Rotating PDF in C# using iTextSharp

Question

Hello, I am using the below function to split the pdf into two.

Though it is spliting the pdf, the content is appearing upside down. How do I rotate it by 180 degrees.

Please help. below is the code for the same

private static void ExtractPages(string inputFile, string outputFile,
  int start, int end)
     {
         // get input document
         PdfReader inputPdf = new PdfReader(inputFile);

         // retrieve the total number of pages
         int pageCount = inputPdf.NumberOfPages;

         if (end < start || end > pageCount)
         {
             end = pageCount;
         }

         // load the input document
         Document inputDoc =
             new Document(inputPdf.GetPageSizeWithRotation(1));

         // create the filestream
         using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(outputFile, FileMode.Create))
         {
             // create the output writer
             PdfWriter outputWriter = PdfWriter.GetInstance(inputDoc, fs);
             inputDoc.Open();

             PdfContentByte cb1 = outputWriter.DirectContent;

             // copy pages from input to output document
             for (int i = start; i <= end; i++)
             {
                 inputDoc.SetPageSize(inputPdf.GetPageSizeWithRotation(1));
                 inputDoc.NewPage();

                 PdfImportedPage page =
                     outputWriter.GetImportedPage(inputPdf, i);
                 int rotation = inputPdf.GetPageRotation(i);


                 if (rotation == 90 || rotation == 270)
                 {
                     cb1.AddTemplate(page, 0, -1f, 1f, 0, 0,
                         inputPdf.GetPageSizeWithRotation(i).Height);

                 }
                 else
                 {
                     cb1.AddTemplate(page, 1f, 0, 0, 1f, 0, 0);
                 }

             }

             inputDoc.Close();
         }
     }

Answer 1

I tried your code and it worked fine for me; split pages kept their original orientation.

A workaround might be to explicitly rotate your pages 180 degrees.

Replace:

cb1.AddTemplate(page, 1f, 0, 0, 1f, 0, 0); 

With:

cb1.AddTemplate(page, -1f, 0, 0, -1f, 
                inputPdf.GetPageSizeWithRotation(i).Width, 
                inputPdf.GetPageSizeWithRotation(i).Height);

If your call to inputPdf.GetPageRotation(i) returns 180 then you can handle this in the if statement that follows (using my suggested code for rotation == 180).