You have to set the Version before you call document.open.
Java snippet.
Document doc= new Document();
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(doc,new
FileOutputStream("xxxxxxxx"));
writer.setPdfVersion(PdfWriter.VERSION_1_3);
doc.open;
2010/7/29 Dipendra Kaur <[email protected]>
> Can somebody from iTextSharp answer my question please.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Deep**
>
>
>
> *From:* Dipendra Kaur
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 28, 2010 11:39 AM
> *To:* '[email protected]'
> *Subject:* Error opening merged pdf in EMR
> *Importance:* High
>
>
>
> I am creating a .net (c#) application to merge several PDFs to one pdf
> using iTextSharp dll.
>
> When I open this merged file from my folder where it is saved, it opens
> successfully, but when I import it in an Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
> System and read, it gives file corrupt error.
>
> If I compare the properties of this file created using iTextSharp to
> another pdf file which can be imported and read in the EMR, I see the
> following:
>
> Properties shown are as follows (file A):
>
> Title:
>
> Author:
>
> Subject:
>
> Keywords:
>
> Created: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 8:53:59 AM
>
> Modified: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 8:53:59 AM
>
> Application:
>
> PDF Producer: iTextSharp 5.0.2©1T3XT BVBA
>
> Fast web View: No
>
> PDF version: 1.4
>
>
>
> In the other pdf file (B) which can be imported and opened in my EMR, the
> properties are as follows:
>
> Title: Accession Result
>
> Author: CSI Labs, Inc.
>
> Subject:
>
> Keywords:
>
> Created: Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 6:28:05 PM
>
> Modified:
>
> Application: APVX
>
> PDF Producer: eTelenext
>
> Fast web View: No
>
> PDF version: 1.3
>
>
>
> How can I set the properties same as in file B shown above?
>
> Is there some other setting that may be causing this problem?
> This is how I am creating the merged file using itextSharp. Please let me
> know what I can do to create a pdf that can be imported and read from within
> the EMR system.
> To make sure I tried importing the original pdf files saved from the binary
> data and successfully opened in the EMR. But I can not open the merged file
> created using iTextSharp.
> Please help. It is urgent.
>
>
>
> 1. For each case
>
> a. Read binary data in a Byte Array:
>
> i. Byte[] FileData = (byte[])dr["DocumentBinary"
> ];
>
> ii.
> PDFFileName
> = _MergedPDFSavePath + dr["FileReportName"].ToString();
>
> b. Write Byte Array to a file:
>
> i. FileStream fs = new FileStream(fileName,
> FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
>
> ii. BinaryWriter bw = new BinaryWriter(fs);
>
> iii. bw.Write(buff);
>
> 2. Merge all files created above:
>
> a. PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(ReportFiles[0]);
>
> b. Document doc = new Document(reader.GetPageSizeWithRotation(1));
>
> c. PdfMerge PM = new PdfMerge();
>
> d. PdfMerge.MergeFiles(TargetFile, ReportFiles);
> PDFMerge.cs code copied at the end of this message.
>
>
>
> 3. Create save as dialogue to enable the client to save merged file:
>
> a. Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
>
> b. Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" +
> FName);
>
> c. FileStream sourceFile = new FileStream(TargetFile, FileMode.Open);
>
> d. long FileSize;
>
> e. FileSize = sourceFile.Length;
>
> f. byte[] getContent = new byte[(int)FileSize];
>
> g. sourceFile.Read(getContent, 0, (int)sourceFile.Length);
>
> h. sourceFile.Close();
>
> i. Response.BinaryWrite(getContent);
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Dipendra Kaur
>
> Software Developer
> CSI Laboratories
>
> 770 817 0817 X 382
>
>
>
> PDFMerge.cs code:
>
>
>
> using System;
>
> using System.IO;
>
> using iTextSharp.text;
>
> using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
>
>
>
> public class PdfMerge
>
> {
>
> public static void MergeFiles(string destinationFile, string[]
> sourceFiles)
>
> {
>
> try
>
> {
>
> int f = 0;
>
> // we create a reader for a certain document
>
> PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(sourceFiles[f]);
>
> // we retrieve the total number of pages
>
> int n = reader.NumberOfPages;
>
> //Console.WriteLine("There are " + n + " pages in the original
> file.");
>
> // step 1: creation of a document-object
>
> Document document = new
> Document(reader.GetPageSizeWithRotation(1));
>
> // step 2: we create a writer that listens to the document
>
> PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new
> FileStream(destinationFile, FileMode.Create));
>
> PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document,
> new FileStream(destinationFile, FileMode.Create));
>
> writer.SetPdfVersion(PdfWriter.PDF_VERSION_1_3); // I added
> this code to set pdf version, but the properties still show me version 1.4.
> In the debugger I saw the control going through this line of code:
>
>
>
> // step 3: we open the document
>
> document.Open();
>
> PdfContentByte cb = writer.DirectContent;
>
> PdfImportedPage page;
>
> int rotation;
>
> // step 4: we add content
>
> while (f < sourceFiles.Length)
>
> {
>
> int i = 0;
>
> while (i < n)
>
> {
>
> i++;
>
>
> document.SetPageSize(reader.GetPageSizeWithRotation(i));
>
> document.NewPage();
>
> page = writer.GetImportedPage(reader, i);
>
> rotation = reader.GetPageRotation(i);
>
> if (rotation == 90 || rotation == 270)
>
> {
>
> cb.AddTemplate(page, 0, -1f, 1f, 0, 0,
> reader.GetPageSizeWithRotation(i).Height);
>
> }
>
> else
>
> {
>
> cb.AddTemplate(page, 1f, 0, 0, 1f, 0, 0);
>
> }
>
> //Console.WriteLine("Processed page " + i);
>
> }
>
> f++;
>
> if (f < sourceFiles.Length)
>
> {
>
> reader = new PdfReader(sourceFiles[f]);
>
> // we retrieve the total number of pages
>
> n = reader.NumberOfPages;
>
> //Console.WriteLine("There are " + n + " pages in the
> original file.");
>
> }
>
> }
>
> // step 5: we close the document
>
> document.Close();
>
> }
>
> catch (Exception e)
>
> {
>
> string strOb = e.Message;
>
> }
>
> }
>
>
>
> public int CountPageNo(string strFileName)
>
> {
>
> // we create a reader for a certain document
>
> PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(strFileName);
>
> // we retrieve the total number of pages
>
> return reader.NumberOfPages;
>
> }
>
> }
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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