How to add page number in C# generated PDF. Format "Page 1of n"

Kshitij Bali

In my C# code which publishes certain data into PDF, I am looking for a way to put page number in the footer (left, center or right indexed) in the format "Page 1 of n", n being the total number of pages.

Below is my code.

using (SaveFileDialog sfd = new SaveFileDialog() { Filter = "PDF file|*.pdf", ValidateNames = true })
{
if (sfd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
iTextSharp.text.Document doc = new iTextSharp.text.Document(PageSize.A4.Rotate(), 50f, 50f, 50f, 50f);
{
try
{
//Main pdf publishing code follows
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Error! try again.", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
finally
{
doc.Close();
}
}
}
}

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Kip Hackman5y ago
You can use LEADTOOLS Document SDK technology in your application.
https://www.leadtools.com/sdk/products/document
You can leverage the AnnBatesStamp class to add page number texts to each page in a PDF file.
Here is some sample code:
using (RasterCodecs _codecs = new RasterCodecs())
{
    CodecsImageInfo _info = _codecs.GetInformation(_pdfString, true);
    for (int i = 1; i <= _info.TotalPages; i++)
    {
        using (RasterImage _image = _codecs.Load(_pdfString, i))
        {
            // Set the rendering engine
            AnnBatesStampComposer.RenderingEngine = new AnnWinFormsRenderingEngine();

            // Create AnnBatesStampComposer instance and add the created Bates stamp to it
            AnnBatesStampComposer batesStampComposer = new AnnBatesStampComposer();

            //Create Bates stamp container, set its size and mapper and attach it to the composer
            AnnContainer batesStampContainer = new AnnContainer();

            batesStampContainer.Mapper.MapResolutions(_image.XResolution, _image.YResolution, _image.XResolution, _image.YResolution);
            batesStampContainer.Size = batesStampContainer.Mapper.SizeToContainerCoordinates(LeadSizeD.Create(_image.Width, _image.Height));

            //Create AnnBatesStamp and set its properties
            AnnBatesStamp batesStamp = new AnnBatesStamp();
            batesStamp.Font = new AnnFont("Arial", 12);
            batesStamp.Foreground = AnnSolidColorBrush.Create("Black");
            batesStamp.HorizontalAlignment = AnnHorizontalAlignment.Right;
            batesStamp.VerticalAlignment = AnnVerticalAlignment.Bottom;
            batesStamp.Logo.Angle = 0;
            batesStamp.Logo.Font = new AnnFont("Arial", 14);
            batesStamp.Logo.Opacity = 1;
            batesStamp.Logo.StretchLogo = true;
            batesStamp.Logo.Text = $"Page {i} of {_info.TotalPages}";

            batesStampComposer.Stamps.Add(batesStamp);

            //Apply Bates Stamp to our container
            batesStampComposer.TargetContainers.Add(batesStampContainer);

            RasterImage _burnedImage = AnnBatesStampComposer.RenderingEngine.RenderOnImage(batesStampContainer, _image);

            _codecs.Save(_burnedImage, outFile, RasterImageFormat.RasPdf, 24, 1, -1, 1, CodecsSavePageMode.Append);
        }
    }
}
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alice yang6y ago
Refer the below link:
https://www.e-iceblue.com/Tutorials/Spire.PDF/Spire.PDF-Program-Guide/Page-Setting/How-to-Add-Page-Numbers-to-Existing-PDF-Document-in-C.html
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Rajanikant Hawaldar6y ago
Duplicate: Hello Kshitij Bali, refer below link
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/forums/page-number-in-c-sharp-and-itextsharp
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Jignesh Kumar6y ago
Hi,

Please use below links which will help you,
http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/664568/adding-page-number-into-pdf-using-csharp
http://www.aspsnippets.com/Articles/iTextSharp-Add-Page-numbers-to-existing-PDF-using-C-and-VBNet.aspx
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