What is the optimum way to merge 2 PDF files with ITextSharp in C#? I\'m using ASP.NET/.NET3.5.
The last answer works if you don't want to delete the original files. In my case, I want to delete and when I tried I got exception. My solution is:
public static bool MergePDFs(List InFiles, String OutFile)
{
bool merged = true;
try
{
List readerList = new List();
foreach (string filePath in InFiles)
{
PdfReader pdfReader = new PdfReader(filePath);
readerList.Add(pdfReader);
}
//Define a new output document and its size, type
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 0, 0, 0, 0);
//Create blank output pdf file and get the stream to write on it.
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new FileStream(OutFile, FileMode.Create));
document.Open();
foreach (PdfReader reader in readerList)
{
PdfReader.unethicalreading = true;
for (int i = 1; i <= reader.NumberOfPages; i++)
{
PdfImportedPage page = writer.GetImportedPage(reader, i);
document.Add(iTextSharp.text.Image.GetInstance(page));
}
}
document.Close();
foreach (PdfReader reader in readerList)
{
reader.Close();
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
merged = false;
}
return merged;
}
I copied the code from Original Code