c# itextsharp PDF creation with watermark on each page

Question

I am trying to programmatically create a number of PDF documents with a watermark on each page using itextsharp (a C# port of Java\'s itext).

I am able to do this

Answer 1

Yes, the Watermark class seems to be no more - odd. However in the process of converting to iTextSharp 5.3, I found a simple way to add a watermark to a new document.

MemoryStream mem = new MemoryStream();

Document document = new Document();

PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, mem);

PdfContentByte cb = writer.DirectContent;

document.Open();

document.NewPage();

Image watermark = Image.GetInstance(WATERMARK_URI);

watermark.SetAbsolutePosition(80, 200);

document.Add(watermark);

BaseFont bf = BaseFont.CreateFont(FONT, BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);

cb.BeginText();

...

cb.EndText();

document.Close();