Aspose: Text after Ampersand(&) not seen while setting the page header - grails

Question

I encountered a problem with setting the page header text containing ampersand like ‘a&b’. The text after ‘&’ disappears in the pdf maybe because it is the reserved key in Aspose. My code looks like this:
PageSetup pageSetup = workbook.getWorksheets().get(worksheetName).getPageSetup();
//calling the function
setHeaderFooter(pageSetup, parameters, criteria)
//function for setting header and footer
def setHeaderFooter(PageSetup pageSetup, parameters, criteria = [:])
{
def selectedLoa=getSelectedLoa(parameters)
if(selectedLoa.length()>110){
String firstLine = selectedLoa.substring(0,110);
String secondLine = selectedLoa.substring(110);
if(secondLine.length()>120){
secondLine = secondLine.substring(0,122)+"...."
}
selectedLoa = firstLine+"\n"+secondLine.trim();
}
def periodInfo=getPeriodInfo(parameters, criteria)
def reportingInfo=periodInfo[0]
def comparisonInfo=periodInfo[1]
def benchmarkName=getBenchmark(parameters)
def isNonComparison = criteria.isNonComparison?
criteria.isNonComparison:false
def footerInfo="&BReporting Period:&B " + reportingInfo+"\n"
if (comparisonInfo && !isNonComparison){
footerInfo=footerInfo+"&BComparison Period:&B " +comparisonInfo+"\n"
}
if (benchmarkName){
footerInfo+="&BBenchmark:&B "+benchmarkName
}
//where I encounterd the issue,selectedLoa contains string with ampersand
pageSetup.setHeader(0, pageSetup.getHeader(0) + "\n&\"Lucida Sans,Regular\"&8&K02-074&BPopulation:&B "+selectedLoa)
//Insertion of footer
pageSetup.setFooter(0,"&\"Lucida Sans,Regular\"&8&K02-074"+footerInfo)
def downloadDate = new Date().format("MMMM dd, yyyy")
pageSetup.setFooter(2,"&\"Lucida Sans,Regular\"&8&K02-074" + downloadDate)
//Insertion of logo
try{
def bucketName = parameters.containsKey('printedRLBucketName')?parameters.get('printedRLBucketName'):null
def filePath = parameters.containsKey('printedReportLogo')?parameters.get('printedReportLogo'): null
// Declaring a byte array
byte[] binaryData
if(!filePath || filePath.contains("null") || filePath.endsWith("null")){
filePath = root+"/images/defaultExportLogo.png"
InputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(filePath))
binaryData = is.getBytes()
}else {
AmazonS3Client s3client = amazonClientService.getAmazonS3Client()
S3Object object = s3client.getObject(bucketName, filePath)
// Getting the bytes out of input stream of S3 object
binaryData = object.getObjectContent().getBytes()
}
// Setting the logo/picture in the right section (2) of the page header
pageSetup.setHeaderPicture(2, binaryData);
// Setting the script for the logo/picture
pageSetup.setHeader(2, "&G");
// Scaling the picture to correct size
Picture pic = pageSetup.getPicture(true, 2);
pic.setLockAspectRatio(true)
pic.setRelativeToOriginalPictureSize(true)
pic.setHeight(35)
pic.setWidth(Math.abs(pic.getWidth() * (pic.getHeightScale() / 100)).intValue());
}catch (Exception e){
e.printStackTrace()
}
}
In this case, I get only ‘a’ in the pdf header all other text after ampersand gets disappeared. Please suggest me with a solution for this. I am using aspose 18.2

Answer 1

We have added header on a PDF page with below code snippet but we did not notice any problem when ampersand sign is included in header text.
// open document
Document document = new Document(dataDir + "input.pdf");
// create text stamp
TextStamp textStamp = new TextStamp("a&bcdefg");
// set properties of the stamp
textStamp.setTopMargin(10);
textStamp.setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Center);
textStamp.setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignment.Top);
// set text properties
textStamp.getTextState().setFont(new FontRepository().findFont("Arial"));
textStamp.getTextState().setFontSize(14.0F);
textStamp.getTextState().setFontStyle(FontStyles.Bold);
textStamp.getTextState().setFontStyle(FontStyles.Italic);
textStamp.getTextState().setForegroundColor(Color.getGreen());
// iterate through all pages of PDF file
for (int Page_counter = 1; Page_counter <= document.getPages().size(); Page_counter++) {
// add stamp to all pages of PDF file
document.getPages().get_Item(Page_counter).addStamp(textStamp);
}
// save output document
document.save(dataDir + "TextStamp_18.8.pdf");
Please ensure using Aspose.PDF for Java 18.8 in your environment. For further information on adding page header, you may visit Add Text Stamp in the Header or Footer section.
In case you face any problem while adding header, then please share your code snippet and generated PDF document with us via Google Drive, Dropbox etc. so that we may investigate it to help you out.
PS: I work with Aspose as Developer Evangelist.

Answer 2

Well, yes, "&" is a reserved word when inserting headers/footers in MS Excel spreadsheet via Aspose.Cells APIs. To cope with your issue, you got to place another ampersand to paste the "& (ampersand)" in the header string. See the sample code for your reference:
e.g
Sample code:
Workbook wb = new Workbook();
Worksheet ws = wb.getWorksheets().get(0);
ws.getCells().get("A1").putValue("testin..");
String headerText="a&&bcdefg";
PageSetup pageSetup = ws.getPageSetup();
pageSetup.setHeader(0, headerText);
wb.save("f:\\files\\out1.xlsx");
wb.save("f:\\files\\out2.pdf");
Hope this helps a bit.
I am working as Support developer/ Evangelist at Aspose.