How to add cover page to an existing PDF document?
Syncfusion Essential PDF is a .NET PDF library used to create, read, and edit PDF documents. Using this library, you can add cover page to an existing PDF document using C# and VB.NET.
Steps to add cover page to an existing PDF programmatically:
- Create a new C# Windows Forms application project.
- Install the Syncfusion.Pdf.WinForms NuGet package as reference to your .NET Framework application from NuGet.org.
- Include the following namespaces in Program.cs file.
C#
using Syncfusion.Pdf; using Syncfusion.Pdf.Graphics; using Syncfusion.Pdf.Parsing; using System.Drawing;
VB.NET
Imports Syncfusion.Pdf Imports Syncfusion.Pdf.Graphics Imports Syncfusion.Pdf.Parsing Imports System.Drawing
- Use the following code snippet to add cover page to an existing PDF document.
C#
//Load the PDF document PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument("Input.pdf"); //Create a new instance of PdfDocument PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument(); //Add a section to PDF document PdfSection section1 = document.Sections.Add(); //Add pages to the section PdfPage coverpage = section1.Pages.Add(); //Create PDF graphics for the page PdfGraphics graphics = coverpage.Graphics; //Set the standard font PdfFont font = new PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 20); //Set the string format with horizontal and vertical alignment PdfStringFormat format = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle); //Add vertical distance between the baselines of adjacent lines of text format.LineSpacing = 2; RectangleF bounds = new RectangleF(PointF.Empty, coverpage.GetClientSize()); //Draw the text graphics.DrawString("Essential PDF provides support to add barcodes to the PDF document.", font, PdfBrushes.Black, bounds, format); PdfSection section2 = document.Sections.Add(); //Add a section to PDF document for (int i = 0; i < loadedDocument.Pages.Count; i++) { //Get loaded page as template PdfTemplate template = loadedDocument.Pages[i].CreateTemplate(); //Create new page PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add(); //Create Pdf graphics for the page PdfGraphics g = page.Graphics; //Draw template with the size as loaded page size g.DrawPdfTemplate(template, PointF.Empty, page.GetClientSize()); } //Save and close the document document.Save("AddCoverPage.pdf"); document.Close(true); //Close the loaded PDF docuemnt loadedDocument.Close(true);
VB.NET
'Load the PDF document Dim loadedDocument As New PdfLoadedDocument("..\..\Data\input.pdf") 'Create a new instance of PdfDocument Dim document As New PdfDocument() 'Add a section to PDF document Dim section1 As PdfSection = document.Sections.Add() 'Add pages to the section Dim coverpage As PdfPage = section1.Pages.Add() 'Create PDF graphics for the page Dim graphics As PdfGraphics = coverpage.Graphics 'Set the standard font Dim font As PdfFont = New PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Helvetica, 20) 'Set the string format with horizontal and vertical alignment Dim format As New PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle) 'Add vertical distance between the baselines of adjacent lines of text format.LineSpacing = 2 Dim bounds As New RectangleF(PointF.Empty, coverpage.GetClientSize()) 'Draw the text graphics.DrawString("Essential PDF provides support to add barcodes to the PDF document.", font, PdfBrushes.Black, bounds, format) Dim section2 As PdfSection = document.Sections.Add() 'Add a section to PDF document For i As Integer = 0 To loadedDocument.Pages.Count - 1 'Get loaded page as template Dim template As PdfTemplate = loadedDocument.Pages(i).CreateTemplate() 'Create new page Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add() 'Create Pdf graphics for the page Dim g As PdfGraphics = page.Graphics 'Draw template with the size as loaded page size g.DrawPdfTemplate(template, PointF.Empty, page.GetClientSize()) Next 'Save and close the document document.Save("AddCoverPage.pdf") document.Close(True) 'Close the loaded PDF docuemnt loadedDocument.Close(True)
A complete working sample can be downloaded from AddCoverPage.zip.
By executing the program, you will get the PDF document as follows.
Take a moment to peruse the documentation for working with pages, where you will find other options like inserting, removing, and rearranging pages in PDF document, adding margin, and importing pages from the existing PDF document.
Refer here to explore the rich set of Syncfusion Essential PDF features.
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