Getting started with iText - Part 2 (DefaultPageSize.pdf)

The second installation in Getting started with iText translates the DefaultPageSize example. This example shows how to work with pre-defined page sizes.

Source: http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/general/
Documentation: See Step 1 for more information about page sizes
Example: DefaultPageSize.java

<h1>The default PageSize and some other standard sizes</h1>
<cfscript>
    savedErrorMessage = "";
  
       // by default outputs to current directory. change as needed
       fullPathToOutputFile = ExpandPath("./DefaultPageSize.pdf");
  
       // step 1: creation of a document-object
       document = createObject("java", "com.lowagie.text.Document").init();

       try {
        // step 2:
           // we create a writer that listens to the document
           // and directs a PDF-stream to a file
           outStream = createObject("java", "java.io.FileOutputStream").init(fullPathToOutputFile);
           writer = createObject("java", "com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter").getInstance(document, outStream);

           // step 3: we open the document
           document.open();

           // step 4: we add some paragraphs to the document
           pageSize = createObject("java", "com.lowagie.text.PageSize");
           //cfSearching: create a single paragraph object and reuse it
           paragraph = createObject("java", "com.lowagie.text.Paragraph");
           document.add(paragraph.init("The default PageSize is DIN A4."));
           document.setPageSize(PageSize.A3);
           document.newPage();
           document.add(paragraph.init("This PageSize is DIN A3."));
           document.setPageSize(PageSize.A2);
           document.newPage();
           document.add(paragraph.init("This PageSize is DIN A2."));
           document.setPageSize(PageSize.A1);
           document.newPage();
           document.add(paragraph.init("This PageSize is DIN A1."));
           document.setPageSize(PageSize.A0);
           document.newPage();
           document.add(paragraph.init("This PageSize is DIN A0."));
           document.setPageSize(PageSize.A5);
           document.newPage();
           document.add(paragraph.init("This PageSize is DIN A5."));
           document.setPageSize(PageSize.A6);
           document.newPage();
           document.add(paragraph.init("This PageSize is DIN A6."));
           document.setPageSize(PageSize.A7);
           document.newPage();
           document.add(paragraph.init("This PageSize is DIN A7."));
           document.setPageSize(PageSize.A8);
           document.newPage();
           document.add(paragraph.init("This PageSize is DIN A8."));
           document.setPageSize(PageSize.LETTER);
           document.newPage();
           document.add(paragraph.init("This PageSize is LETTER."));
           document.add(paragraph.init("A lot of other standard PageSizes are available."));
      
           WriteOutput("Finished!");
       }
       catch (com.lowagie.text.DocumentException de) {
        savedErrorMessage = de;
       }
       catch (java.io.IOException ioe) {
        savedErrorMessage = ioe;
       }
  
       // step 5: we close the document
       document.close();
       // close the output stream
       outStream.close();
</cfscript>

<!--- show any errors --->
<cfif len(savedErrorMessage) gt 0>
    Error - unable to create document
       <cfdump var="#savedErrorMessage#">
</cfif>