ImportContent

[Bodo Jäger]

Hi,

I try to import a Word document into a main document. the main document contains headers and footers, but the imported document shall not have these headers and footers. How can I do that?

[Dilli Babu Nandha Gopal]

Hi Bodo, 

Thank you for contacting Syncfusion support. 

Yes, it is possible to import a Word document with headers and footers to a Word document using ImportContent method. Please find the code example for the same. 

    //Open the source document  

    WordDocument sourceDocument = new WordDocument(sourceFileName); 

    //Open the destination document  

    WordDocument destinationDocument = new WordDocument(targetFileName); 

    //Import the contents of source document at the end of destination document 

    destinationDocument.ImportContent(sourceDocument, ImportOptions. KeepSourceFormatting); 

    //Close the document instance 

    sourceDocument.Close(); 

    //Save the destination document 

    destinationDocument.Save(outputFileName, FormatType.Docx); 

    //Close the document instance 

    destinationDocument.Close(); 

We have explained about different ImportOptions and their behaviors in the following API documentation link. 

https://help.syncfusion.com/cr/file-formats/Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS.IWordDocument.html#Syncfusion_DocIO_DLS_IWordDocument_ImportContent_Syncfusion_DocIO_DLS_IWordDocument_Syncfusion_DocIO_DLS_ImportOptions_  

Please let us know if you have any questions. 

Regards, 

Dilli babu. 

[Bodo Jäger]

Hi Dilli,

thanks for your answer, but you misunderstand me.

I have a doc with header and footer, and want to import another doc without header and footer.

And the imported part shall not have header and footer.

Bodo

[Dilli Babu Nandha Gopal]

Hi Bodo, 

Thank you for your update. 

We have prepared a sample application to merge sub Word document at the end of main Word document which doesn’t preserves sub Word document’s headers and footers in the main Word document. The sample can be downloaded from the following link. 

http://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/140899/ze/Generate_Word-1724273275  

To know more about importing sub Word document at the end of main Word document and to preserve header and footers from the main Word document, kindly refer our following discussion forum. 

https://www.syncfusion.com/forums/138493/how-to-avoid-section-break-with-importcontent-method  

Please let us know if you have any questions. 

Regards, 

Dilli babu. 

[Bodo Jäger]

Hi,

you still misunderstand me.

I've attached the expected result.

The imported file shall not have the headers of the main doc.

Bodo

Attachment: NewSample_a8c47f1d.zip

[Dilli Babu Nandha Gopal]

Hi Bodo, 

We regret for the inconvenience. 

We have modified the sample based on your requirement which can be downloaded from following link. 

http://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/forum/140899/ze/Generate_Word-1834076919  

Note: We suspect that the imported document doesn’t have header and footer, which will be preserved as it in Main Word document after merging. 

Please find the output documents comparison in below. 

 

Regards, 

Dilli babu. 

[Bodo Jäger]

Hi Dilli,

thanks a lot.

Your last solution works fine for me.

Bodo

[Dilli Babu Nandha Gopal]

Hi Bodo, 

 

We are glad to know that the provided solution fulfills your requirement. Please let us know if you need any further assistance. 

 

Regards, 

Dilli babu.