How to copy the HeaderFooter content from one Word document and insert them into first page header footer of another Word document
Syncfusion® Essential® DocIO is a .NET Word library used to create, read, and edit Word documents programmatically without Microsoft Word or Interop dependencies. Using this library, you can copy the HeaderFooter content from one Word document and insert them into first page header footer of another Word document.
Steps to copy the Header Footer content from one Word document and insert them into first page header footer of another Word document programmatically:
- Create a new C# console application project.
- Install the Syncfusion.DocIO.Winforms NuGet package as a reference to your .NET Framework applications from NuGet.org.
- Include the following namespace in the Program.cs file.
C#
using Syncfusion.DocIO;
using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
VB.NET
Imports Syncfusion.DocIO
Imports Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS
- Use the following code example to copy the Header Footer content from one Word document and insert them into first page header footer of another Word document.
//Opens the source document WordDocument sourceDocument = new WordDocument(@"Template.docx"); //Opens the destination document WordDocument destinationDocument = new WordDocument(@"Test.docx"); //Merge Header Footer from one document to another document MergeHeaderFooter(ref sourceDocument, ref destinationDocument); //Saves the destination document destinationDocument.Save("Output.docx", FormatType.Docx); //Closes the document instances sourceDocument.Close(); destinationDocument.Close();
VB.NET
'Opens the source document
Dim sourceDocument As WordDocument = New WordDocument("Template.docx")
'Opens the destination document
Dim destinationDocument As WordDocument = New WordDocument("Test.docx")
'Merge Header Footer from one document to another document
MergeHeaderFooter(sourceDocument, destinationDocument)
'Saves the destination document
destinationDocument.Save("Output.docx", FormatType.Docx)
'Closes the document instances
sourceDocument.Close()
destinationDocument.Close()
- Helper method.
C#
public static void MergeHeaderFooter(ref WordDocument sourceDocument, ref WordDocument destinationDocument)
{
WPageSetup pageSetup = sourceDocument.LastSection.PageSetup;
//Get the child entities of header and footers in first document.
EntityCollection firstDocumentHeader = sourceDocument.LastSection.HeadersFooters.Header.ChildEntities;
EntityCollection firstDocumentFooter = sourceDocument.LastSection.HeadersFooters.Footer.ChildEntities;
foreach (WSection section in destinationDocument.Sections)
{
section.PageSetup.HeaderDistance = pageSetup.HeaderDistance;
section.PageSetup.FooterDistance = pageSetup.FooterDistance;
section.PageSetup.Margins = pageSetup.Margins;
section.HeadersFooters.Header.ChildEntities.Clear();
section.HeadersFooters.Footer.ChildEntities.Clear();
foreach (Entity entity in firstDocumentHeader)
{
section.HeadersFooters.Header.ChildEntities.Add(entity.Clone());
}
foreach (Entity entity in firstDocumentFooter)
{
section.HeadersFooters.Footer.ChildEntities.Add(entity.Clone());
}
}
}
VB.NET
Public Shared Sub MergeHeaderFooter(ByRef sourceDocument As WordDocument, ByRef destinationDocument As WordDocument)
Dim pageSetup As WPageSetup = sourceDocument.LastSection.PageSetup
'Get the child entities of header and footers in first document.
Dim firstDocumentHeader As EntityCollection = sourceDocument.LastSection.HeadersFooters.Header.ChildEntities
Dim firstDocumentFooter As EntityCollection = sourceDocument.LastSection.HeadersFooters.Footer.ChildEntities
For Each section As WSection In destinationDocument.Sections
section.PageSetup.HeaderDistance = pageSetup.HeaderDistance
section.PageSetup.FooterDistance = pageSetup.FooterDistance
section.PageSetup.Margins = pageSetup.Margins
section.HeadersFooters.Header.ChildEntities.Clear()
section.HeadersFooters.Footer.ChildEntities.Clear()
For Each entity As Entity In firstDocumentHeader
section.HeadersFooters.Header.ChildEntities.Add(entity.Clone())
Next
For Each entity As Entity In firstDocumentFooter
section.HeadersFooters.Footer.ChildEntities.Add(entity.Clone())
Next
Next
End Sub
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