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2015-12-24

How to add header and footer to PDF page

Introduction


Very often, when you generate company specific PDF documents, you have to repeatedly add blocks of information containing logos or security notices to each page, thus adding footer or header, or maybe both.

If you use the Flow layout API provided by Apitron PDF Kit for .NET PDF library for PDF generation, you can add headers and footers to each page automatically and in this article we’ll create a small app demonstrating it.

The code


We’ll add a logo and a block of text to the page header, and page number to the footer.

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        // register doc's resources first
        ResourceManager resourceManager = new ResourceManager();
        resourceManager.RegisterResource(
        new Apitron.PDF.Kit.FixedLayout.Resources.XObjects.Image ("logo",
            "../../data/logo.png"));

        // create document
        FlowDocument doc = new FlowDocument(){Margin = new Thickness(10)};

        // register styles
        doc.StyleManager.RegisterStyle(".pageHeader",new Style()
            {Font = new Font(StandardFonts.TimesBold, 20)});
        doc.StyleManager.RegisterStyle(".pageFooter",new Style(){Align = Align.Right});
        doc.StyleManager.RegisterStyle("hr",new Style(){Height = 2,
            Margin = new Thickness(0,5,0,5)});
        doc.StyleManager.RegisterStyle(".content",new Style(){Align = Align.Justify,
            Display = Display.InlineBlock});
           
        // fill the header section
        doc.PageHeader.Class = "pageHeader";
        doc.PageHeader.Add(new Image("logo"){Width = 100, Height = 50});
        doc.PageHeader.Add(new TextBlock("This document is intended for internal use
            only"){TextIndent = 20});
        doc.PageHeader.Add(new Hr());
           
        // fill the footer section
        doc.PageFooter.Class = "pageFooter";
        doc.PageFooter.Add(new Hr());
        doc.PageFooter.Add(new TextBlock((ctx)=>string.Format("Page {0}
            from ",ctx.CurrentPage+1)));
        doc.PageFooter.Add(new PageCount(3){Display = Display.Inline});

        // add pages
        for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i)
        {
            doc.Add(new TextBlock(strings.LoremIpsum) {Class = "content"});
            doc.Add(new PageBreak());
        }           

        // generate PDF
        using (Stream stream = File.Create("out.pdf"))
        {
            doc.Write(stream, resourceManager);
        }
        Process.Start("out.pdf");
    }
}

This code adds two pages with dummy text. Please also note the use of PageCount element in the footer section. It gets combined with page index to generate the “Page N from M” text.

The resulting document looks as follows:

Pic. 1 Resulting PDF document

Pic. 1 Resulting PDF document

Conclusion


Using the Flow layout you can automate insertion of page headers and footers to PDF documents with a few lines of code. The Apitron PDF Kit for .NET is a powerful PDF library offering you many unique features which are unlikely to be found anywhere else. Contact us if you have any questions or browse our GitHub repo to check out the described code sample.

Downloadable version of this article can be found by the following link [PDF].

2015-12-22

How to resize PDF pages and stamp PDF documents

Introduction


Many custom workflows which are in use in small and big companies implement incoming PDF documents processing and stamping for tracking, archiving, and later use. These docs can be of any origin: received by emails, scanned by the personnel from hard copies etc.

Manual processing takes significant amount of time, and in this article we’ll show how to speed up this process by creating an app for automatic PDF page resizing and stamping.

The app


Consider the following simple program:

namespace ResizeAndStampPDF
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            if (args != null && args.Length > 0)
            {
                string destinationPath =
      System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(args[0]) + "_stamped.pdf";

                PageStamper.Stamp(args[0],destinationPath,"FF6173","949124","Approved");

                Process.Start(destinationPath);
            }
        }
    }
}

It uses the PageStamper.Stamp() method to perform the stamping task by passing doc’s attributes. This class uses Apitron PDF Kit .NET component and also demonstrates its Fixed and Flow layout APIs in action (see this blog post to read about the difference between them). See the next section for the details.

PDF Stamping implementation

                         
Class PageStamper listed below transforms the page by expanding it down and adding a stamp onto this area.

/// <summary>
/// Resizes PDF page and adds custom stamp at the bottom.
/// </summary>
static class PageStamper
{
    private const int stampHeight = 36;
    private  const int sectionMargin = 40;

    public static void Stamp(string sourcePath, string destinationPath, string branchNo,
        string incomingNo, string documentStatus)
    {
        // open file
        using (Stream stream = File.Open(sourcePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
        {
            // load pdf document from stream
            using (FixedDocument originalDoc = new FixedDocument(stream))
            {
                int pageNumber = 1;
                // process pages
                foreach (Page page in originalDoc.Pages)
                {
                    // append the required stamp
                    Section stampSection = CreateStampSection(page, branchNo, incomingNo,
                       documentStatus, pageNumber++);
                    // resize the page
                    ResizePage(page);
                    // save state to avoid any problems with possible graphics state change
                    page.Content.SaveGraphicsState();
                    // apply transformations to properly position the stamp
                    ApplyTransformations(page, stampSection);
                    // add section object to the page
                    page.Content.AppendContentElement(stampSection,
                        stampSection.Width.Value, stampSection.Height.Value);
                    // restore the original state
                    page.Content.RestoreGraphicsState();
                }   
                // save changes to PDF
                using (Stream outputStream = File.Create(destinationPath))
                {
                    originalDoc.Save(outputStream);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Resizes PDF page, taking into account its rotation property.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="page"></param>
    private static void ResizePage(Page page)
    {
        Boundary mediaBox = ResizeBoundary(page.Boundary.MediaBox, page.Rotate);
        page.Resize(new PageBoundary(mediaBox));
    }

    private static Section CreateStampSection(Page page, string branchNo, string incomingNo,
        string documentStatus, int pageNumber)
    {
        // create section content element and set its size
        Section stampSection = new Section();
        stampSection.Height = stampHeight;

        if(page.Rotate == PageRotate.Rotate0 || page.Rotate == PageRotate.Rotate180)
        {
            stampSection.Width = page.Boundary.MediaBox.Width - sectionMargin;
        }
        else
        {
            stampSection.Width = page.Boundary.MediaBox.Height - sectionMargin;
        }           

        // create grid element
        Grid grid = new Grid(Length.Auto,Length.Auto,Length.Auto,Length.Auto,Length.Auto);
        grid.Font = new Font(StandardFonts.HelveticaBold, 12);
        grid.Color = RgbColors.Red;
        grid.InnerBorderColor = RgbColors.Red;
        grid.InnerBorder = new Border(1);
        grid.Width = Length.FromPercentage(100);

        // add header row
        grid.Add(new GridRow( new TextBlock("Page #"),
            new TextBlock("Branch #"),
            new TextBlock("Incoming Doc #"),
            new TextBlock("Document Status#"),
            new TextBlock("Date"))
            { Align = Align.Center });

        // add data row
        grid.Add(new GridRow( new TextBlock(pageNumber.ToString()),
            new TextBlock(branchNo),
            new TextBlock(incomingNo),
            new TextBlock(documentStatus),
            new TextBlock(DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy")))
            { Align = Align.Center });

        stampSection.Add(grid);
        return stampSection;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Applies transformations to generated content considering initial page rotation.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="page">The page to transform.</param>
    /// <param name="section">Section used </param>
    private static void ApplyTransformations(Page page, Section section)
    {
        switch (page.Rotate)
        {
            case PageRotate.Rotate90:
            {
                page.Content.SetRotate(Math.PI/2.0f);
                // set current position on page
                page.Content.Translate((page.Boundary.MediaBox.Height 
                    -section.Width.Value)/2.0,
                    -page.Boundary.MediaBox.Right);
                break;
            }  
            case PageRotate.Rotate180:
            {
                page.Content.SetRotate(Math.PI);
                // set current position on page
                page.Content.Translate(
                    -page.Boundary.MediaBox.Width +
                    ((page.Boundary.MediaBox.Width - section.Width.Value)/2.0),
                    -page.Boundary.MediaBox.Height);
                break;
            }
            case PageRotate.Rotate270:
            {
                page.Content.SetRotate(-Math.PI/2.0f);
                // set current position on page
                page.Content.Translate(
                    -page.Boundary.MediaBox.Height +
                    (page.Boundary.MediaBox.Height - section.Width.Value)/2.0,
                    page.Boundary.MediaBox.Left);

                break;
            }
            case PageRotate.Rotate0:
            default:
            {
                // set current position on page
                page.Content.Translate((page.Boundary.MediaBox.Width 
                    - section.Width.Value)/2.0,
                    page.Boundary.MediaBox.Bottom);
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Resizes passed boundary if it's not null, otherwise returns null.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="boundary">Boundary to resize.</param>
    /// <param name="rotation">Page rotation.</param>
    /// <param name="heightDelta">The height delta, defaut is 36.</param>
    /// <returns>New boundary the <paramref name="boundary"/> is not null, otherwise null.
    </returns>
    private static Boundary ResizeBoundary(Boundary boundary, PageRotate rotation,
        double heightDelta = stampHeight)
    {
        if (boundary == null)
        {
            return null;
        }
        switch (rotation)
        {
            case PageRotate.Rotate90:
                return new Boundary(boundary.Left, boundary.Bottom, boundary.Right + 
                    heightDelta,
                    boundary.Top);
            case PageRotate.Rotate180:
                return new Boundary(boundary.Left, boundary.Bottom, boundary.Right,
                    boundary.Top + heightDelta);
            case PageRotate.Rotate270:
                return new Boundary(boundary.Left - heightDelta, boundary.Bottom,
                    boundary.Right + heightDelta, boundary.Top);
            case PageRotate.Rotate0:
            default:
                return new Boundary(boundary.Left, boundary.Bottom - heightDelta,
                    boundary.Right,
                    boundary.Top);
        }
    }
}                     

      
The resulting document, transformed by the code above, looks as follows:

Pic. 1 Transformed PDF document with stamp

Pic. 1 Transformed PDF document with stamp

Conclusion


This sample shows how to combine fixed and flow layout API together and get the best form both. We open the document using Fixed layout API and add a Section content element from Flow layout API after resizing. It helps us to quickly generate the stamp grid, and avoid many manual drawing operations.

The actual resizing magic happens in Page.Resize() method which repositions the content according to its initial state. 

This project is a small demo of what Apitron PDF Kit for .NET can do with PDF and if you’d like to know more, then our free book is at your service. The complete code for this example can be found in our GitHub repo.

Downloadable version of this article can be found by the following link [PDF].