Load only Word content and add to a new template

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1

Hello,
I have the need to migrate many word documents into a new format.
So my idea is:
- setup a new document word with new header, footer.
- create a program that load each old word document (content only, no header, no footer!)
- for each document load the new template word, insert the content and save to a new document.

Is that possible and do anyone have a sample for me?
I seek the documentation but only find part where I can add word to another.

Thanks in advance.
Yves

2

Hi Yves,

Thanks for your inquiry. The code should be very simple like this:

Document docOld = new Document(MyDir + @"old.docx");
Document docNew = (Document)docOld.Clone(true);
foreach (Section sec in docNew)
{
    sec.ClearHeadersFooters();
    // here you can set new header/footer per section
}
docNew.Save(MyDir + @"new.docx");

Also, please check following article for adding new headers/footers in new document:

How to Create Headers Footers using DocumentBuilder

Hope, this help.

Best regards,

3

Hello,
thank you for the example.
Is it somehow possible then to load the header and footer from another document into memory so I can place them in the foreach part?

Best regards,Yves

4

Hi Yves,

Thanks for your inquiry. You can copy all headers/footers from one document to another using the following code:

// Open A document
Document docA = new Document(MyDir + "a.docx");
DocumentBuilder builderA = new DocumentBuilder(docA);
// Open B document
Document docB = new Document(MyDir + "b.docx");
// Loop through all sections in the B document
foreach (Section sectB in docB.Sections)
{
    Section sectA = null;
    int sectBIndex = docB.Sections.IndexOf(sectB);
    // Check whether document A conteins section with same index
    if (docA.Sections.Count > sectBIndex)
    {
        // Get correcponding section
        sectA = docA.Sections[sectBIndex];
    }
    else
    {
        // Insert empty section
        builderA.MoveToDocumentEnd();
        builderA.InsertBreak(BreakType.SectionBreakContinuous);
        sectA = builderA.CurrentSection;
    }
    // Loop throught all Headers/Footers in the B document
    foreach (HeaderFooter hfB in sectB.HeadersFooters)
    {
        // Check whether current section from docA conteins
        // Header/Footer with the same type as h/f from docB
        if (sectA.HeadersFooters[hfB.HeaderFooterType] != null)
        {
            // Append content from h/f B to h/f A
            foreach (Node childB in hfB.ChildNodes)
            {
                // Import node
                Node childA = docA.ImportNode(childB, true, ImportFormatMode.KeepSourceFormatting);
                // Appent node to h/f
                sectA.HeadersFooters[hfB.HeaderFooterType].AppendChild(childA);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            // Copy whole h/f
            Node hfA = docA.ImportNode(hfB, true, ImportFormatMode.KeepSourceFormatting);
            // Insert h/f
            sectA.HeadersFooters.Add(hfA);
        }
    }
}
// Save output document
docA.Save(MyDir + "out.docx");

Hope, this helps.

Best regards,

5

Hello,

I tried your code and it works so far, but only for the first page header and footer.

I have documents where
- first header and footer differs from the following header/footers
- header and footer differs on even and odd pages

How can I replace those headers- and footers, too?

EDIT: I found out that my template just need the different header- / footer options as well.

6

Hi Yves,

Thanks for your inquiry. Please check PageSetup.DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter and PageSetup.OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter properties. Hope, this helps.

Best regards,