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Rotativa Display HTML header and footer

I have recently started using Rotativa and works excellently! Except for attempting to configure the headers and the footers of the PDF documents.
string customSwitches = string.Format("--header-html \"{4}\" --footer-left \"{0} {1} - {2}\" --footer-center \"{3}\" --footer-right \"Page: [page]/[toPage]\" --footer-line --footer-font-size \"9\" --footer-spacing 6", "Billing Report", FromDate.Value.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd"), ToDate.Value.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd"), customerData.Name, Url.Action("BillingRunHeader", "Report", new { area = "Admin" }, "http"));
var actionResult = new ViewAsPdf("_BillingRunPDF", GetBillingReport(UserFilterReport, ProductFilterReport, ProjectFilterReport, CustomerFilterReport.Where(x => x == customer).ToArray(), TypeFilterReport, ReportType, FromDate, ToDate, Billable, TaskId).ToList())
{
PageSize = Size.A4,
PageOrientation = Orientation.Landscape,
FileName = customerData.Name.Replace(" ","_") + "_Billing_Report_" + DateTime.Now.Date.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd") + ".pdf",
CustomSwitches = customSwitches
};
Above I have created a string format to replace certain placeholders with data. The --header-html \"{4}\" is pulled from a View template stored which contains a image for the header and this displays perfectly. The issue is that the footer does not display at all.
If I remove the --header-html \"{4}\" then the footer displays perfectly fine. Issue is I need both the header and footer being displayed.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

For me, it only worked after leaving the header and footer with HTML.
return new ViewAsPdf
{
ViewName = "RptVistoriador",
PageSize = Rotativa.Options.Size.A4,
Model = lstVistoriadorRptViewModel.ToPagedList(1, lstVistoriadorRptViewModel.Count()),
CustomSwitches = $"--footer-html \"{Url.Action("ReportHeader", "Vistoriador", new { area = "" }, "http")}\" --header-html \"{Url.Action("ReportHeader", "Vistoriador", new { area = "" }, "http")}\""
};

Insert text at the start of a document in Word - openXML

I am using OpenXML to manipulate Microsoft Word files (.docx).
I am sending the Word files as memory stream, editing them and then send them back to browser so they open in client office program.
I want to insert text, approximatley 10 lines, at the start of a document which already got content. I am doing it like this;
using (var wordprocessingDocument = WordprocessingDocument.Open(mem, true))
{
Paragraph firstParagraph = wordprocessingDocument.MainDocumentPart.Document.Descendants<Paragraph>().First();
Run run1 = new Run();
Text text1 = new Text();
text1.Text = "Document type: ";
run1.Append(text1);
Run run2 = new Run();
Break break1 = new Break();
run2.Append(break1);
ProofError proofError1 = new ProofError() { Type = ProofingErrorValues.SpellStart };
Run run3 = new Run();
Text text2 = new Text();
text2.Text = "Document ID";
run3.Append(text2);
ProofError proofError2 = new ProofError() { Type = ProofingErrorValues.SpellEnd };
Run run4 = new Run();
Break break2 = new Break();
Text text3 = new Text();
text3.Text = "Document Title";
run4.Append(break2);
run4.Append(text3);
firstParagraph.Append(run1);
firstParagraph.Append(run2);
firstParagraph.Append(proofError1);
firstParagraph.Append(run3);
firstParagraph.Append(proofError2);
firstParagraph.Append(run4);
Paragraph paragraph3 = new Paragraph() { RsidParagraphAddition = "0068718C", RsidParagraphProperties = "0068718C", RsidRunAdditionDefault = "00E1050C" };
Run run5 = new Run();
Text text4 = new Text();
text4.Text = "A";
run5.Append(text4);
Run run6 = new Run() { RsidRunAddition = "00126F2D" };
Text text5 = new Text();
text5.Text = "tlet";
run6.Append(text5);
paragraph3.Append(run5);
paragraph3.Append(run6);
Paragraph paragraph4 = new Paragraph() { RsidParagraphMarkRevision = "0068718C", RsidParagraphAddition = "00E1050C", RsidParagraphProperties = "0068718C", RsidRunAdditionDefault = "00E1050C" };
BookmarkStart bookmarkStart1 = new BookmarkStart() { Name = "_GoBack", Id = "0" };
BookmarkEnd bookmarkEnd1 = new BookmarkEnd() { Id = "0" };
paragraph4.Append(bookmarkStart1);
paragraph4.Append(bookmarkEnd1);
SectionProperties sectionProperties1 = new SectionProperties() { RsidRPr = "0068718C", RsidR = "00E1050C", RsidSect = "000C7A63" };
}
My problem is that if I already got some text from the first line, then my text will be appended after the original text there. How can I push the original content some lines down, and insert my text above?

Use PrependChild instead of Append. Append will always insert at the end of the current element. So if you already have content in the first paragraph your append will put your text at the end of it. You can also insert your text as a new first paragraph by calling Document.PrependChild(firstParagraph)

How can I add a header and footer to the generated PDF

I'm using Gmanny's Pechkin Pdf library and it's working perfectly. Here's is my code:
private void CreatePdfPechkin(string htmlString, string fileName)
{
//Transform the HTML into PDF
var pechkin = Factory.Create(new GlobalConfig()
.SetMargins(new Margins(100, 50, 100, 100))
.SetDocumentTitle("Test document")
.SetPaperSize(PaperKind.A4)
.SetCopyCount(1)
//.SetPaperOrientation(true)
// .SetOutputFile("F:/Personal/test.pdf")
);
ObjectConfig oc = new ObjectConfig();
oc.Footer.SetLeftText("[page]");
oc.Footer.SetTexts("[page]", "[date]", "[time]");
oc.Header.SetCenterText("TEST HEADER TEST1");
oc.Header.SetHtmlContent("<h1>TEST HEADER V2</h1>");
oc.SetAllowLocalContent(true);
//// create converter
//IPechkin ipechkin = new SynchronizedPechkin(pechkin);
// set it up using fluent notation
var pdf = pechkin.Convert(new ObjectConfig()
.SetLoadImages(true).SetZoomFactor(1.5)
.SetPrintBackground(true)
.SetScreenMediaType(true)
.SetCreateExternalLinks(true), htmlString);
//Return the PDF file
Response.Clear();
Response.ClearContent();
Response.ClearHeaders();
Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", string.Format("attachment;filename=test.pdf; size={0}", pdf.Length));
Response.BinaryWrite(pdf);
Response.Flush();
Response.End();
// byte[] pdf = new Pechkin.Synchronized.SynchronizedPechkin(
//new Pechkin.GlobalConfig()).Convert(
// new Pechkin.ObjectConfig()
// .SetLoadImages(true)
// .SetPrintBackground(true)
// .SetScreenMediaType(true)
// .SetCreateExternalLinks(true), htmlString);
// using (FileStream file = System.IO.File.Create(#"F:\Pankaj WorkSpace\"+ fileName))
// {
// file.Write(pdf, 0, pdf.Length);
// }
}
But now I want to add header, footer and page Number, can somebody suggest how to do that?
I know it is possible through Object config I tried but its not working..

Headers and footers using the below very basic examples work for me.
Using Pechkin:
GlobalConfig gc = new GlobalConfig();
gc.SetMargins(new Margins(300, 100, 150, 100))
.SetDocumentTitle("Test document")
.SetPaperSize(PaperKind.Letter);
IPechkin pechkin = new SynchronizedPechkin(gc);
ObjectConfig oc = new ObjectConfig();
oc.SetCreateExternalLinks(false);
oc.SetFallbackEncoding(Encoding.ASCII);
oc.SetLoadImages(false);
oc.Footer.SetCenterText("I'm a footer!");
oc.Footer.SetLeftText("[page]");
oc.Header.SetCenterText("I'm a header!");
byte[] result = pechkin.Convert(oc, "<h1>My Website</h1>");
System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(#"c:\pechkinTest.pdf", result);
I'd recommend you switch to Tuespechkin though. This is an active fork of Pechkin which includes many bugfixes. Unfortunately active development on Pechkin ceased since 2013.
Using Tuespechkin:
var document = new HtmlToPdfDocument
{
GlobalSettings =
{
ProduceOutline = true,
DocumentTitle = "My Website",
PaperSize = PaperKind.A4,
Margins =
{
All = 1.375,
Unit = Unit.Centimeters
}
},
Objects = {
new ObjectSettings
{
HtmlText = "<h1>My Website</h1>",
HeaderSettings = new HeaderSettings{CenterText = "I'm a header!"},
FooterSettings = new FooterSettings{CenterText = "I'm a footer!", LeftText = "[page]"}
}
}
};
IPechkin converter = Factory.Create();
byte[] result = converter.Convert(document);
System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(#"c:\tuespechkinTest.pdf", result);
Your issue is this. Instead of creating a new second ObjectConfig, you need to pass the OC you created before which includes the header and footer. Just combine them like this:
ObjectConfig oc = new ObjectConfig();
oc.SetLoadImages(true);
oc.SetZoomFactor(1.5);
oc.SetPrintBackground(true);
oc.SetScreenMediaType(true);
oc.SetCreateExternalLinks(true);
oc.Footer.SetLeftText("[page]");
oc.Footer.SetCenterText("I'm a footer!");
oc.Header.SetCenterText("TEST HEADER TEST1");
var result = pechkin.Convert(oc, "<h1>My Website</h1>");
System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(#"c:\pechkinTest.pdf", result);

Defining paragraph with RTL direction in word file by OpenXML in C#

How to set the right-to-left direction for a paragraph in word with OpenXML in C#? I use codes below to define it but they won't make any change:
RunProperties rPr = new RunProperties();
Style style = new Style();
style.StyleId = "my_style";
style.Append(new Justification() { Val = JustificationValues.Right });
style.Append(new TextDirection() { Val = TextDirectionValues.TopToBottomRightToLeft });
style.Append(rPr);
and at the end I will set this style for my paragraph:
...
heading_pPr.ParagraphStyleId = new ParagraphStyleId() { Val = "my_style" };
But is see no changes in the output file.
I have found some post but they didn't help me at all,like:
Changing text direction in word file
How can solve this problem?
Thanks in advance.

Use the BiDi class to set the text direction to RTL for a paragraph.
The following code sample searches for the first paragraph in a word document
and sets the text direction to RTL using the BiDi class:
using (WordprocessingDocument doc =
WordprocessingDocument.Open(#"test.docx", true))
{
Paragraph p = doc.MainDocumentPart.Document.Body.ChildElements.First<Paragraph>();
if(p == null)
{
Console.Out.WriteLine("Paragraph not found.");
return;
}
ParagraphProperties pp = p.ChildElements.First<ParagraphProperties>();
if (pp == null)
{
pp = new ParagraphProperties();
p.InsertBefore(pp, p.First());
}
BiDi bidi = new BiDi();
pp.Append(bidi);
}
There are a few more aspects to bi-directional text in Microsoft Word.
SanjayKumarM wrote an article about how right-to-left text content
is handled in Microsoft Word. See this link for more information.

This code worked for me to set the direction Right to Left
var run = new Run(new Text("Some text"));
var paragraph = new DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing.Paragraph(run);
paragraph.ParagraphProperties = new ParagraphProperties()
{
BiDi = new BiDi(),
TextDirection = new TextDirection()
{
Val = TextDirectionValues.TopToBottomRightToLeft
}
};

How do I create a check box in C# using Open XML SDK

I would like to create a certain number of checkbox using Open XML SDK in C#. How would I do that?
Example:
(Checkbox) - Shoes
(Checkbox) - Shirt
The checkbox count also varies. I am reading a template document, then make edits to return. I have something like this so far:
string documentText;
using (StreamReader reader ...)
{
documentText = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
string addClothes = "";
Run newCheckBox = GenerateRun();
foreach(var item in ClothesList)
{
addClothes = item.clothing;
//MY DILEMMA
documentText = documentText.Replace("##clothing##", newCheckBox + addClothes + "NewLine");
}
public Run GenerateRun()
{
Run run1 = new Run() { RsidRunProperties = "004C0D9A", RsidRunAddition = "00850FA5" };
FieldCode fieldCode1 = new FieldCode() { Space = SpaceProcessingModeValues.Preserve };
fieldCode1.Text = " FORMCHECKBOX ";
run1.Append(fieldCode1);
return run1;
}

using the OpenXML SDK i think it goes something like this:
(raw copy/paste - the value of -1636166143 might be way off)
using w14 = DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2010.Word
SdtRun sdtRun1 = new SdtRun();
SdtProperties sdtProperties1 = new SdtProperties();
SdtId sdtId1 = new SdtId(){ Val = -1636166143 };
W14.SdtContentCheckBox sdtContentCheckBox1 = new W14.SdtContentCheckBox();
W14.Checked checked1 = new W14.Checked(){ Val = W14.OnOffValues.Zero };
W14.CheckedState checkedState1 = new W14.CheckedState(){ Font = "MS Gothic", Val = "2612" };
W14.UncheckedState uncheckedState1 = new W14.UncheckedState(){ Font = "MS Gothic", Val = "2610" };
sdtContentCheckBox1.Append(checked1);
sdtContentCheckBox1.Append(checkedState1);
sdtContentCheckBox1.Append(uncheckedState1);
sdtProperties1.Append(sdtId1);
sdtProperties1.Append(sdtContentCheckBox1);
SdtContentRun sdtContentRun1 = new SdtContentRun();
Run run1 = new Run();
RunProperties runProperties1 = new RunProperties();
RunFonts runFonts1 = new RunFonts(){ Hint = FontTypeHintValues.EastAsia, Ascii = "MS Gothic", HighAnsi = "MS Gothic", EastAsia = "MS Gothic" };
runProperties1.Append(runFonts1);
Text text1 = new Text();
text1.Text = "☐";
run1.Append(runProperties1);
run1.Append(text1);
sdtContentRun1.Append(run1);
Any text you want after the checkbox, comes after the above code