I also had to implement this for a client at work.
I'll give you the methods I wrote for headers and footers.
I wrote trying to keep all styles, fonts, dimensions and images inside header and footer.
This is the method that i use to attach header to another docx.
Try to understand reading the comments I've written.
headerTemplatePath: path of docx where take header
documentPath: path of docx where append header
public void PrependHeader(string headerTemplatePath, string documentPath)
{
// Open docx where we need to add header
using (var wdDoc = WordprocessingDocument.Open(documentPath, true))
{
var mainPart = wdDoc.MainDocumentPart;
// Delete exist header
mainPart.DeleteParts(mainPart.HeaderParts);
// Create new header
var headerPart = mainPart.AddNewPart<HeaderPart>();
// Get id of new header
var rId = mainPart.GetIdOfPart(headerPart);
// Open the header document to be copied
using (var wdDocSource = WordprocessingDocument.Open(headerTemplatePath, true))
{
// Get header part
var firstHeader = wdDocSource.MainDocumentPart.HeaderParts.FirstOrDefault();
if (firstHeader != null)
{
// Copy content of header to new header
headerPart.FeedData(firstHeader.GetStream());
// Keep formatting
foreach (var childElement in headerPart.Header.Descendants<Paragraph>())
{
var paragraph = (Paragraph) childElement;
if (paragraph.ParagraphProperties.SpacingBetweenLines == null)
{
paragraph.ParagraphProperties.SpacingBetweenLines = new SpacingBetweenLines
{
After = "0"
};
paragraph.ParagraphProperties.ParagraphStyleId = new ParagraphStyleId
{
Val = "No Spacing"
};
}
}
// Get all ids of every 'Parts'
var listToAdd = new List<KeyValuePair<Type, Stream>>();
foreach (var idPart in firstHeader.Parts)
{
var part = firstHeader.GetPartById(idPart.RelationshipId);
if (part is ImagePart)
{
headerPart.AddNewPart<ImagePart>("image/png", idPart.RelationshipId);
listToAdd.Add(new KeyValuePair<Type, Stream>(typeof (ImagePart), part.GetStream()));
}
else if (part is DiagramStylePart)
{
headerPart.AddNewPart<DiagramStylePart>(idPart.RelationshipId);
listToAdd.Add(new KeyValuePair<Type, Stream>(typeof (DiagramStylePart), part.GetStream()));
}
else if (part is DiagramColorsPart)
{
headerPart.AddNewPart<DiagramColorsPart>(idPart.RelationshipId);
listToAdd.Add(new KeyValuePair<Type, Stream>(typeof (DiagramColorsPart),
part.GetStream()));
}
else if (part is DiagramDataPart)
{
headerPart.AddNewPart<DiagramDataPart>(idPart.RelationshipId);
listToAdd.Add(new KeyValuePair<Type, Stream>(typeof (DiagramDataPart), part.GetStream()));
}
else if (part is DiagramLayoutDefinitionPart)
{
headerPart.AddNewPart<DiagramStylePart>(idPart.RelationshipId);
listToAdd.Add(new KeyValuePair<Type, Stream>(typeof (DiagramStylePart), part.GetStream()));
}
else if (part is DiagramPersistLayoutPart)
{
headerPart.AddNewPart<DiagramPersistLayoutPart>(idPart.RelationshipId);
listToAdd.Add(new KeyValuePair<Type, Stream>(typeof (DiagramPersistLayoutPart),
part.GetStream()));
}
}
// Foreach Part, copy stream to new header
var i = 0;
foreach (var idPart in headerPart.Parts)
{
var part = headerPart.GetPartById(idPart.RelationshipId);
if (part.GetType() == listToAdd[i].Key)
{
part.FeedData(listToAdd[i].Value);
}
i++;
}
}
else
{
mainPart.DeleteParts(mainPart.HeaderParts);
var sectToRemovePrs = mainPart.Document.Body.Descendants<SectionProperties>();
foreach (var sectPr in sectToRemovePrs)
{
// Delete reference of old header
sectPr.RemoveAllChildren<HeaderReference>();
}
return;
}
}
// Get all sections, and past header to each section (Page)
var sectPrs = mainPart.Document.Body.Descendants<SectionProperties>();
foreach (var sectPr in sectPrs)
{
// Remove old header reference
sectPr.RemoveAllChildren<HeaderReference>();
// Add new header reference
sectPr.PrependChild(new HeaderReference { Id = rId });
}
}
}
Footer method:
footerTemplatePath: path of docx where take footer
documentPath: path of docx where append footer
public void PrependFooter(string footerTemplatePath, string documentPath)
{
// Open docx where append footer
using (var wdDoc = WordprocessingDocument.Open(documentPath, true))
{
var mainPart = wdDoc.MainDocumentPart;
// Remove exist footer
mainPart.DeleteParts(mainPart.FooterParts);
// Create new footer
var footerParts = mainPart.AddNewPart<FooterPart>();
// Get Id of new footer
var rId = mainPart.GetIdOfPart(footerParts);
// Open the footer document to be copied
using (var wdDocSource = WordprocessingDocument.Open(footerTemplatePath, true))
{
var firstFooter = wdDocSource.MainDocumentPart.FooterParts.LastOrDefault();
if (firstFooter != null)
{
// Copy content of footer
footerParts.FeedData(firstFooter.GetStream());
// Keep formatting
foreach (var childElement in footerParts.Footer.Descendants<Paragraph>())
{
var paragraph = (Paragraph) childElement;
if (paragraph.ParagraphProperties.SpacingBetweenLines == null)
{
paragraph.ParagraphProperties.SpacingBetweenLines = new SpacingBetweenLines
{
After = "0"
};
paragraph.ParagraphProperties.ParagraphStyleId = new ParagraphStyleId
{
Val = "No Spacing"
};
}
}
// Create list of Parts ID needed to new footer
var listToAdd = new List<KeyValuePair<Type, Stream>>();
foreach (var idPart in firstFooter.Parts)
{
var part = firstFooter.GetPartById(idPart.RelationshipId);
if (part is ImagePart)
{
footerParts.AddNewPart<ImagePart>("image/png", idPart.RelationshipId);
listToAdd.Add(new KeyValuePair<Type, Stream>(typeof (ImagePart), part.GetStream()));
}
else if (part is DiagramStylePart)
{
footerParts.AddNewPart<DiagramStylePart>(idPart.RelationshipId);
listToAdd.Add(new KeyValuePair<Type, Stream>(typeof (DiagramStylePart), part.GetStream()));
}
else if (part is DiagramColorsPart)
{
footerParts.AddNewPart<DiagramColorsPart>(idPart.RelationshipId);
listToAdd.Add(new KeyValuePair<Type, Stream>(typeof (DiagramColorsPart),
part.GetStream()));
}
else if (part is DiagramDataPart)
{
footerParts.AddNewPart<DiagramDataPart>(idPart.RelationshipId);
listToAdd.Add(new KeyValuePair<Type, Stream>(typeof (DiagramDataPart), part.GetStream()));
}
else if (part is DiagramLayoutDefinitionPart)
{
footerParts.AddNewPart<DiagramStylePart>(idPart.RelationshipId);
listToAdd.Add(new KeyValuePair<Type, Stream>(typeof (DiagramStylePart), part.GetStream()));
}
else if (part is DiagramPersistLayoutPart)
{
footerParts.AddNewPart<DiagramPersistLayoutPart>(idPart.RelationshipId);
listToAdd.Add(new KeyValuePair<Type, Stream>(typeof (DiagramPersistLayoutPart),
part.GetStream()));
}
}
// Foreach ID, copy stream to new footer
var i = 0;
foreach (var idPart in footerParts.Parts)
{
var part = footerParts.GetPartById(idPart.RelationshipId);
if (part.GetType() == listToAdd[i].Key)
{
part.FeedData(listToAdd[i].Value);
}
i++;
}
}
else
{
mainPart.DeleteParts(mainPart.FooterParts);
var sectToRemovePrs = mainPart.Document.Body.Descendants<SectionProperties>();
foreach (var sectPr in sectToRemovePrs)
{
// Delete reference of footer
sectPr.RemoveAllChildren<FooterReference>();
}
return;
}
}
// Get all sections, and past footer to each section (Page)
var sectPrs = mainPart.Document.Body.Descendants<SectionProperties>();
foreach (var sectPr in sectPrs)
{
// Delete old reference
sectPr.RemoveAllChildren<FooterReference>();
// Add new footer reference
sectPr.PrependChild(new FooterReference { Id = rId });
}
}
}
Sorry for my English, if you have any questions, let me know.
Bye.
