how to generate a PDF with dynamic header and footer

Question

i need to create a PDF report doc and add to it a header with an image and add a footer with text and a page number on each page, can you recommend me the best library to do that?

Answer 1

Hi ,

For generating PDFs with dynamic headers and footers in a Web Forms application, you can use a library that provides PDF generation capabilities. One popular and widely used library in the .NET ecosystem is iTextSharp.

Install-Package itext7

using System;
using System.IO;
using iText.Kernel.Pdf;
using iText.Layout;
using iText.Layout.Element;
using iText.Layout.Properties;

public class PdfGenerator
{
    public static void GeneratePdf(string filePath)
    {
        using (var pdfWriter = new PdfWriter(filePath))
        {
            using (var pdf = new PdfDocument(pdfWriter))
            {
                var document = new Document(pdf);

                // Add header
                AddHeader(document);

                // Add content
                AddContent(document);

                // Add footer
                AddFooter(document);
            }
        }
    }

    private static void AddHeader(Document document)
    {
        // Add header content, e.g., an image
        // Replace "path/to/header/image.png" with the actual path to your image
        var header = new Paragraph().Add(new Image(ImageDataFactory.Create("image.png")));
        document.Add(header);
    }

    private static void AddContent(Document document)
    {
        // Add your document content here
        var content = new Paragraph("Main Content.");
        document.Add(content);
    }

    private static void AddFooter(Document document)
    {
        // Add footer content, including page number
        var footer = new Paragraph()
            .Add("Page ")
            .Add(new PageNumber())
            .Add(" of ")
            .Add(new PageCount());
        document.Add(footer);
    }
}

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