iTextDotNet or iTextSharp confusion

[dgk]

I'm looking at iText to generate PDFs, and I'm not sure if iTextDotNet
is the same as iTextSharp. I have the latest iTextDotNet, which is for
framework 2. Are these the same product?

Also, I can see how to create a PDF to a file, but how would I send it
to the user? Not as a file, but I guess create the PDF as a stream and
send that to the user. I'm looking through the examples (VB ones) but
none of them deal with anything other than creating the PDF.

[bruce barker \(sqlwork.com\)]

iText is an open source java library for creating pdf files. iTextSharp is a
C# port (rewrite). iText.net is a port to j# (using original java code).
you can use either one.

google this news group to to find how to download a pdf file. last time i
used iTextSharp, i did a lot of recoding of its source to get table layouts
to work well (i wanted nested tables to work).

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)
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I'm looking at iText to generate PDFs, and I'm not sure if iTextDotNet
is the same as iTextSharp. I have the latest iTextDotNet, which is for
framework 2. Are these the same product?

Also, I can see how to create a PDF to a file, but how would I send it
to the user? Not as a file, but I guess create the PDF as a stream and
send that to the user. I'm looking through the examples (VB ones) but
none of them deal with anything other than creating the PDF.

[dgk]

On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:46:21 -0800, "bruce barker \(sqlwork.com\)"
<b_*************************@sqlwork.comwrote:

>iText is an open source java library for creating pdf files. iTextSharp is a
C# port (rewrite). iText.net is a port to j# (using original java code).
you can use either one.

google this news group to to find how to download a pdf file. last time i
used iTextSharp, i did a lot of recoding of its source to get table layouts
to work well (i wanted nested tables to work).

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

Thanks. I think the idea is to avoid creating a physical file on the
server and just sending the PDF back as a stream. I'll dig around some
more.