageSize.LETTER.Width-(PAGE_LEFT_MARGIN + PAGE_RIGHT_MARGIN), PageSize.LETTER.Height-(PAGE_TOP_MARGIN + PAGE_BOTTOM_MARGIN));
pdfDocument.Add(img);
PlaceCodeBar(writer);
}
If this is a second pass on the same PDF (you've closed it then opened it again), use a PdfStamper rather than a PdfWriter. You can then get the direct content of each page rather than the one direct content that is reused (and reset) for each page.
PS: Drop the BeginText() and EndText() calls. Those operators should only be used when actually drawing text/setting fonts/etc. No line art. No images. The SaveState()/RestoreState() are good though. Definitely keep those.
I just figure out how to solve the problem. Just delete the cb.SaveState() and cb.RestoreState() and it put the image on the page is actually active.