Question

I use Sharepoint 2010 and I am developing a web part where on a button click event, a pdf file needs to be generated and opened directly. Should not be saving onto the disk.
I tried the below code

 protected void Button1_OnClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Document myDoc = new Document(PageSize.A4.Rotate());
        try
        {
            PdfWriter.GetInstance(myDoc, new FileStream(@"C:\Directory\Test.pdf", FileMode.Create));
            myDoc.Open();
            myDoc.Add(new Paragraph("Hello World"));
        }
        catch (DocumentException ex)
        {
            Console.Error.WriteLine(ex.Message);
        }
        myDoc.Close();
    }

I also tried the below code which also generates the file on the Server which I dont want.

  Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);
        PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new FileStream(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/Test.pdf"), FileMode.Create));
        document.Open();
        var WelcomePara = new Paragraph("Hello World");
        document.Add(WelcomePara);
        document.Close();

This one creates the pdf file on the desktop, I need it to be opened in the pdf format.Can someone help me please.

Answer 1

I was able to get it work finally.

  using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
      {
          using (var document = new Document(PageSize.A4,50,50,15,15))
          {
              PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, ms); 
              document.Open();
              document.Add(new Paragraph("HelloWorld"));
              document.Close();
          }
          Response.Clear();
          //Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
          Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream";
          Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename= Test.pdf");
          Response.Buffer = true; 
          Response.Clear();
          var bytes = ms.ToArray();
          Response.OutputStream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
          Response.OutputStream.Flush();
      }