Attach a Cover Page

VB C#

using IronPdf;

// Instantiate renderer
var renderer = new ChromePdfRenderer();

/* Cover Page */
// Create a sample cover using the RenderHtmlAsPdf method
var cover = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf("<h1>This is a Cover Page</h1>");


/* Main Document */
// As we have a cover page, we're going to start the page numbers at 2.
renderer.RenderingOptions.FirstPageNumber = 2;

// Download from a URL & convert to PDF in just one line!
var pdf = renderer.RenderUrlAsPdf("https://www.nuget.org/packages/IronPdf/");

// Only ONE line to combine two PDFs.
pdf.InsertPdf(cover, 0).SaveAs("combined.pdf");

Imports IronPdf

' Instantiate renderer
Private renderer = New ChromePdfRenderer()

' Cover Page 
' Create a sample cover using the RenderHtmlAsPdf method
Private cover = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf("<h1>This is a Cover Page</h1>")


' Main Document 
' As we have a cover page, we're going to start the page numbers at 2.
renderer.RenderingOptions.FirstPageNumber = 2

' Download from a URL & convert to PDF in just one line!
Dim pdf = renderer.RenderUrlAsPdf("https://www.nuget.org/packages/IronPdf/")

' Only ONE line to combine two PDFs.
pdf.InsertPdf(cover, 0).SaveAs("combined.pdf")

Install-Package IronPdf

Attach a Cover Page

Adding a cover page to your PDF can make it brandable and appealing to viewers. IronPDF is a seamless solution for adding cover pages to your PDF projects. IronPDF provides the ability to add a cover page without using any other programs and in just two simple lines of code.

In this example, we show you how to seamlessly attach a cover page to your render in IronPDF.

The C# method IronPdf.PdfDocument.Merge allows us to add a cover page to a PDF, render them separately or merge them with the rest of the document.

You can create a cover page using the ChromePdfRenderer class, and later on, use the Merge function to embed the two PDFs and create a single new PDF. You can see a full extended tutorial on how to do this here.

The Renderer.RenderingOptions.FirstPageNumber allows you to get the page numbers correct without printing numbers on the cover.