HeaderFooter Class

Represents a container for the header or footer text of a section.
Inheritance Hierarchy

Namespace:  Aspose.Words
Assembly:  Aspose.Words (in Aspose.Words.dll) Version: 20.3
Syntax
public class HeaderFooter : Story

The HeaderFooter type exposes the following members.

Constructors
  NameDescription
Public methodCode exampleHeaderFooter
Creates a new header or footer of the specified type.
Properties
  NameDescription
Public propertyCode exampleChildNodes
Gets all immediate child nodes of this node.
(Inherited from CompositeNode.)
Public propertyCode exampleCount
Gets the number of immediate children of this node.
(Inherited from CompositeNode.)
Public propertyCode exampleDocument
Gets the document to which this node belongs.
(Inherited from Node.)
Public propertyCode exampleFirstChild
Gets the first child of the node.
(Inherited from CompositeNode.)
Public propertyCode exampleFirstParagraph
Gets the first paragraph in the story.
(Inherited from Story.)
Public propertyCode exampleHasChildNodes
Returns true if this node has any child nodes.
(Inherited from CompositeNode.)
Public propertyCode exampleHeaderFooterType
Gets the type of this header/footer.
Public propertyCode exampleIsComposite
Returns true as this node can have child nodes.
(Inherited from CompositeNode.)
Public propertyCode exampleIsHeader
True if this HeaderFooter object is a header.
Public propertyCode exampleIsLinkedToPrevious
True if this header or footer is linked to the corresponding header or footer in the previous section.
Public propertyCode exampleLastChild
Gets the last child of the node.
(Inherited from CompositeNode.)
Public propertyCode exampleLastParagraph
Gets the last paragraph in the story.
(Inherited from Story.)
Public propertyCode exampleNextSibling
Gets the node immediately following this node.
(Inherited from Node.)
Public propertyCode exampleNodeType
Returns NodeType.HeaderFooter.
(Overrides NodeNodeType.)
Public propertyCode exampleParagraphs
Gets a collection of paragraphs that are immediate children of the story.
(Inherited from Story.)
Public propertyCode exampleParentNode
Gets the immediate parent of this node.
(Inherited from Node.)
Public propertyCode exampleParentSection
Gets the parent section of this story.
Public propertyCode examplePreviousSibling
Gets the node immediately preceding this node.
(Inherited from Node.)
Public propertyCode exampleRange
Returns a Range object that represents the portion of a document that is contained in this node.
(Inherited from Node.)
Public propertyCode exampleStoryType
Gets the type of this story.
(Inherited from Story.)
Public propertyCode exampleTables
Gets a collection of tables that are immediate children of the story.
(Inherited from Story.)
Methods
  NameDescription
Public methodCode exampleAccept
Accepts a visitor.
(Overrides NodeAccept(DocumentVisitor).)
Public methodCode exampleAppendChild
Adds the specified node to the end of the list of child nodes for this node.
(Inherited from CompositeNode.)
Public methodCode exampleAppendParagraph
A shortcut method that creates a Paragraph object with optional text and appends it to the end of this object.
(Inherited from Story.)
Public methodCode exampleClone (Inherited from Node.)
Public methodCode exampleDeleteShapes
Deletes all shapes from the text of this story.
(Inherited from Story.)
Public methodEquals (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodCode exampleGetAncestor(Type)
Gets the first ancestor of the specified object type.
(Inherited from Node.)
Public methodCode exampleGetAncestor(NodeType)
Gets the first ancestor of the specified NodeType.
(Inherited from Node.)
Public methodCode exampleGetChild
Returns an Nth child node that matches the specified type.
(Inherited from CompositeNode.)
Public methodCode exampleGetChildNodes
Returns a live collection of child nodes that match the specified type.
(Inherited from CompositeNode.)
Public methodCode exampleGetEnumerator
Provides support for the for each style iteration over the child nodes of this node.
(Inherited from CompositeNode.)
Public methodGetHashCode (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodCode exampleGetText
Gets the text of this node and of all its children.
(Inherited from CompositeNode.)
Public methodGetType (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodCode exampleIndexOf
Returns the index of the specified child node in the child node array.
(Inherited from CompositeNode.)
Public methodCode exampleInsertAfter
Inserts the specified node immediately after the specified reference node.
(Inherited from CompositeNode.)
Public methodCode exampleInsertBefore
Inserts the specified node immediately before the specified reference node.
(Inherited from CompositeNode.)
Public methodCode exampleNextPreOrder
Gets next node according to the pre-order tree traversal algorithm.
(Inherited from Node.)
Public methodCode examplePrependChild
Adds the specified node to the beginning of the list of child nodes for this node.
(Inherited from CompositeNode.)
Public methodCode examplePreviousPreOrder
Gets the previous node according to the pre-order tree traversal algorithm.
(Inherited from Node.)
Public methodCode exampleRemove
Removes itself from the parent.
(Inherited from Node.)
Public methodCode exampleRemoveAllChildren
Removes all the child nodes of the current node.
(Inherited from CompositeNode.)
Public methodCode exampleRemoveChild
Removes the specified child node.
(Inherited from CompositeNode.)
Public methodCode exampleRemoveSmartTags
Removes all SmartTag descendant nodes of the current node.
(Inherited from CompositeNode.)
Public methodCode exampleSelectNodes
Selects a list of nodes matching the XPath expression.
(Inherited from CompositeNode.)
Public methodCode exampleSelectSingleNode
Selects the first Node that matches the XPath expression.
(Inherited from CompositeNode.)
Public methodToString (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodCode exampleToString(SaveFormat)
Exports the content of the node into a string in the specified format.
(Inherited from Node.)
Public methodCode exampleToString(SaveOptions)
Exports the content of the node into a string using the specified save options.
(Inherited from Node.)
Remarks

HeaderFooter can contain Paragraph and Table child nodes.

HeaderFooter is a section-level node and can only be a child of Section. There can only be one HeaderFooter or each HeaderFooterType in a Section.

If Section does not have a HeaderFooter of a specific type or the HeaderFooter has no child nodes, this header/footer is considered linked to the header/footer of the same type of the previous section in Microsoft Word.

When HeaderFooter contains at least one Paragraph, it is no longer considered linked to previous in Microsoft Word.

Examples
Shows how to replace text in the document footer.
// Open the template document, containing obsolete copyright information in the footer
Document doc = new Document(MyDir + "Footer.docx");

HeaderFooterCollection headersFooters = doc.FirstSection.HeadersFooters;
HeaderFooter footer = headersFooters[HeaderFooterType.FooterPrimary];

FindReplaceOptions options = new FindReplaceOptions
{
    MatchCase = false,
    FindWholeWordsOnly = false
};

int currentYear = System.DateTime.Now.Year;
footer.Range.Replace("(C) 2006 Aspose Pty Ltd.", $"Copyright (C) {currentYear} by Aspose Pty Ltd.", options);

doc.Save(ArtifactsDir + "HeaderFooter.ReplaceText.doc");
Examples
Deletes all footers from all sections, but leaves headers intact.
Document doc = new Document(MyDir + "Header and footer types.docx");

foreach (Section section in doc.OfType<Section>())
{
    // Up to three different footers are possible in a section (for first, even and odd pages)
    // We check and delete all of them
    HeaderFooter footer = section.HeadersFooters[HeaderFooterType.FooterFirst];
    footer?.Remove();

    // Primary footer is the footer used for odd pages
    footer = section.HeadersFooters[HeaderFooterType.FooterPrimary];
    footer?.Remove();

    footer = section.HeadersFooters[HeaderFooterType.FooterEven];
    footer?.Remove();
}

doc.Save(ArtifactsDir + "HeaderFooter.RemoveFooters.docx");
Examples
Creates a header and footer using the document object model and insert them into a section.
Document doc = new Document();

HeaderFooter header = new HeaderFooter(doc, HeaderFooterType.HeaderPrimary);
doc.FirstSection.HeadersFooters.Add(header);

// Add a paragraph with text to the footer
Paragraph para = header.AppendParagraph("My header");

Assert.True(header.IsHeader);
Assert.True(para.IsEndOfHeaderFooter);

HeaderFooter footer = new HeaderFooter(doc, HeaderFooterType.FooterPrimary);
doc.FirstSection.HeadersFooters.Add(footer);

// Add a paragraph with text to the footer
para = footer.AppendParagraph("My footer");

Assert.False(footer.IsHeader);
Assert.True(para.IsEndOfHeaderFooter);

Assert.AreEqual(footer, para.ParentStory);
Assert.AreEqual(footer.ParentSection, para.ParentSection);
Assert.AreEqual(footer.ParentSection, header.ParentSection);

doc.Save(ArtifactsDir + "HeaderFooter.HeaderFooterCreate.docx");
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