Add Header and footer for word programmatically using c#

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Hi, Response.ContentType = 'application/word'; Response.AppendHeader('Content-Disposition', string.Format('attachment; filename={0}_Final_Entry.doc', 'contractoc')); // here I need to add header and footer for word.. Anyone help me

Lorine Appleby · Answer

Ok so if I understood you correctly you want to download your Word document but before you stream it to a client you want to add some custom header and footer. Well the first question is where that document of yours is, does that "contractoc_Final_Entry.doc" file even exist? Second I do not know why 'Jaganathan' thinks you want to save your response as a DOC file, the code that you provided does not indicate that, actually it does not provide much information at all. The only thing it shows is that you are defining the MIME type of the current response, so I can only presume that you want to execute a downloading of a word file. But if 'Jaganathan' is right and you are actually trying to save your page as a word document then I'm afraid you cannot add header and footer to it. You see there is a common workaround in which developers would use a HTML content and save it to a file that has a word document extension. The trick is that most of the Word applications will be able to open this file, but it is not actually a word document at all. So I'm guessing that you are maybe using that workaround and if so note that you actually have a HTML file (with a DOC extension) and these files do not have a page header and page footer concepts. So what you need to do is to convert the HTML content into a Word file in C# and then you will be able to add your header and footer: var document = DocumentModel .Load(htmlStreamContent, LoadOptions .HtmlDefault); var section = document.Sections.First(); section.HeadersFooters[ HeaderFooterType .HeaderDefault].Blocks.Add( new Paragraph (document, "Custom Header Content!" )); section.HeadersFooters[ HeaderFooterType .FooterDefault].Blocks.Add( new Paragraph (document, "Custom Footer Content!" )); I used this C# component for manipulating with Word files because you also have an easy way how you can export a Word document in ASP.NET , with a single line so you can remove the line that you posted and just use this: document.Save(Response, "contractoc_Final_Entry.docx" ); Regards

Jaganathan Bantheswaran · Answer

Hi, within body, This is the Title of the Content Some text

Raja A · Answer

jagan, Can you give sample application..

Jaganathan Bantheswaran · Answer

Raja, You are trying to save the HTTP response as doc file. So whatever there in the response [document] will be saved as doc. If you want to add header or footer, you have to add it on the document/html page.

Raja A · Answer

Thank you for your reply.. But i cannot understand your code.. can u give any example code?..

Ayin Rivera · Answer

oMyDoc.Content.Application.Selection.Sections[1].Footers.Application.Selection.TypeText("Footer Text");

Add Header and footer for word programmatically using c#

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