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PdfMetamorphosisHeadersFootersFromFile(String, PdfMetamorphosisHeadersFootersInputFormat) Method

Set header/footer from any DOCX, DOC, RTF, HTML or Text file.

Namespace: SautinSoft
Assembly: PdfMetamorphosis (in PdfMetamorphosis.dll) Version: 2024.5.27
Syntax
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public void FromFile(
	string path,
	PdfMetamorphosisHeadersFootersInputFormat inputFormat
)

Parameters

path  String
Path to local file.
inputFormat  PdfMetamorphosisHeadersFootersInputFormat
Allows you to specify the input format for header and footer.
Remarks
We don't recommend to use it for complex HTML documents as header or footer. The best is using simple HTML table with text and images as header/footer.

Example
How to add page header and footer using C#.
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using System.IO;

namespace Sample
{

    class Test
    {

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Activate your license here
            // SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis.SetLicense("1234567890");

            //How to add page header and footer
            SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis p = new SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis();

            //Let's add page header in HTML format
            string headerInHtml = "<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse\"><tr><td style=\"border: 1pt solid black\" ></td><td width=\"50%\" align=\"center\" style=\"border: 1pt solid black\">You are welcome!</td></tr></table>";
            p.PageSettings.Header.FromString(headerInHtml, SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis.HeadersFooters.InputFormat.Html);

            string footerInRtf = @"{\rtf1\i Italic footer }";
            p.PageSettings.Footer.FromString(footerInRtf, SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis.HeadersFooters.InputFormat.Rtf);

            if (p != null)
            {
                string inputFile = @"..\..\..\example.htm";
                string outputFile = Path.ChangeExtension(inputFile, ".pdf");

                int result = p.HtmlToPdfConvertFile(inputFile, outputFile);

                if (result == 0)
                {
                    System.Console.WriteLine("Converted successfully!");
                    System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(outputFile) { UseShellExecute = true });
                }
                else
                {
                    System.Console.WriteLine("Converting Error!");
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
How to add page header and footer using VB.Net.
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Module sample

    Sub Main()

        'How to add page header and footer
                ' Activate your license here
                ' SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis.SetLicense("1234567890")

        Dim p As New SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis()

        'Let's add page header in HTML format
        Dim headerInHtml As String = "<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse\"><tr><td style=\"border: 1pt solid black\" ></td><td width=\"50%\" align=\"center\" style=\"border: 1pt solid black\">You are welcome!</td></tr></table>"
        p.PageSettings.Header.FromString(headerInHtml, SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis.HeadersFooters.InputFormat.Html)

        Dim footerInRtf As String = "{\rtf1\i Italic Footer}"
        p.PageSettings.Footer.FromString(footerInRtf, SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis.HeadersFooters.InputFormat.Rtf)

        If p IsNot Nothing Then
            Dim inputFile As String = "..\..\..\example.htm"
            Dim outputFile As String = "..\..\..\test.pdf"

            Dim result As Integer = p.HtmlToPdfConvertFile(inputFile, outputFile)

            If result = 0 Then
                System.Console.WriteLine("Converted successfully!")
                System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(outputFile) With {.UseShellExecute = True})
            Else
                System.Console.WriteLine("Converting Error!")
            End If
        End If
    End Sub
End Module
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