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    Customizing the Printed Page Header or Footer
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    You can provide header and footers that appears on the printed pages. Using the Header property and Footer property of the PrintInfo class, which may include special control commands, you can specify text and variables, such as page numbers, as well as specify the font settings. The font related commands begin with "f".

    The control commands that can be inserted in headers and footers are listed in this table:

    Control Character Full Command Action in Printed Page Header or Footer
    / / Inserts a literal forward slash character (/)
    /c /c Center justifies the item
    /cl /cl"n" Sets the font color for text, with the zero-based index of the color, n, in quotes (n can be 0 or more); see the Colors property
    /dl /dl Inserts the date, using the long form
    /ds /ds Inserts the date, using the short form
    /f /f"n" Recalls the previously saved font settings (see /fs in this table), with the zero-based index, n, in quotes (n can be 0 or more)
    /fb /fb0 Turns off bold font type
      /fb1 Turns on bold font type
    /fi /fi0 Turns off italics font type
      /fi1 Turns on italics font type
    /fk /fk0 Turns off strikethrough
      /fk1 Turns on strikethrough
    /fn /fn"name" Sets the name of the font face, with the name of the font in quotes
    /fs /fs"n" Saves the font settings for re-use, with the zero-based index of the font settings, n, in quotes (see /f in this table)
    /fu /fu0 Turns off underline
      /fu1 Turns on underline
    /fz /fz"n" Set the size of the font
    /g /g"n" Inserts a graphic (image), with the zero-based index of the image, n, in quotes (n can be zero or more); see the Images property
    /l /l Left justifies the item (that is the letter l or L, as in Left)
    /n /n Inserts a new line
    /p /p Inserts a page number
    /pc /pc Inserts a page count (the total number of pages in the print job)
    /r /r Right justifies the item
    /sn /sn Inserts the sheet name
    /tl /tl Inserts the time, using the long form
    /ts /ts Inserts the time, using the short form

    If you use multiple control characters, do not put spaces between them. The letters can be lower or upper case; all commands and examples are shown here in lower case for simplicity.

    Define the headers and footers (set the Header and Footer properties) before printing the sheet (running the PrintSheet method).

    You can specify a color for the text from a list of colors if the color is previously defined in the Colors property.

    You can specify an image if the image is previously defined in the Images property.

    You can add text including the page number and the total number of pages printed.

    You can save the font settings to re-use them later in the header or footer.

    Here is the result of the example code given below.

    Printed Page Example with Header and Footer

    Using the Properties Window

    1. At design time, in the Properties window, select the Spread component.
    2. Select the Sheets property.
    3. Click the button to display the SheetView Collection Editor.
    4. In the Members list, select the sheet for which to set the header and footer text.
    5. In the properties list, double-click the PrintInfo property to display the settings for the PrintInfo class.
    6. Set the Header and Footer properties to set the header and footer text.
    7. Click OK to close the editor.

    Using a Shortcut

    1. Create and set the Header and Footer properties for a PrintInfo object.
    2. Set the Sheet shortcut object PrintInfo property to the PrintInfo object you just created.

    Example

    This example code prints the sheet with the specified header and footer text.

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    // Create PrintInfo object and set properties.
FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintInfo printset = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintInfo();
printset.Colors = new Color[] {Color.Green, Color.Yellow, Color.Gold, Color.Indigo, Color.Brown};
printset.Images = new Image[] {Image.FromFile("C:\\images\\point.jpg"), Image.FromFile("C:\\images\\logo.gif"), Image.FromFile("C:\\images\\icon.jpg")};
printset.Header = "/fn\"Book Antiqua\" /fz\"14\" Print job for FarPoint Inc./n ";
printset.Footer = "/g\"1\"/r/cl\"4\"This is page /p of /pc";
// Set the PrintInfo property for the first sheet.
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].PrintInfo = printset;
// Print the sheet.
fpSpread1.PrintSheet(0);
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    ' Create PrintInfo object and set properties.
Dim printset As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintInfo()
printset.Colors = New Color() {Color.Green, Color.Yellow, Color.Gold, Color.Indigo, Color.Brown}
printset.Images = New Image() {Image.FromFile("D:\images\point.jpg"), Image.FromFile("D:\images\logo.gif"), Image.FromFile("C:\images\icon.jpg")}
printset.Header = "/fn""Book Antiqua"" /fz""14"" Print job for FarPoint Inc./n "
printset.Footer = "/g""1""/r/cl""4""This is page /p of /pc"
' Set the PrintInfo property for the first sheet.
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).PrintInfo = printset
' Print the sheet.
FpSpread1.PrintSheet(0)

    Using Code

    1. Create and set the Header and Footer properties for a PrintInfo object.
    2. Set the SheetView object PrintInfo property to the PrintInfo object you just created.

    Example

    This example code prints the sheet with the specified header and footer colors and images.

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    // Create PrintInfo object and set properties.
FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintInfo pi = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintInfo();
pi.Footer = "This is Page /p/nof /pc Pages";
pi.Header = "Print Job For /nFPT Inc.";
pi.Colors = new Color[] {Color.Red, Color.Blue};
pi.Images = new Image[] {Image.FromFile("D:\Corporate.jpg"), Image.FromFile("D:\Building.jpg")};
pi.RepeatColEnd = 25;
pi.RepeatColStart = 1;
pi.RepeatRowEnd = 25;
pi.RepeatRowStart = 1;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo = pi;
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    ' Create PrintInfo object and set properties.
Dim pi As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintInfo
pi.Footer = "This is Page /p/nof /pc Pages"
pi.Header = "Print Job For /nFPT Inc."
pi.Colors = New Color() {Color.Red, Color.Blue}
pi.Images = New Image() {Image.FromFile("D:\Corporate.jpg"), Image.FromFile("D:\Building.jpg")}
pi.RepeatColEnd = 25
pi.RepeatColStart = 1
pi.RepeatRowEnd = 25
pi.RepeatRowStart = 1
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo = pi

    Using Code

    1. Create and set the Header and Footer properties for a PrintInfo object.
    2. Set the SheetView object PrintInfo property to the PrintInfo object you just created.

    Example

    This example code prints the sheet with the specified header and footer text.

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    // Create PrintInfo object and set properties.
FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintInfo printset = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintInfo();
printset.Header = "/lJobName";
printset.Footer = "/r/p of /pc";
// Create SheetView object and assign it to the first sheet.
FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetView SheetToPrint = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetView();
SheetToPrint.PrintInfo = printset;
// Set the PrintInfo property for the first sheet.
fpSpread1.Sheets[0] = SheetToPrint;
// Print the sheet.
fpSpread1.PrintSheet(0);
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    ' Create PrintInfo object and set properties.
Dim printset As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.PrintInfo()
printset.Header = "/lJobName"
printset.Footer = "/r/p of /pc"
' Create SheetView object and assign it to the first sheet.
Dim SheetToPrint As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetView()
SheetToPrint.PrintInfo = printset
FpSpread1.Sheets(0) = SheetToPrint
' Set the PrintInfo property for the first sheet.
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).PrintInfo = printset
' Print the sheet.
FpSpread1.PrintSheet(0)

    Using the Spread Designer

    1. Select the sheet tab for the sheet for which you want to set print settings.
    2. Select the Page Layout option.
    3. Choose Print Titles.
      The Sheet Print dialog appears.
    4. Click the Header/Footer tab.
    5. Select the Header or Footer radio button to indicate whether you are setting the header or footer text.
    6. Type the text for your header or footer in the text box.
      You can insert control characters in your text by selecting them from the Control Characters drop-down list box below the text box and then clicking the Add button.
    7. Click OK to close the Sheet Print Options dialog.
    8. From the File menu choose Apply and Exit to apply your changes to the component and exit Spread Designer.

    Different Header/Footer for Different Printed Pages

    You can also add different headers and footers on the first page, odd pages, and even pages by setting the OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter and DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter properties of PrintInfo class to true.

    On setting the OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter property to true, Spread.NET allows you to set the different value for header and footer using EvenFooter, FirstFooter, FirstHeader, and other properties.

    The following image shows how different headers and footers appear on different printed pages.

    Refer to the following code to implement the different header and footer using PrintInfo class. 

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    // Different header/footer printing
IWorksheet TestActiveSheet = fpSpread1.AsWorkbook().ActiveSheet;
TestActiveSheet.Cells["A1"].Value = "Page1";
TestActiveSheet.Cells["A60"].Value = "Page2";
TestActiveSheet.Cells["A100"].Value = "Page3";
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.Colors = new System.Drawing.Color[] { System.Drawing.Color.Purple };
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.FirstColors = new System.Drawing.Color[] { System.Drawing.Color.Blue };
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.EvenColors = new System.Drawing.Color[] { System.Drawing.Color.Red };
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.Footer = "/l/cl\"0\"OddLeft/cOddCenter/rOddRight";
// Set DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter property to true for different first page header footer
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter = true;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.FirstFooter = "/lFirstLeft/c/cl\"0\"FirstCenter/rFirstRight";
// Set OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter property to true for different Odd and Even page headers
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter = true;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.EvenFooter = "/lEvenLeft/cEvenCenter/r/cl\"0\"EvenRight";
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].PrintInfo.Preview = true;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].PrintInfo.EnhancePreview = true;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].PrintInfo.ShowColor = true;
fpSpread1.PrintSheet(0);
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    ' Different header/footer printing
Dim TestActiveSheet As IWorksheet = FpSpread1.AsWorkbook().ActiveSheet
TestActiveSheet.Cells("A1").Value = "Page1"
TestActiveSheet.Cells("A60").Value = "Page2"
TestActiveSheet.Cells("A100").Value = "Page3"
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.Colors = New Drawing.Color() {Drawing.Color.Purple}
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.FirstColors = New Drawing.Color() {Drawing.Color.Blue}
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.EvenColors = New Drawing.Color() {Drawing.Color.Red}
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.Footer = "/l/cl""0""OddLeft/cOddCenter/rOddRight"
' Set DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter property to true for different first page header footer
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter = True
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.FirstFooter = "/lFirstLeft/c/cl""0""FirstCenter/rFirstRight"
' Set OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter property to true for different Odd and Even page headers
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter = True
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.EvenFooter = "/lEvenLeft/cEvenCenter/r/cl""0""EvenRight"
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).PrintInfo.Preview = True
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).PrintInfo.EnhancePreview = True
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).PrintInfo.ShowColor = True
FpSpread1.PrintSheet(0)

    PageSetup class also supports OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter and DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter properties. However, if you are using the PageSetup class, you should only use the properties included in this class to set the values for headers and footers.

    Export/Import of Excel with an Image in Header or Footer

    Spread.NET also supports export/import of Excel with the image in the headers and footers of the print page.

    The following image shows the print preview of exported Excel with image as a watermark.

    Refer to the following code to add image in the header and export the Spread to Excel.

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    IWorksheet TestActiveSheet = fpSpread1.AsWorkbook().ActiveSheet;
TestActiveSheet.PageSetup.LeftHeaderPicture.Filename = @"Image.jpg";
TestActiveSheet.PageSetup.LeftHeader = "Left&G";
TestActiveSheet.PageSetup.TopMargin = 1;
TestActiveSheet.PageSetup.LeftHeaderPicture.ColorType = PictureColorType.Watermark;
TestActiveSheet.PageSetup.LeftHeaderPicture.CropLeft = -40;
TestActiveSheet.PageSetup.LeftHeaderPicture.CropTop = 30;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.Preview = true;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.ShowColor = true;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.EnhancePreview = true;
fpSpread1.PrintSheet(fpSpread1.ActiveSheet);
fpSpread1.SaveExcel(@"excel.xlsx", FarPoint.Excel.ExcelSaveFlags.UseOOXMLFormat);
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    Dim TestActiveSheet As IWorksheet = FpSpread1.AsWorkbook().ActiveSheet
TestActiveSheet.PageSetup.LeftHeaderPicture.Filename = "Image.jpg"
TestActiveSheet.PageSetup.LeftHeader = "Left&G"
TestActiveSheet.PageSetup.TopMargin = 1
TestActiveSheet.PageSetup.LeftHeaderPicture.ColorType = PictureColorType.Watermark
TestActiveSheet.PageSetup.LeftHeaderPicture.CropLeft = -40
TestActiveSheet.PageSetup.LeftHeaderPicture.CropTop = 30
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.Preview = True
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.ShowColor = True
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.EnhancePreview = True
FpSpread1.PrintSheet(FpSpread1.ActiveSheet)
FpSpread1.SaveExcel("excel.xlsx", FarPoint.Excel.ExcelSaveFlags.UseOOXMLFormat)

    However, if you have more than one image in the header or footer, only the first image used is exported to Excel in the header or Footer, as Excel supports only one image. 

    The following image shows the print preview of an exported Excel file where the first used image is placed in the header.

    Refer to the following code to add multiple images in the header and export the Spread to Excel.

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    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter = true;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.Margin.Top = 100;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.EvenImages = new System.Drawing.Image[] { System.Drawing.Image.FromFile("Image.png"), System.Drawing.Image.FromFile("Image.tiff") };
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.EvenHeader = "/l/g\"0\"/g\"1\"EventHeader";
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter = true;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.FirstImages = new System.Drawing.Image[] { System.Drawing.Image.FromFile("Image.jpg"), System.Drawing.Image.FromFile("Image.ico") };
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.FirstHeader = "/l/g\"0\"/g\"1\"FirstHeader";
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.Images = new System.Drawing.Image[] { System.Drawing.Image.FromFile("Image.bmp"), System.Drawing.Image.FromFile("Image.jpeg") };
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.Header = "/l/g\"0\"/g\"1\"OddHeader";
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.Preview = true;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.ShowColor = true;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.EnhancePreview = true;
// fpSpread1.PrintSheet(fpSpread1.ActiveSheet);
fpSpread1.SaveExcel(@"excel_printinfo.xlsx", ExcelSaveFlags.UseOOXMLFormat);
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    FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter = True
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.Margin.Top = 100
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.EvenImages = New Drawing.Image() {Drawing.Image.FromFile("Image.png"), Drawing.Image.FromFile("Image.tiff")}
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.EvenHeader = "/l/g""0""/g""1""EventHeader"
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter = True
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.FirstImages = New Drawing.Image() {Drawing.Image.FromFile("Image.jpg"), Drawing.Image.FromFile("Image.ico")}
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.FirstHeader = "/l/g""0""/g""1""FirstHeader"
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.Images = New Drawing.Image() {Drawing.Image.FromFile("Image.bmp"), Drawing.Image.FromFile("Image.jpeg")}
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.Header = "/l/g""0""/g""1""OddHeader"
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.Preview = True
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.ShowColor = True
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.PrintInfo.EnhancePreview = True
' FpSpread1.PrintSheet(FpSpread1.ActiveSheet);
FpSpread1.SaveExcel("excel_printinfo.xlsx", ExcelSaveFlags.UseOOXMLFormat)
    See Also
    Understanding the Printing Options
    Customizing the Print Job Settings
    Customizing the Printed Page Layout
    Customizing the Print Preview Dialog
    Repeating Rows or Columns on Printed Pages
    Adding a Page Break
    Adding a Watermark to a Printed Page