Product Name: GitHubFetch
Version: 1.0
Platform: Windows Console Application
Technology Stack: .NET 9.0, C#, iTextSharp
Target Release: Q4 2025
GitHubFetch is a console-based PDF report generation application designed to create professional, branded PDF documents with automated content management. The application generates structured reports with consistent formatting, company branding, and automatic file versioning.
To provide a simple, reliable, and efficient solution for generating standardized PDF reports with minimal user intervention while maintaining professional presentation standards.
- Automation: Reduce manual effort in report generation
- Consistency: Ensure uniform document formatting across all generated reports
- Branding: Maintain company brand identity in all generated documents
- Efficiency: Enable rapid document production with minimal setup
- Performance: Generate PDF reports in under 5 seconds
- Reliability: 99.9% successful document generation rate
- User Satisfaction: Minimal training required for operation
- File Management: Zero file conflicts through automatic versioning
- Business Analysts: Generate regular status reports
- Project Managers: Create project documentation
- Administrative Staff: Produce formal company documents
- Quality Assurance: Generate test reports and documentation
UC-001: Generate Standard Report
- Actor: Business User
- Goal: Create a PDF report with company branding
- Preconditions: Application is installed and configured
- Steps:
- User executes the application
- System generates PDF with predefined content
- System applies company branding (logo, header, footer)
- System saves file with automatic versioning
- User receives confirmation with file location
UC-002: Handle File Conflicts
- Actor: System
- Goal: Prevent file overwrites through automatic versioning
- Steps:
- System checks if target filename exists
- If exists, system increments version number
- System creates new file with unique name
- Process continues without user intervention
FR-001: PDF Document Generation
- Priority: High
- Description: Generate PDF documents with structured content
- Acceptance Criteria:
- PDF files must be generated in A4 format
- Content must be properly formatted with consistent fonts
- Documents must support multi-page content
- Page breaks must occur at appropriate intervals (1000 character chunks)
FR-002: Company Branding Integration
- Priority: High
- Description: Apply consistent company branding to all documents
- Acceptance Criteria:
- Header must include current date (yyyy.MM.dd format) on the left
- Company logo must appear in the header on the right (max 80x50px)
- Footer must contain complete company information:
- Company name: "topfact AG"
- Address: "Münchener Str 14, 83202 Rosenheim"
- Phone: "08031 3507970"
- Page numbering must be centered at bottom ("Seite X" format)
FR-003: Automatic File Versioning
- Priority: Medium
- Description: Prevent file overwrites through automatic versioning
- Acceptance Criteria:
- Base filename format: "Bericht[N].pdf" where N is incrementing number
- System must check for existing files before creation
- System must automatically increment version number
- First available number must be used (e.g., Bericht1.pdf, Bericht2.pdf)
FR-004: Content Management
- Priority: Medium
- Description: Handle variable-length content with proper formatting
- Acceptance Criteria:
- Content must be split into manageable chunks (1000 characters)
- Each chunk must start on a new page (except first chunk)
- Paragraphs must have consistent spacing (20px before/after)
- First line indentation must be applied (20px)
FR-005: Error Handling
- Priority: Medium
- Description: Graceful handling of missing resources
- Acceptance Criteria:
- Missing logo file must not break generation process
- "Logo missing" message must be displayed in red when logo unavailable
- PDF generation must continue despite missing assets
- User must receive appropriate error messages
TR-001: Platform Compatibility
- Must run on Windows operating systems
- Require .NET 9.0 runtime
- Support both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures
TR-002: Dependencies
- iTextSharp 5.5.13.4 for PDF generation
- Standard .NET libraries for file operations
- No external service dependencies
TR-003: File System Requirements
- Write permissions in application directory
- Ability to check file existence
- Support for incremental file naming
- Response Time: PDF generation must complete within 5 seconds for standard content
- Throughput: Support generation of up to 100 documents per hour
- Memory Usage: Maximum 50MB RAM during execution
- Startup Time: Application launch within 2 seconds
- Availability: 99.9% successful execution rate
- Error Recovery: Graceful handling of file system errors
- Data Integrity: Generated PDFs must be valid and readable
- Consistency: Identical input must produce identical output
- Learning Curve: Zero training required for basic operation
- User Interface: Console-based with clear status messages
- Feedback: Immediate confirmation of successful generation
- Documentation: Self-explanatory operation
- File Access: Operate within user's file permissions
- Data Protection: No sensitive data storage or transmission
- Local Execution: No network communication required
┌─────────────────┐ ┌──────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐
│ Console App │────│ PDF Generator │────│ File System │
│ (Program.cs) │ │ (iTextSharp) │ │ (Output) │
└─────────────────┘ └──────────────────┘ └─────────────────┘
│ │ │
│ │ │
┌────▼────┐ ┌───▼────┐ ┌────▼────┐
│ Content │ │ Header │ │ Version │
│ Manager │ │ Footer │ │ Control │
└─────────┘ │ Events │ └─────────┘
└────────┘
- Main Application: Entry point and orchestration
- PDF Generator: Document creation and formatting
- Header/Footer Handler: Branding and page decoration
- File Manager: Versioning and conflict resolution
- Content Processor: Text chunking and pagination
- Application starts → Load configuration
- Prepare content → Process into chunks
- Initialize PDF document → Apply page settings
- Generate pages → Apply headers/footers
- Save to file system → Handle versioning
- Provide user feedback → Complete execution
- Startup Message: Clear application identification
- Progress Indicators: Status during PDF generation
- Success Confirmation: File path and completion message
- Error Messages: Descriptive failure notifications
- Exit Behavior: Clean termination with status code
GitHubFetch PDF Generator v1.0
Generating PDF report...
PDF erstellt: Bericht3.pdf
Process completed successfully.
- Unit Testing: Individual component validation
- Integration Testing: End-to-end workflow verification
- Performance Testing: Load and stress testing
- Compatibility Testing: Multiple Windows versions
- Error Testing: Edge cases and failure scenarios
- All unit tests must pass (100% success rate)
- Performance benchmarks must be met
- Generated PDFs must pass validation checks
- Error handling must be comprehensive
- .NET 9.0 Runtime installation
- Windows operating system (Windows 10 or later)
- File system write permissions
- Minimum 100MB available disk space
- No external configuration files required
- Hard-coded company information (topfact AG)
- Logo file must be placed in application directory
- Default output directory is application directory
- Regular .NET runtime updates
- Logo file management
- Output directory cleanup (optional)
- Performance monitoring (optional)
- Configuration Files: External settings for company information
- Template System: Multiple document templates
- Content Sources: Database or API integration
- Batch Processing: Multiple document generation
- GUI Interface: Windows Forms or WPF frontend
- Multi-threading: Parallel document generation
- Service Architecture: Web API for remote generation
- Cloud Integration: Azure/AWS deployment options
- Enterprise Features: User management and audit trails
- Dependency Updates: iTextSharp library compatibility
- Platform Changes: .NET framework evolution
- File System Issues: Permission and disk space problems
- Memory Management: Large document handling
- Regular dependency updates and testing
- Comprehensive error handling implementation
- Resource monitoring and cleanup
- Performance optimization and testing
- User Adoption: Training and change management
- Maintenance Overhead: Long-term support requirements
- Scalability Limits: Growing usage demands
- Integration Needs: Connection to existing systems
- ✅ Application generates valid PDF files
- ✅ Company branding is correctly applied
- ✅ File versioning prevents overwrites
- ✅ Content is properly formatted and paginated
- ✅ Error handling works for all edge cases
- ✅ Performance requirements are met
- ✅ Documentation is complete
- ✅ Testing suite passes all scenarios
- Technical Lead: Architecture and implementation approval
- Business Owner: Functional requirements validation
- Quality Assurance: Testing completion and approval
- Operations: Deployment and maintenance readiness
Document Version: 1.0
Last Updated: October 13, 2025
Document Owner: Valera Maryniuk
Reviewers: Development Team, Business Stakeholders
Status: Draft for Review