Description:
About
Classes used -
#1: StreamReader class
provides an access to read the data from Stream such as Text File.
#2: Document
class allows creating a new instance for Creating PDF File.
#3: PdfWriter
class,
an instantaneous access to write a PDF document from an object of Document class.
Namespace Required - System.IO,
iTextSharp,
iTextSharp.text,
iTextSharp.text.pdf
Controls
Used -
1. TextBox Control (txtInput,
txtOutput)
2.
Button Control (btnSelect, btnCreatePDF)
Here I implemented the Code for converting
Text Document into PDF Document using iTextSharp Tool.
The Code:
1. Select the Text File (code for “Select File” Button).
using (OpenFileDialog file = new OpenFileDialog())
{
//Show the Dialog Box & Select the File
file.ShowDialog();
//Assign Input FileName to TextBox
txtInput.Text = file.FileName;
}
//Assign Output FileName to TextBox
txtOutput.Text = (txtInput.Text).Replace(".txt", ".pdf");
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2.
Convert
Text File into a PDF File (code for “Create
PDF” Button).
//Read the Data from Input File
StreamReader rdr = new
StreamReader(txtInput.Text);
//Create a New instance on Document Class
Document doc = new Document();
//Create a New instance of PDFWriter Class for Output File
PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, new
FileStream(txtOutput.Text,FileMode.Create));
//Open the Document
doc.Open();
//Add the content of Text File to PDF File
doc.Add(new Paragraph(rdr.ReadToEnd()));
//Close the Document
doc.Close();
MessageBox.Show("Conversion
Successful....");
//Open the Converted PDF File
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(txtOutput.Text);
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3.
Now
execute the Application and see the
result (Figure 1).
Intended
Result:
Figure 1
Summary:
In
this piece of writing, using C# environment, we have seen how to convert the Text
file into PDF file using iTextSharp Tool (A free PDF library ported from Java iText).