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PdfMetamorphosisHeadersFootersFromString Method

Set header/footer from any RTF, HTML or Text string. DOCX and DOC can't be loaded from the string object. For DOCX and DOC format use FromStream(Stream, PdfMetamorphosisHeadersFootersInputFormat).

Namespace: SautinSoft
Assembly: PdfMetamorphosis (in PdfMetamorphosis.dll) Version: 2024.12.19
Syntax
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public void FromString(
	string str,
	PdfMetamorphosisHeadersFootersInputFormat inputFormat
)

Parameters

str  String
String of 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.
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using System.IO;

namespace Sample
{

    class Test
    {

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Before starting, we recommend to get a free 100-day key:
            // https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/

            // Apply the key here:
            // SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis.SetLicense("...");

            //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.
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Imports System.IO

Module sample

    Sub Main()

        'How to add page header and footer
        ' Before starting, we recommend to get a free 100-day key:
        ' https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/

        ' Apply the key here:
        ' SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis.SetLicense("...");

        Dim p As SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis = New SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis()
        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 = Path.ChangeExtension(inputFile, ".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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