C#, datagridview and iTextsharp

protected void btnExportPDF_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
GridView1.AllowPaging = false;
GridView1.DataBind();
BaseFont bf = BaseFont.CreateFont(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("windir") + @"\fonts\Arial.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, true);
iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPTable table = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPTable(GridView1.Columns.Count);
int[] widths = new int[GridView1.Columns.Count];
for (int x = 0; x < GridView1.Columns.Count; x++)
{
widths[x] = (int)GridView1.Columns[x].ItemStyle.Width.Value;
string cellText = Server.HtmlDecode(GridView1.HeaderRow.Cells[x].Text);
//Set Font and Font Color
iTextSharp.text.Font font = new iTextSharp.text.Font(bf, 10, iTextSharp.text.Font.NORMAL);
font.Color = new Color(GridView1.HeaderStyle.ForeColor);
iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPCell cell = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPCell(new Phrase(12, cellText, font));
//Set Header Row BackGround Color
cell.BackgroundColor = new Color(GridView1.HeaderStyle.BackColor);
//Important for Arabic, Persian or Urdu Text
cell.RunDirection = PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL;
table.AddCell(cell);
}
table.SetWidths(widths);
for (int i = 0; i < GridView1.Rows.Count; i++)
{
if (GridView1.Rows[i].RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
{
for (int j = 0; j < GridView1.Columns.Count; j++)
{
string cellText = Server.HtmlDecode(GridView1.Rows[i].Cells[j].Text);
//Set Font and Font Color
iTextSharp.text.Font font = new iTextSharp.text.Font(bf, 10, iTextSharp.text.Font.NORMAL);
font.Color = new Color(GridView1.RowStyle.ForeColor);
iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPCell cell = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPCell(new Phrase(12, cellText, font));
//Set Color of row
if (i % 2 == 0)
{
//Set Row BackGround Color
cell.BackgroundColor = new Color(GridView1.RowStyle.BackColor);
}
//Important for Arabic, Persian or Urdu Text
cell.RunDirection = PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL;
table.AddCell(cell);
}
}
}
//Create the PDF Document
Document pdfDoc = new Document(PageSize.A4, 10f, 10f, 10f, 0f);
PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDoc, Response.OutputStream);
pdfDoc.Open();
pdfDoc.Add(table);
pdfDoc.Close();
Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=GridViewExport.pdf");
Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);
Response.Write(pdfDoc);
Response.End();
}
public override void VerifyRenderingInServerForm(Control control)
{
/* Verifies that the control is rendered */

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1. protected void btnExportPDF_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
2. {
3. GridView1.AllowPaging = false;
4. GridView1.DataBind();
6. BaseFont bf = BaseFont.CreateFont(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("windir") + @"\fonts\Arial.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, true);
8. iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPTable table = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPTable(GridView1.Columns.Count);
9. int[] widths = new int[GridView1.Columns.Count];
10. for (int x = 0; x < GridView1.Columns.Count; x++)
11. {
12. widths[x] = (int)GridView1.Columns[x].ItemStyle.Width.Value;
13. string cellText = Server.HtmlDecode(GridView1.HeaderRow.Cells[x].Text);
15. //Set Font and Font Color
16. iTextSharp.text.Font font = new iTextSharp.text.Font(bf, 10, iTextSharp.text.Font.NORMAL);
17. font.Color = new Color(GridView1.HeaderStyle.ForeColor);
18. iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPCell cell = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPCell(new Phrase(12, cellText, font));
20. //Set Header Row BackGround Color
21. cell.BackgroundColor = new Color(GridView1.HeaderStyle.BackColor);
23. //Important for Arabic, Persian or Urdu Text
24. cell.RunDirection = PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL;
25. table.AddCell(cell);
26. }
27. table.SetWidths(widths);
29. for (int i = 0; i < GridView1.Rows.Count; i++)
30. {
31. if (GridView1.Rows[i].RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
32. {
33. for (int j = 0; j < GridView1.Columns.Count; j++)
34. {
35. string cellText = Server.HtmlDecode(GridView1.Rows[i].Cells[j].Text);
37. //Set Font and Font Color
38. iTextSharp.text.Font font = new iTextSharp.text.Font(bf, 10, iTextSharp.text.Font.NORMAL);
39. font.Color = new Color(GridView1.RowStyle.ForeColor);
40. iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPCell cell = new iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPCell(new Phrase(12, cellText, font));
42. //Set Color of row
43. if (i % 2 == 0)
44. {
45. //Set Row BackGround Color
46. cell.BackgroundColor = new Color(GridView1.RowStyle.BackColor);
47. }
49. //Important for Arabic, Persian or Urdu Text
50. cell.RunDirection = PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL;
51. table.AddCell(cell);
52. }
53. }
54. }
56. //Create the PDF Document
57. Document pdfDoc = new Document(PageSize.A4, 10f, 10f, 10f, 0f);
58. PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDoc, Response.OutputStream);
59. pdfDoc.Open();
60. pdfDoc.Add(table);
61. pdfDoc.Close();
62. Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
63. Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=GridViewExport.pdf");
64. Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);
65. Response.Write(pdfDoc);
66. Response.End();
67. }
68. public override void VerifyRenderingInServerForm(Control control)
69. {
70. /* Verifies that the control is rendered */
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Item	Price	Sell
A	3	5
B	4	3
C	2	6
A	4	4
c	6	1

Sl. No.	Item
1	A
2	B
3	C