Manage Header and Footer

Add Header in a PDF File

PdfFileStamp class allows you to add header in a PDF file. In order to add header, you first need to create object of PdfFileStamp class. You can format the header text using FormattedText class. Once you’re ready to add header in the file, you need to call AddHeader method of PdfFileStamp class. You also need to specify at least the top margin in the AddHeader method. Finally, save the output PDF file using Close method of PdfFileStamp class. The following code snippet shows you how to add header in a PDF file.

// For complete examples and data files, visit https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET
private static void AddHeader()
{
    // The path to the documents directory
    var dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_AsposePdf_Images();

    // Create PdfFileStamp object
    using (var fileStamp = new Aspose.Pdf.Facades.PdfFileStamp())
    {
        // Bind PDF document
        fileStamp.BindPdf(dataDir + "sample.pdf");

        // Create formatted text for the header
        var formattedText = new Aspose.Pdf.Facades.FormattedText(
            "Aspose - Your File Format Experts!",
            System.Drawing.Color.Yellow,
            System.Drawing.Color.Black,
            Aspose.Pdf.Facades.FontStyle.Courier,
            Aspose.Pdf.Facades.EncodingType.Winansi,
            false,
            14);

        // Add header
        fileStamp.AddHeader(formattedText, 10);

        // Save PDF document
        fileStamp.Save(dataDir + "AddHeader_out.pdf");
    }
}

PdfFileStamp class allows you to add footer in a PDF file. In order to add footer, you first need to create object of PdfFileStamp class. You can format the footer text using FormattedText class. Once you’re ready to add footer in the file, you need to call AddFooter method of PdfFileStamp class. You also need to specify at least the bottom margin in the AddFooter method. Finally, save the output PDF file using Close method of PdfFileStamp class. The following code snippet shows you how to add footer in a PDF file.

// For complete examples and data files, visit https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET
private static void AddFooter()
{
    // The path to the documents directory
    var dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_AsposePdf_Images();

    // Create PdfFileStamp object
    using (var fileStamp = new Aspose.Pdf.Facades.PdfFileStamp())
    {
        // Bind PDF document
        fileStamp.BindPdf(dataDir + "sample.pdf");

        // Create formatted text for the footer
        var formattedText = new Aspose.Pdf.Facades.FormattedText(
            "Aspose - Your File Format Experts!",
            System.Drawing.Color.Blue,
            System.Drawing.Color.Gray,
            Aspose.Pdf.Facades.FontStyle.Courier,
            Aspose.Pdf.Facades.EncodingType.Winansi,
            false,
            14);

        // Add footer
        fileStamp.AddFooter(formattedText, 10);

        // Save PDF document
        fileStamp.Save(dataDir + "AddFooter_out.pdf");
    }
}

Add Image in Header of an Existing PDF File

PdfFileStamp class allows you to add image in the header of a PDF file. In order to add image in header, you first need to create object of PdfFileStamp class. After that, you need to call AddHeader method of PdfFileStamp class. You can pass the image to the AddHeader method. Finally, save the output PDF file using Close method of PdfFileStamp class. The following code snippet shows you how to add image in header of PDF file.

// For complete examples and data files, visit https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET
private static void AddImageHeader()
{
    // The path to the documents directory
    var dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_AsposePdf_Images();

    // Create PdfFileStamp object
    using (var fileStamp = new Aspose.Pdf.Facades.PdfFileStamp())
    {
        // Bind PDF document
        fileStamp.BindPdf(dataDir + "sample.pdf");

        // Add Header
        using (var fs = new FileStream(dataDir + "ImageHeader.png", FileMode.Open))
        {
            fileStamp.AddHeader(fs, 10);  // Add image header with position offset

            // Save PDF document
            fileStamp.Save(dataDir + "AddImageHeader_out.pdf");
        }
    }
}

PdfFileStamp class allows you to add image in the footer of a PDF file. In order to add image in footer, you first need to create object of PdfFileStamp class. After that, you need to call AddFooter method of PdfFileStamp class. You can pass the image to the AddFooter method. Finally, save the output PDF file using Close method of PdfFileStamp class. The following code snippet shows you how to add image in the footer of PDF file.

// For complete examples and data files, visit https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET
private static void AddImageFooter()
{
    // The path to the documents directory
    var dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_AsposePdf_Images();

    // Create PdfFileStamp object
    using (var fileStamp = new Aspose.Pdf.Facades.PdfFileStamp())
    {
        // Bind PDF document
        fileStamp.BindPdf(dataDir + "sample.pdf");

        // Add footer
        using (var fs = new FileStream(dataDir + "ImageFooter.png", FileMode.Open))
        {
            fileStamp.AddFooter(fs, 10);  // Add image footer with position offset

            // Save PDF document
            fileStamp.Save(dataDir + "AddImageFooter_out.pdf");
        }
    }
}
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