PDF Processing

[Naveen]

I am trying to create a PDF document and i want to setup a header and a footer, this should be the same for all the page. and then i want to insert data from stored procedure into this pdf file and format it. i have attached a template along with this. It will be very helpful if you can give me some suggestions.

[Naveen]

I am using asp.net (VB.Net) to develop this application that i am working on and i want to generate PDF's from the output of the stored procedure,.

[Martin]

Hello Naveen,

You can achieve this by drawing the headers and footers with FixedContentEditor instances for each page after all pages are created.

public static RadFixedDocument CreateDocumentWithHeadersAndFooters()
{
    RadFixedDocument document = new RadFixedDocument();
    using (RadFixedDocumentEditor documentEditor = new RadFixedDocumentEditor(document))
    {
        GenerateDocumentContentWithoutHeadersAndFooters(documentEditor);
    }

    int numberOfPages = document.Pages.Count;

    for (int pageIndex = 0; pageIndex < numberOfPages; pageIndex++)
    {
        int pageNumber = pageIndex + 1;
        FixedContentEditor pageEditor = new FixedContentEditor(document.Pages[pageIndex]);
        DrawHeaderAndFooter(pageEditor, pageNumber, numberOfPages);
    }

    return document;
}

We have a feature request to provide an API for easily drawing such content: Implement headers and footers in RadFixedDocumentEditor, which you can subscribe to by clicking the Follow button and vote for its implementation to increase the priority of the task.

Hope this is helpful.

Regards,
Martin
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[Gary]

Using the fixed content editor effectively removes fillable form data and signatures. Is there another way to avoid this issue for fillable forms?

[Martin]

Hi Gary,

Removing the signatures after editing a signed document is the expected behavior and I am afraid the only option is to sign it again after you finish the editing.

As for removing fillable form data, it is not expected and I have had no success with reproducing it on my side. Could I ask you to send us a sample project or detailed steps of how this behavior can be reproducible?

[Naveen]

Hi Martin,

That was very helpful.

[Zorica]

Any code for DrawHeaderAndFooter?

[Dimitar]

Hello Zorica,

In this method, you can use the API of the FixedContentEditor to draw various elements on the page. An example of this is available in our SDK repository as well: document-processing-sdk/PdfProcessing/DrawHeaderFooter at master · telerik/document-processing-sdk

I hope this helps. Should you have any other questions do not hesitate to ask.

Regards,
Dimitar
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