How to change the page footer to the custom footer in PDF using C# and .NET


Complete code

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections;

namespace Sample
{
    class Test
    {

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

            // How to change the page footer to the custom footer
            SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis p = new SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis();

            if (p != null)
            {                
                string inputFile = @"..\..\..\example.rtf";
                string originalPdf = @"..\..\..\Original.pdf";
                string customPdf = @"..\..\..\CustomFooter.pdf";

                // Let's convert RTF which has an own page footer to PDF
                if (p.RtfToPdfConvertFile(inputFile, originalPdf)==0)
                {
					System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(originalPdf) { UseShellExecute = true });
                }

                // Let's change the footer to custom
                string footerInHtml = "<table width=\"100%\" border=\"1\"><tr><td width=\"50%\"></td><td>This is new custom footer!</td></tr></table>";
                p.PageSettings.Footer.FromString(footerInHtml, SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis.HeadersFooters.InputFormat.Html);

                // Let's convert RTF to PDF and change the footer to the custom
                if (p.RtfToPdfConvertFile(inputFile, customPdf) == 0)
                {
					System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(customPdf) { UseShellExecute = true });
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

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Module sample

    Sub Main()

        'How to change the page footer to the custom footer
				' Activate your license here
				' SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis.SetLicense("1234567890")

        Dim p As New SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis()

        If p IsNot Nothing Then
            Dim inputFile As String = "..\..\..\example.rtf"
            Dim originalPdf As String = "..\..\..\Original.pdf"
            Dim customPdf As String = "..\..\..\CustomFooter.pdf"

            'Let's convert RTF which has a page footer to PDF
            If p.RtfToPdfConvertFile(inputFile, originalPdf) = 0 Then
                System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(originalPdf) With {.UseShellExecute = True})
            End If

            'Let's change footer to the custom
            Dim footerInHtml As String = "<table width=""100%"" border=""1""><tr><td width=""50%""></td><td>This is new custom footer!</td></tr></table>"
            p.PageSettings.Footer.FromString(footerInHtml, SautinSoft.PdfMetamorphosis.HeadersFooters.InputFormat.Html)

            'Let's convert RTF which has a page footer to PDF
            If p.RtfToPdfConvertFile(inputFile, customPdf) = 0 Then
                System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(customPdf) With {.UseShellExecute = True})
            End If
        End If
    End Sub
End Module

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