Error end text missing on iTextSharp after some text inserts

Question

I'm trying to create a pdf with iTextSharp but after I insert some text on the pdf, the pdf gets corrupted and displays this nasty popup on a Pdf Reader (see link)

Img Error

I've also used another program to check out what was the error problem and it seems the iText library stops adding begin/end blocks when new text is insert

Error description

I'm using the latest version of iTextSharp (v.5.5.8.0) And this is the simple code I use

Sub Main()
    Dim objPageSize As iTextSharp.text.Rectangle
    Dim objDocument As Document
    Dim objWriter As pdf.PdfWriter

    objPageSize = New Rectangle(842, 595)
    objDocument = New Document(objPageSize, 50, 50, 50, 50)
    objWriter = PdfWriter.GetInstance(objDocument, New System.IO.FileStream("test.pdf", System.IO.FileMode.Create, System.IO.FileAccess.Write))
    Call objDocument.Open()
    objWriter.Open()
    objWriter.DirectContent.BeginText()

    For i As Integer = 0 To 85
        Dim ct As ColumnText = New ColumnText(objWriter.DirectContent)
        ct.SetSimpleColumn(1, i * 5, 100, 100, 0, Element.ALIGN_LEFT)
        Dim phrase As Phrase = New Phrase("hello", FontFactory.GetFont(BaseFont.TIMES_ROMAN, BaseFont.CP1250, False, 4))
        ct.SetText(phrase)
        ct.Go()
    Next


    objWriter.DirectContent.EndText()
    objDocument.Close()
    objWriter.Close()


End Sub

It look like a bug on the library.

Any help would be appreciated

Thank you!

Hug Hug · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-22T12:16:45

Ok I just found the answer myself.

I'll post it here for any other people might help.

You don't need to call objWriter.DirectContent.BeginText() and objWriter.DirectContent.EndText()

The ColumnText class does it for you

Error end text missing on iTextSharp after some text inserts

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