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I am attempting to append images to an existing PDF using the following.

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public static byte[] Append(byte[] inputPdf, params Image[] images)

{
var ms = new MemoryStream();
ms.Write(inputPdf, 0, inputPdf.Length);
ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
using (Document pdf = new Document(iTextSharp.text.PageSize.A4, 10, 10, 10, 10))
using (PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdf, ms))
{
pdf.Open();
foreach (var image in images)
{
var result = pdf.NewPage();
ImageFormat format = image.PixelFormat == PixelFormat.Format1bppIndexed
|| image.PixelFormat == PixelFormat.Format4bppIndexed
|| image.PixelFormat == PixelFormat.Format8bppIndexed
? ImageFormat.Tiff

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: ImageFormat.Jpeg;
var pdfImage = iTextSharp.text.Image.GetInstance(image, format);
pdfImage.Alignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER;
pdfImage.ScaleToFit(pdf.PageSize.Width, pdf.PageSize.Height);
pdf.Add(pdfImage);

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}
pdf.Close();

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How can I insert an image

with iTextSharp in an
existing PDF?

}
ms.Flush();
return ms.GetBuffer();

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The result value is not used, I was debugging it. The value is always true, so the add page is
working.

23 How can I insert an image

The resulting PDF is the same size as the original, but is not readable. I get invalid root object
errors when opening it.

0 convert pdf page to image

Any suggestions?

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asked Apr 11 '13 at 11:53

Jim
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2 Add an existing PDF from

file to an unwritten
document using iTextSharp

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0 Get pdf embedded image

width using iTextsharp

When working with an existing PDF you need to use a PdfStamper, see How can I insert an image with
iTextSharp in an existing PDF?

Chris Haas
Apr 11 '13 at 13:02

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1 How do you set a

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background image on
every page of a PDF in
iTextSharp?

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Method 1 (without PdfStamper)

using (var ms = new MemoryStream())

{
var pdf = new PdfReader(inputPdf);
var doc = new Document(pdf.GetPageSizeWithRotation(1));
using (var writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, ms))
{
doc.Open();
for (int page = 0; page < pdf.NumberOfPages; page++)
{
doc.SetPageSize(pdf.GetPageSizeWithRotation(page + 1));
doc.NewPage();
var pg = writer.GetImportedPage(pdf, page + 1);
int rotation = pdf.GetPageRotation(page + 1);
if (rotation == 90 || rotation == 270)
writer.DirectContent.AddTemplate(
pg, 0, -1f, 1f, 0, 0, pdf.GetPageSizeWithRotation(page).Height);
else
writer.DirectContent.AddTemplate(pg, 1f, 0, 0, 1f, 0, 0);
}
foreach (var image in images)
{
doc.NewPage();
ImageFormat format = image.PixelFormat == PixelFormat.Format1bppIndexed
|| image.PixelFormat ==
PixelFormat.Format4bppIndexed
|| image.PixelFormat ==
PixelFormat.Format8bppIndexed
? ImageFormat.Tiff
: ImageFormat.Jpeg;
var pdfImage = iTextSharp.text.Image.GetInstance(image, format);
pdfImage.Alignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER;
pdfImage.ScaleToFit(doc.PageSize.Width - 10, doc.PageSize.Height - 10);

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System.Drawing.Image
using iTextSharp?
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doc.Add(pdfImage);

}
doc.Close();
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Method 2 (using PdfStamper)

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var pdfReader = new PdfReader(inputPdf);

using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
{
using (var stamp = new PdfStamper(pdfReader, ms))
{
foreach (var image in images)
{
var size = pdfReader.GetPageSize(1);
var page = pdfReader.NumberOfPages + 1;
stamp.InsertPage(page, pdfReader.GetPageSize(1));
ImageFormat format = image.PixelFormat == PixelFormat.Format1bppIndexed
|| image.PixelFormat == PixelFormat.Format4bppIndexed
|| image.PixelFormat == PixelFormat.Format8bppIndexed
? ImageFormat.Tiff
: ImageFormat.Jpeg;
var pdfImage = iTextSharp.text.Image.GetInstance(image, format);
pdfImage.Alignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER;
pdfImage.SetAbsolutePosition(0, size.Height - pdfImage.Height);
pdfImage.ScaleToFit(size.Width, size.Height);
stamp.GetOverContent(page).AddImage(pdfImage);
}
}
ms.Flush();
return ms.GetBuffer();
}
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answered Apr 12 '13 at 5:53

Jim
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c# - append image to pages of PDF using iTextSharp - Stack Overflow

You are making the wrong assumption that you can glue the bytes of two PDF documents together.

You have one PDF that looks like this:

%PDF-1.6
%
1 0 obj <<
... PDF syntax
%%EOF

With another one that looks like this:

%PDF-1.6
%
1 0 obj <<
... PDF syntax
%%EOF

Resulting in a file that looks like this:

%PDF-1.6
%
1 0 obj <<
... PDF syntax
%%EOF
%PDF-1.6
%
1 0 obj <<
... PDF syntax
%%EOF

You really shouldn't expect this to work! Please start by reading chapter 6 of my book and read
about called PdfStamper . Then go to this question: How can I insert an image with iTextSharp in
an existing PDF?
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answered Apr 11 '13 at 15:18

Bruno Lowagie
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I am trying to add new pages to the PDF, not stamp existing pages on the pdf.

Jim
Apr 12 '13 at 5:10
I know, but you still need PdfStamper and its insertPage() method (read section 6.3.4 of the free chapter). You
certainly don't want to concatenate the bytes of one file to the bytes of another file.

Bruno Lowagie
Apr 12
'13 at 7:07
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