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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.SessionState;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
using System.IO;
 
namespace itext
{
    /**//// <summary>
    /// 
    /// </summary>
    public class Chap0105 : System.Web.UI.Page
    {
        private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            // step 1
            // need to write to memory first due to IE wanting
            // to know the length of the pdf beforehand
            MemoryStream m = new MemoryStream();
            Document document = new Document();
            try 
            {
                // step 2: we set the ContentType and create an instance of the Writer
                Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
                PdfWriter writer=PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, m);
                writer.CloseStream=false;
 
                // step 3
                document.Open();
 
                // step 4
                document.Add(new Paragraph(DateTime.Now.ToString()));
            } 
            catch (DocumentException ex) 
            {
                Console.Error.WriteLine(ex.StackTrace);
                Console.Error.WriteLine(ex.Message);
            }
            // step 5: Close document
            document.Close();
 
            // step 6: Write pdf bytes to outputstream
            Response.OutputStream.Write(m.GetBuffer(), 0, m.GetBuffer().Length);
            Response.OutputStream.Flush();
            Response.OutputStream.Close();
            m.Close();
        }
 
        override protected void OnInit(EventArgs e)
        {
            //
            //
            //
            InitializeComponent();
            base.OnInit(e);
        }
 
        /**//// <summary>
        /// 
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        private void InitializeComponent()
        {    
            this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Page_Load);
        }
        #endregion
    }
}