PDF Maker

PDF Maker is a historical C# prototype that generates a structured PDF report from text, images, and JSON data. It demonstrates document composition with iTextSharp, including headings, tables, image scaling, page numbers, backgrounds, and repeated image watermarks.

Features

• Create a multi-page PDF report with document metadata.
• Read introduction and conclusion sections from UTF-8 text files.
• Convert JSON records into a PDF table.
• Scale and position images within page bounds.
• Add page numbers, background colors, and tiled watermarks.
• Render Chinese text with a Windows font.

Technology

• C# and .NET Framework 4.8
• iTextSharp 5.5.13.3 and XML Worker
• Newtonsoft.Json 13.0.1

Build and Run

1. Use Windows with Visual Studio and .NET Framework 4.8.
2. Open pdfmaker.sln and restore the NuGet packages from packages.config.
3. Create sample-data, place authorized input files under it, and review the expected filenames in Program.cs.
4. Build and run the console application. Generated reports are written to output/report.pdf.

Important Notes

• The project uses generic relative sample paths and does not include company reports, captured data, or generated binaries.
• iTextSharp 5 uses AGPL/commercial licensing. Review its license before distributing an application based on this code.
• Generated build output is excluded by .gitignore.