How to add a "Page x of y" footer to Word2007 doc as I am generating it using C#

Question

I looked here and here and here

I tried this:

    private void AddFooters()
    {
        foreach (Word.Section wordSection in this.WordDoc.Sections)
        {
            object fieldEmpty = Word.WdFieldType.wdFieldEmpty;
            object autoText = "AUTOTEXT  \"Page X of Y\" ";
            object preserveFormatting = true;

            wordSection.Footers[Word.WdHeaderFooterIndex.wdHeaderFooterPrimary].Range.Fields.Add(
                wordSection.Footers[Word.WdHeaderFooterIndex.wdHeaderFooterPrimary].Range,
                ref fieldEmpty, ref autoText, ref preserveFormatting);
        }
    }

And this:

    private void AddFooters()
    {
        foreach (Word.Section section in this.WordDoc.Sections)
        {
            Word.Range footerRange = section.Footers[Word.WdHeaderFooterIndex.wdHeaderFooterPrimary].Range;
            this.WordDoc.ActiveWindow.Selection.TypeText("Page ");
            footerRange.Fields.Add(footerRange, Word.WdFieldType.wdFieldPage);
            this.WordDoc.ActiveWindow.Selection.TypeText(" of ");
            footerRange = section.Footers[Word.WdHeaderFooterIndex.wdHeaderFooterPrimary].Range;
            footerRange.Fields.Add(footerRange, Word.WdFieldType.wdFieldNumPages);
            footerRange.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = Word.WdParagraphAlignment.wdAlignParagraphRight;
        }
    }

I recorded this VBA macro, but it does not seem to be helpful.

Sub Macro1()
'
' Macro1 Macro
'
'
    WordBasic.ViewFooterOnly
    ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.BuildingBlockEntries("Bold Numbers 3"). _
        Insert Where:=Selection.Range, RichText:=True
End Sub

Nothing that I tried quite worked for me entirely (I got somewhat close). Let me know if something about the question is not clear.

Answer 1

Ya, got it working.

// objects I use in the code below
// instanciate wordapp as the Word application object
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application wordapp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();


// create missing object for compatibility with C# .NET 3.5
Object oMissing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;

// define worddoc as the word document object
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document worddoc = wordapp.Documents.Add(ref oMissing, ref oMissing, ref oMissing, ref oMissing);

// define s as the selection object
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Selection s = wordapp.Selection;

// code for the page numbers
// move selection to page footer (Use wdSeekCurrentPageHeader for header)
worddoc.ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdSeekView.wdSeekCurrentPageFooter;

// Align right
s.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdParagraphAlignment.wdAlignParagraphRight;

// start typing
worddoc.ActiveWindow.Selection.TypeText("Page ");

// create the field  for current page number
object CurrentPage = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdFieldType.wdFieldPage;

// insert that field into the selection
worddoc.ActiveWindow.Selection.Fields.Add(s.Range, ref CurrentPage, ref oMissing, ref oMissing);

// write the "of"
worddoc.ActiveWindow.Selection.TypeText(" of ");

// create the field for total page number.
object TotalPages = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdFieldType.wdFieldNumPages;

// insert total pages field in the selection.
worddoc.ActiveWindow.Selection.Fields.Add(s.Range, ref TotalPages, ref oMissing, ref oMissing);

// return to the document main body.
worddoc.ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdSeekView.wdSeekMainDocument;

That last line returns to the main document.

It't not the best and most "fancy" c#, but it works for me. C# .Net 3.5, Office 2007.