How to set the zoom level of a PDF using iTextSharp?

I need to set the zoom level to 75% in a PDF file using iTextSharp. I am using following code to set the zoom level.

PdfReader reader = new PdfReader("input.pdf".ToString());
Document doc = Document(reader.GetPageSize(1));
doc.OpenDocument();
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc,
    new FileStream("Zoom.pdf", FileMode.Create));
PdfDestination pdfDest = new PdfDestination(
    PdfDestination.XYZ, 0, doc.PageSize.Height, 0.75f);
doc.Open();
PdfAction action = PdfAction.GotoLocalPage(1, pdfDest, writer);
writer.SetOpenAction(action);
doc.Close();

But I am getting the error "the page 1 was request but the document has only 0 pages" in the doc.Close();

Posted on StackOverflow on Jun 6, 2014 by mail2vguna

Please take a look at the AddOpenAction example. This is how it’s done in iText 7:

 PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfReader(SRC), new PdfWriter(DEST));
        pdfDoc.getCatalog()
                .setOpenAction(PdfExplicitDestination.createXYZ(pdfDoc.getPage(1), 0, pdfDoc.getPage(1).getPageSize().getHeight(), 0.75f));
        pdfDoc.close();

The result is a PDF that opens with a zoom factor of 75%.

Alternatively, in iText 7 a similar method could be used with PdfLinkAnnotation, PdfScreenAnnotation or PdfWidgetAnnotation if you prefer. This uses annotations to trigger the display magnification action for the PDF.

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