ByteScout PDF Suite – C# – Set page numbers in pdf with pdf sdk

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ByteScout PDF Suite – C# – Set page numbers in pdf with pdf sdk

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How to set page numbers in pdf with pdf sdk in C# with ByteScout PDF Suite

Learning is essential in computer world and the tutorial below will demonstrate how to set page numbers in pdf with pdf sdk in C#

The sample source code below will teach you how to set page numbers in pdf with pdf sdk in C#. What is ByteScout PDF Suite? It is the set that includes 6 SDK products to work with PDF from generating rich PDF reports to extracting data from PDF documents and converting them to HTML. This bundle includes PDF (Generator) SDK, PDF Renderer SDK, PDF Extractor SDK, PDF to HTML SDK, PDF Viewer SDK and PDF Generator SDK for Javascript. It can help you to set page numbers in pdf with pdf sdk in your C# application.

Want to save time? You will save a lot of time on writing and testing code as you may just take the C# code from ByteScout PDF Suite for set page numbers in pdf with pdf sdk below and use it in your application. Simply copy and paste in your C# project or application you and then run your app! Further improvement of the code will make it more robust.

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Program.cs

      using System.Diagnostics;
using Bytescout.PDF;

namespace PageNumbers
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This example demonstrates how to add page numbers (labels) visible in the page thumbnails panel of PDF viewer.
    /// </summary>
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            // Create new document
            Document pdfDocument = new Document();
            pdfDocument.RegistrationName = "demo";
            pdfDocument.RegistrationKey = "demo";

            // Add twenty pages
            for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++)
                pdfDocument.Pages.Add(new Page(PaperFormat.A4));

            // First five pages will have roman numbers I, II, III, ...
            PageLabel pageLabel = new PageLabel(0, PageNumberingStyle.UppercaseRoman);
            pdfDocument.PageLabels.Add(pageLabel);

            // Next five pages will have arabic numbers 6, 7, 8, ...
            pageLabel.Style = PageNumberingStyle.DecimalArabic;
            pageLabel.StartPortion = 6;
            pageLabel.FirstPageIndex = 5;
            pdfDocument.PageLabels.Add(pageLabel);

            // Next five pages will have complex page numbers with prefix A-11, A-12, A-13, ...
            pageLabel.Style = PageNumberingStyle.DecimalArabic;
            pageLabel.Prefix = "A-";
            pageLabel.StartPortion = 11;
            pageLabel.FirstPageIndex = 10;
            pdfDocument.PageLabels.Add(pageLabel);

            // Next five pages will use letters as page numbers P, Q, R, ...
            pageLabel.Prefix = "";
            pageLabel.Style = PageNumberingStyle.UppercaseLetters;
            pageLabel.StartPortion = 16;
            pageLabel.FirstPageIndex = 15;
            pdfDocument.PageLabels.Add(pageLabel);

            // Force PDF viewer to show page thumbnails panel on start up
            pdfDocument.PageMode = PageMode.Thumbnail;
            
            // Save document to file
            pdfDocument.Save("result.pdf");

            // Cleanup 
            pdfDocument.Dispose();

            // Open result document in default associated application (for demo purpose)
            ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("result.pdf");
            processStartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
            Process.Start(processStartInfo);
        }
    }
}