Copying Pages between PDF Files

VB C#

using IronPdf;

var html_a = @"<p> [PDF_A] </p>
        <p> [PDF_A] 1st Page </p>
        <div style = 'page-break-after: always;' ></div>
        <p> [PDF_A] 2nd Page</p>";

var html_b = @"<p> [PDF_B] </p>
        <p> [PDF_B] 1st Page </p>
        <div style = 'page-break-after: always;' ></div>
        <p> [PDF_B] 2nd Page</p>";

var renderer = new ChromePdfRenderer();

// Create our main document
var pdfdoc_a = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf(html_a);


// Create and select a page to copy
var pdfdoc_b = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf(html_b);
var page_to_insert = pdfdoc_b.CopyPage(1);

// 3 ways to insert:

pdfdoc_a.AppendPdf(page_to_insert); // at the end
                                    // or
pdfdoc_a.PrependPdf(page_to_insert); // at the start
                                     // or
pdfdoc_a.InsertPdf(page_to_insert, 1); // in the middle

pdfdoc_a.SaveAs("CopiedPages.pdf");

Imports IronPdf

Private html_a = "<p> [PDF_A] </p>
        <p> [PDF_A] 1st Page </p>
        <div style = 'page-break-after: always;' ></div>
        <p> [PDF_A] 2nd Page</p>"

Private html_b = "<p> [PDF_B] </p>
        <p> [PDF_B] 1st Page </p>
        <div style = 'page-break-after: always;' ></div>
        <p> [PDF_B] 2nd Page</p>"

Private renderer = New ChromePdfRenderer()

' Create our main document
Private pdfdoc_a = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf(html_a)


' Create and select a page to copy
Private pdfdoc_b = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf(html_b)
Private page_to_insert = pdfdoc_b.CopyPage(1)

' 3 ways to insert:

pdfdoc_a.AppendPdf(page_to_insert) ' at the end
									' or
pdfdoc_a.PrependPdf(page_to_insert) ' at the start
									 ' or
pdfdoc_a.InsertPdf(page_to_insert, 1) ' in the middle

pdfdoc_a.SaveAs("CopiedPages.pdf")

Install-Package IronPdf

Copying Pages between PDF Files

Alter the structure of your PDF documents to best fit your needs with ease by utilizing IronPDF to copy pages between your PDF files. Now, you can easily copy a specific PDF page, and either insert it, prepend it, or append it to another PDF document. This gives you full control over where the page will appear and how your PDF documents look.

5 Steps for Copying Pages between PDF Files

// Create an instance of ChromePdfRenderer to render HTML as a PDF 
var renderer = new ChromePdfRenderer();

// Convert HTML strings into PDF documents
var pdfdoc_a = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf(html_a);
var pdfdoc_b = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf(html_b);

// Step 1: Select a page to copy from pdfdoc_b
// This line copies the first page from pdfdoc_b and stores it in the page_to_insert variable
var page_to_insert = pdfdoc_b.CopyPage(1);

// Step 2: Append the copied page to the end of pdfdoc_a
// Appends page_to_insert to the end of pdfdoc_a
pdfdoc_a.AppendPdf(page_to_insert);

// Step 3: Prepend the copied page to the beginning of pdfdoc_a
// Prepends page_to_insert at the beginning of pdfdoc_a
pdfdoc_a.PrependPdf(page_to_insert);

// Step 4: Insert the copied page into pdfdoc_a at a specific location
// Inserts page_to_insert at the second position in pdfdoc_a
pdfdoc_a.InsertPdf(page_to_insert, 1);

// Step 5: Save the newly structured PDF document
// Saves the modified pdfdoc_a to CopiedPages.pdf
pdfdoc_a.SaveAs("CopiedPages.pdf");

// Create an instance of ChromePdfRenderer to render HTML as a PDF 
var renderer = new ChromePdfRenderer();

// Convert HTML strings into PDF documents
var pdfdoc_a = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf(html_a);
var pdfdoc_b = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf(html_b);

// Step 1: Select a page to copy from pdfdoc_b
// This line copies the first page from pdfdoc_b and stores it in the page_to_insert variable
var page_to_insert = pdfdoc_b.CopyPage(1);

// Step 2: Append the copied page to the end of pdfdoc_a
// Appends page_to_insert to the end of pdfdoc_a
pdfdoc_a.AppendPdf(page_to_insert);

// Step 3: Prepend the copied page to the beginning of pdfdoc_a
// Prepends page_to_insert at the beginning of pdfdoc_a
pdfdoc_a.PrependPdf(page_to_insert);

// Step 4: Insert the copied page into pdfdoc_a at a specific location
// Inserts page_to_insert at the second position in pdfdoc_a
pdfdoc_a.InsertPdf(page_to_insert, 1);

// Step 5: Save the newly structured PDF document
// Saves the modified pdfdoc_a to CopiedPages.pdf
pdfdoc_a.SaveAs("CopiedPages.pdf");

' Create an instance of ChromePdfRenderer to render HTML as a PDF 
Dim renderer = New ChromePdfRenderer()

' Convert HTML strings into PDF documents
Dim pdfdoc_a = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf(html_a)
Dim pdfdoc_b = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf(html_b)

' Step 1: Select a page to copy from pdfdoc_b
' This line copies the first page from pdfdoc_b and stores it in the page_to_insert variable
Dim page_to_insert = pdfdoc_b.CopyPage(1)

' Step 2: Append the copied page to the end of pdfdoc_a
' Appends page_to_insert to the end of pdfdoc_a
pdfdoc_a.AppendPdf(page_to_insert)

' Step 3: Prepend the copied page to the beginning of pdfdoc_a
' Prepends page_to_insert at the beginning of pdfdoc_a
pdfdoc_a.PrependPdf(page_to_insert)

' Step 4: Insert the copied page into pdfdoc_a at a specific location
' Inserts page_to_insert at the second position in pdfdoc_a
pdfdoc_a.InsertPdf(page_to_insert, 1)

' Step 5: Save the newly structured PDF document
' Saves the modified pdfdoc_a to CopiedPages.pdf
pdfdoc_a.SaveAs("CopiedPages.pdf")

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Before we get started, for our example, we first created two HTML strings, html_a and html_b, representing the content to be converted into PDF. Then, by creating a new ChromePdfRenderer instance, we are able to convert these two HTML strings into new PDF documents using the RenderHtmlAsPdf method. Now we have two fresh new PDF documents for use in our example.

First, let's select a page to copy. Using CopyPage(1), we copy the first page from the specified PDF and store it in the page_to_insert variable for further use. This process of extracting the PDF page can be helpful for situations where you might want to transfer data between PDF documents.

Next, we'll look at the three methods of adding the extracted page to another PDF, effectively copying it across the PDFs. The first method, AppendPdf, adds the copied page to the end of the PDF document. PrependPdf can be utilized when you want to add the copied page at the beginning of the PDF. The last method, InsertPdf, will insert the page at the specified location within the PDF. With these three methods, no matter the size of the PDF you are copying the page to, you will always have full control over where the copied page is added.

Finally, save the PDF with the copied page using the SaveAs method. Now, you will be able to copy pages and alter your PDF page structures with ease.

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Code

https://github.com/iron-software/IronPdf.Examples/tree/main/examples/copy-pdf-page-to-another-pdf-file

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