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c# itextsharp no errors everything fine, pdf just not opening?

Hi all,

this my first time using this dll, all my code seems to be ok compared to samples ive seen but the pdf isnt opening, anyone tell me why?

Thanks

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.IO;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;


public partial class _CustomerSupport_CV : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

    }

    protected void CreatePDF(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Document PDFDoc = new Document();
        try
        {
            string filepath = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("_documents/YourCV.pdf");

            PdfWriter.GetInstance(PDFDoc, new FileStream(filepath, FileMode.Create));

            PDFDoc.Open();

            PDFDoc.Add(new Paragraph("Hello There"));

        }
        catch (DocumentException de)
        {
            Errors.Text = de.ToString();
        }
        catch (IOException ioe)
        {
            Errors.Text = ioe.ToString();
        }

        PDFDoc.Close();
    }
}

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Om Prakash

I tried the same code and it seems to be working. i am able to open the pdf that is created.

iTextSharp.text.Document PDFDoc = new iTextSharp.text.Document();
string filepath = @"D:\testfile.pdf";
PdfWriter.GetInstance(PDFDoc, new FileStream(filepath, FileMode.Create));
PDFDoc.Open();
PDFDoc.Add(new iTextSharp.text.Paragraph("Hello There"));
PDFDoc.Close();

awilderbeast

ASKER

ok ive seen the problem

the document is edited progrmattically, but its not shown to the user. how can i open the file in the users browser or make it download?

THanks

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mayank_joshi

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awilderbeast

ASKER

how can i make it open in a new window?

Thanks

awilderbeast

ASKER

thanks

mayank_joshi

sorry the code posted by me has some errors.
change the code after PDFDoc.Close();
as:-

     Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
               Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=" + filepath);
               Response.Buffer = true;
               Response.Clear();
               Response.WriteFile(filepath, true);
               Response.End();

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mayank_joshi

there is no need of MemoryStream