You can use Adobe Acrobat professional to create a PDF form template.Put a TextFeild and give a name for that as text1.Then set the formattings.
In the c# code follow these steps
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Linq;
/* reference to the itextsharp */
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
using System.Text;
namespace ItextSharpTut
{
public class UtilityMethod
{
public void generatePDF()
{
try
{
string pdfTemplate = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/doc/new.pdf");
PdfReader pdfReader = null;
// Create the form filler
FileStream pdfOutputFile = new FileStream(pdfTemplate, FileMode.Create);
string path = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/doc/template.pdf");
pdfReader = new PdfReader(path);
PdfStamper pdfStamper = null;
pdfStamper = new PdfStamper(pdfReader, pdfOutputFile);
// Get the form fields
AcroFields testForm = pdfStamper.AcroFields;
testForm.SetField("text1", "Lasantha");
PdfContentByte overContent = pdfStamper.GetOverContent(1);
pdfStamper.FormFlattening = true;
pdfStamper.Close();
pdfReader.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw ex;
}
}
}
}
Enjoy it.
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