Page number fields

The following example shows how to insert a page number field and page count field into a footer.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Odf;
using Independentsoft.Office.Odf.Fields;
using Independentsoft.Office.Odf.Styles;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            TextDocument doc = new TextDocument();

            PageNumber pageNum = new PageNumber();
            pageNum.SelectPage = SelectPage.Current;

            PageCount pageCount = new PageCount();

            Paragraph footerPara = new Paragraph();
            footerPara.Add("Page ");
            footerPara.Add(pageNum);
            footerPara.Add(" of ");
            footerPara.Add(pageCount);

            Footer footer = new Footer();
            footer.Add(footerPara);

            FooterStyle footerStyle1 = new FooterStyle();

            PageLayout pageLayout1 = new PageLayout();
            pageLayout1.Name = "Layout1";
            pageLayout1.FooterStyle = footerStyle1;

            doc.CommonStyles.AutomaticStyles = new AutomaticStyles();
            doc.CommonStyles.AutomaticStyles.PageLayouts.Add(pageLayout1);

            MasterPage masterPage1 = new MasterPage();
            masterPage1.Name = "Standard";
            masterPage1.PageLayout = "Layout1";
            masterPage1.Footer = footer;

            doc.CommonStyles.MasterStyles = new MasterStyles();
            doc.CommonStyles.MasterStyles.MasterPages.Add(masterPage1);

            Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph();
            p1.Add("This document has a page number in the footer.");
            doc.Body.Add(p1);

            doc.Save("c:\\test\\output.odt", true);
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Odf
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Odf.Fields
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Odf.Styles

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
        Dim doc As TextDocument = New TextDocument

        Dim pageNum As New PageNumber
        pageNum.SelectPage = SelectPage.Current

        Dim pageCount As New PageCount

        Dim footerPara As New Paragraph
        footerPara.Add("Page ")
        footerPara.Add(pageNum)
        footerPara.Add(" of ")
        footerPara.Add(pageCount)

        Dim footer As New Footer
        footer.Add(footerPara)

        Dim footerStyle1 As New FooterStyle

        Dim pageLayout1 As New PageLayout
        pageLayout1.Name = "Layout1"
        pageLayout1.FooterStyle = footerStyle1

        doc.CommonStyles.AutomaticStyles = New AutomaticStyles
        doc.CommonStyles.AutomaticStyles.PageLayouts.Add(pageLayout1)

        Dim masterPage1 As New MasterPage
        masterPage1.Name = "Standard"
        masterPage1.PageLayout = "Layout1"
        masterPage1.Footer = footer

        doc.CommonStyles.MasterStyles = New MasterStyles
        doc.CommonStyles.MasterStyles.MasterPages.Add(masterPage1)

        Dim p1 As New Paragraph
        p1.Add("This document has a page number in the footer.")
        doc.Body.Add(p1)

        doc.Save("c:\test\output.odt", True)
    End Sub
End Module

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