Chapter 1 - iText: When and Why

This web page contains the converted source code from Chapter 1 (iText: When and Why) of Bruno Lowagie's book iText in Action.
///// Hello World /////

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;

namespace HelloWorld
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Generates a PDF file with the text 'Hello World' @param args no arguments needed here
	        Console.WriteLine("Chapter 1: example HelloWorld");
	        Console.WriteLine("-> Creates a PDF file with the text 'Hello World';");
	        Console.WriteLine("   Default values are used for PageSize and margins.");
	        Console.WriteLine("-> files generated: HelloWorld.pdf");
            Console.ReadLine();
	        // step 1: creation of a document-object
	        Document document = new Document();

	        try 
            {
                // step 2: we create a writer, that listens to the document and directs a PDF-stream to a file
                PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new FileStream("Chap01-HelloWorld.pdf", FileMode.Create));
	            // step 3: we open the document
	            document.Open();
	            // step 4: we add a paragraph to the document
   		        document.Add(new Paragraph("Hello World"));
    	    }

            catch (DocumentException de) 
            {
                Console.Error.WriteLine(de.Message);
	        } 
            
            catch (IOException ioe) 
            {
                Console.Error.WriteLine(ioe.Message);
	        }
 
	        // step 5: we close the document
	        document.Close();
        }
    }
}

///// HelloWorldBurst /////

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;

namespace HelloWorldBurst
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Chapter 1: example HelloWorldBurst");
    		Console.WriteLine("-> Creates a PDF file, then 'bursts' it");
    		Console.WriteLine("-> files generated:");	
    		Console.WriteLine("   HelloWorldRead.pdf (will be used as input)");
    		Console.WriteLine("   HelloWorldRead_1.pdf (first page of HelloWorld.pdf)");
	    	Console.WriteLine("   HelloWorldRead_2.pdf (second page of HelloWorld.pdf)");
            Console.WriteLine("   HelloWorldRead_3.pdf (third page of HelloWorld.pdf)");
            Console.ReadLine();
    		// we create a PDF file
            createPdf("HelloWorldBurst.pdf");
    		String[] arg = {"HelloWorldBurst.pdf"};
    		// Cannot burst because this plugin was not ported --> com.lowagie.toolbox.plugins.Burst.main(arg);
    	}
 
	    // Generates a PDF file with bookmarks. @param filename the filename of the PDF file.
	    private static void createPdf(String filename) {
		    // we create a document with multiple pages and bookmarks
		    Document document = new Document();
		    try 
            {
                PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Create));
			    document.Open();
			    Paragraph hello = new Paragraph("(English:) hello, " +
					"(Esperanto:) he, alo, saluton, (Latin:) heu, ave, " +
					"(French:) all\u00f4, (Italian:) ciao, (German:) hallo, he, heda, holla, " +
					"(Portuguese:) al\u00f4, ol\u00e1, hei, psiu, bom d\u00eda, (Dutch:) hallo, dag, " +
					"(Spanish:) ola, eh, (Catalan:) au, bah, eh, ep, " +
					"(Swedish:) hej, hejsan(Danish:) hallo, dav, davs, goddag, hej, " +
					"(Norwegian:) hei; morn, (Papiamento:) halo; hallo; k\u00ed tal, " +
					"(Faeroese:) hall\u00f3, hoyr, (Turkish:) alo, merhaba, (Albanian:) tungjatjeta");
			    Chapter universe = new Chapter("To the Universe:", 1);
			    Section section;
			    section = universe.AddSection("to the World:");
			    section.Add(hello);
			    section = universe.AddSection("to the Sun:");
                section.Add(hello);
                section = universe.AddSection("to the Moon:");
                section.Add(hello);
                section = universe.AddSection("to the Stars:");
                section.Add(hello);
                document.Add(universe);
			    Chapter people = new Chapter("To the People:", 2);
			    section = people.AddSection("to mothers and fathers:");
			    section.Add(hello);
			    section = people.AddSection("to brothers and sisters:");
			    section.Add(hello);
			    section = people.AddSection("to wives and husbands:");
			    section.Add(hello);
			    section = people.AddSection("to sons and daughters:");
			    section.Add(hello);
			    section = people.AddSection("to complete strangers:");
			    section.Add(hello);
			    document.Add(people);
			    document.SetPageSize(PageSize.A4.Rotate());
	    		Chapter animals = new Chapter("To the Animals:", 3);
    			section = animals.AddSection("to cats and dogs:");
    			section.Add(hello);
    			section = animals.AddSection("to birds and bees:");
    			section.Add(hello);
    			section = animals.AddSection("to farm animals and wild animals:");
    			section.Add(hello);
	    		section = animals.AddSection("to bugs and beatles:");
	    		section.Add(hello);
	    		section = animals.AddSection("to fish and shellfish:");
	    		section.Add(hello);
	    		document.Add(animals);
		    } 
            
            catch (DocumentException de) 
            {
                Console.Error.WriteLine(de.Message);
		    } 
            
            catch (IOException ioe) 
            {
                Console.Error.WriteLine(ioe.Message);
		    }
		    document.Close();
        }
    }
}
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