How to return PDF to browser in MVC?

Return a FileContentResult. The last line in your controller action would be something like:

return File("Chap0101.pdf", "application/pdf");

If you are generating this PDF dynamically, it may be better to use a MemoryStream, and create the document in memory instead of saving to file. The code would be something like:

Document document = new Document();

MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();

try
{
    PdfWriter pdfWriter = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, stream);
    pdfWriter.CloseStream = false;

    document.Open();
    document.Add(new Paragraph("Hello World"));
}
catch (DocumentException de)
{
    Console.Error.WriteLine(de.Message);
}
catch (IOException ioe)
{
    Console.Error.WriteLine(ioe.Message);
}

document.Close();

stream.Flush(); //Always catches me out
stream.Position = 0; //Not sure if this is required

return File(stream, "application/pdf", "DownloadName.pdf");

You must specify :

Response.AppendHeader("content-disposition", "inline; filename=file.pdf");
return new FileStreamResult(stream, "application/pdf")

For the file to be opened directly in the browser instead of being downloaded

I got it working with this code.

using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;

public FileStreamResult pdf()
{
    MemoryStream workStream = new MemoryStream();
    Document document = new Document();
    PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, workStream).CloseStream = false;

    document.Open();
    document.Add(new Paragraph("Hello World"));
    document.Add(new Paragraph(DateTime.Now.ToString()));
    document.Close();

    byte[] byteInfo = workStream.ToArray();
    workStream.Write(byteInfo, 0, byteInfo.Length);
    workStream.Position = 0;

    return new FileStreamResult(workStream, "application/pdf");    
}