EVO HTML to PDF Converter allows you add HTML in header and footer. The HTML you add in header and footer as EvoPdfClientHtmlToPdfVariableElement objects can contain the &p; place holder for current PDF page number and the &P; place holder for the total number of pages of the PDF document.
Code Sample - Add Page Numbering in HTML
C#
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Threading.Tasks; using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc; using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http; using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting; // Use EVO PDF Namespace using EvoPdfClient; namespace EvoHtmlToPdfDemo.Controllers.HTML_to_PDF.Headers_and_Footers { public class Page_Numbers_in_HTMLController : Controller { [HttpPost] public ActionResult ConvertHtmlToPdf(IFormCollection collection) { // Get the server options string serverIP = collection["textBoxServerIP"]; uint serverPort = uint.Parse(collection["textBoxServerPort"]); string servicePassword = collection["textBoxServicePassword"]; bool useServicePassword = servicePassword.Length > 0; bool useTcpService = collection["ServerType"] == "radioButtonUseTcpService"; string webServiceUrl = collection["textBoxWebServiceUrl"]; // Create the HTML to PDF converter object HtmlToPdfConverter htmlToPdfConverter = null; if (useTcpService) htmlToPdfConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(serverIP, serverPort); else htmlToPdfConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(true, webServiceUrl); // Set optional service password if (useServicePassword) htmlToPdfConverter.ServicePassword = servicePassword; // Set license key received after purchase to use the converter in licensed mode // Leave it not set to use the converter in demo mode htmlToPdfConverter.LicenseKey = "4W9+bn19bn5ue2B+bn1/YH98YHd3d3c="; // Set an adddional delay in seconds to wait for JavaScript or AJAX calls after page load completed // Set this property to 0 if you don't need to wait for such asynchcronous operations to finish htmlToPdfConverter.ConversionDelay = 2; // Enable footer in the generated PDF document htmlToPdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.ShowFooter = true; // Optionally add a space between footer and the page body // Leave this option not set for no spacing htmlToPdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.BottomSpacing = float.Parse(collection["footerSpacingTextBox"]); // Set the footer height in points htmlToPdfConverter.PdfFooterOptions.FooterHeight = 50; // ----- Add HTML with Page Numbering to Footer ----- // Create a variable HTML element with page numbering string htmlStringWithPageNumbers = collection["htmlWithPageNumbersTextBox"]; string baseUrl = collection["baseUrlTextBox"]; HtmlToPdfVariableElement footerHtmlWithPageNumbers = new HtmlToPdfVariableElement(htmlStringWithPageNumbers, baseUrl); // Set the HTML element to fit the container height footerHtmlWithPageNumbers.FitHeight = true; // Add variable HTML element with page numbering to footer htmlToPdfConverter.PdfFooterOptions.AddElement(footerHtmlWithPageNumbers); // Optionally draw a line at the top of the footer if (collection["drawFooterLineCheckBox"].Count > 0) { // Calculate the footer width based on PDF page size and margins float footerWidth = htmlToPdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.PdfPageSize.Width - htmlToPdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.LeftMargin - htmlToPdfConverter.PdfDocumentOptions.RightMargin; // Create a line element for the top of the footer LineElement footerLine = new LineElement(0, 0, footerWidth, 0); // Set line color footerLine.ForeColor = RgbColor.Gray; // Add line element to the bottom of the footer htmlToPdfConverter.PdfFooterOptions.AddElement(footerLine); } // Convert the HTML page to a PDF document in a memory buffer byte[] outPdfBuffer = htmlToPdfConverter.ConvertUrl(collection["urlTextBox"]); // Send the PDF file to browser FileResult fileResult = new FileContentResult(outPdfBuffer, "application/pdf"); fileResult.FileDownloadName = "Page_Numbers_in_HTML.pdf"; return fileResult; } } }
HTML with Page Numbering Place Holders to Use in HtmlToPdfVariable Element
XML
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Add Page Numbering in HTML</title> </head> <body style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px"> <table style="width: 100%"> <tr> <td style="font-weight: bold; color: navy">HTML with Page Numbering</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="http://www.evopdf.com"> <img alt="Logo Image" style="width: 200px" src="img/logo.jpg" /></a></td> <td rowspan="2" style="width: 5px"></td> </tr> <tr> <!-- Add Page Numbering in HTML using &p; and &P --> <td style="width: 90%">Page <span style="color: navy; font-weight: bold">&p;</span> of <span style="font-size: 16px; color: green; font-weight: bold">&P;</span> pages </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>