Document.ImportNode() messes up footer formatting

Aspose.Words Product Family
1

Hi -
I have the following code used to merge several Word documents into one:

public static byte[] ConvertMultipleDocs2SingleDoc(params Stream[] wordDocStreams)
{
    byte[] result = null;
    SaveFormat saveFormat = SaveFormat.Doc;
    try
    {
        if (wordDocStreams != null && wordDocStreams.Length > 0)
        {
            License lic = new License();
            lic.SetLicense("TestEnvironmentAsposeWords.Aspose.Words.lic");
            DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder();
            builder.Document.Sections.Clear();
            foreach (Stream stream in wordDocStreams)
            {
                Document document = new Document(stream);
                document.FirstSection.PageSetup.SectionStart = SectionStart.NewPage;
                foreach (Section section in document)
                {
                    section.PageSetup.SectionStart = SectionStart.NewPage;
                    section.HeadersFooters.LinkToPrevious(false);
                    Section newSection = (Section)builder.Document.ImportNode(section, true, ImportFormatMode.KeepSourceFormatting);
                    builder.Document.Sections.Add(newSection);
                }
            }
            using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
            {
                SaveOptions so = SaveOptions.CreateSaveOptions(saveFormat);
                so.PrettyFormat = true;
                builder.Document.Save(ms, so);
                result = ms.ToArray();
            }
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        throw new ApplicationException("Error concatenating multiple documents to a single Word file!", ex);
    }
    return result;
}

The footer of the original document before the merge looks like this:
(see attachment: Aspose footer error INPUT.png)
But the output looks like this:
(see attachment: Aspose footer error OUTPUT.png)
Any ideas what might have happened?

2

Hi Anton,

Thanks for your query. It would be great if you please share your documents for investigation purposes.

3

Thanks Tahir!
I’ve attached my sample document and edited my code a bit so it’d be easier for you to troubleshoot.

4

Hi Anton,

Thanks for sharing the code and document. I have tested the scenario and have not found any issue with output document while using latest version ofAspose.Words for .NET. Please use the latest version of Aspose.Words for .NET. I have used ConvertMultipleDocs2SingleDoc method as shown below. Please find the output document in attachment.

Stream stream = File.OpenRead(MyDir + "SampleFile.doc");
Stream stream2 = File.OpenRead(MyDir + "in.docx");
Stream[] array = { stream, stream2 };
byte[] b = ConvertMultipleDocs2SingleDoc(array);

Please let us know if you have any more queries.