converting grid to pdf in asp.net

Hi Geetika,


Try this...

Get itextsharp.dll file from http://sourceforge.net/projects/itextsharp/

First add the itextsharp.dll file into the application as click solution explorer- Right click on your application file-Add reference-On browse tab search the itextsharp.dll file from your computer-Click ok-Finish. Then you will notice that a Bin folder will be created where you will find itextsharp.dll file present inside that folder.


<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="Export_gridview_data_to_pdf._Default" %>





   


   

   

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                onclick="Button1_Click" />
   

   

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Xml.Linq;

using System.Data.SqlClient;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
using iTextSharp.text.html;
using iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser;
using System.IO;
using iTextSharp.text;

namespace Export_gridview_data_to_pdf
{
    public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
    {
        string strConnString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ConnectionString"].ConnectionString;
        string str;
        SqlCommand com;
        SqlDataAdapter sqlda;
        DataSet ds;

        protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Response.Clear();
            Response.Buffer = true;
            Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";

            Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=student.pdf");

            Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);

            StringWriter StringWriter1 = new StringWriter();

            HtmlTextWriter HtmlTextWriter1 = new HtmlTextWriter(StringWriter1);

            GridView1.RenderControl(HtmlTextWriter1);

            StringReader StringReader1 = new StringReader(StringWriter1.ToString());

            Document newDocument = new Document(PageSize.A4, 7f, 7f, 7f, 7f);

            HTMLWorker HTMLWorker1 = new HTMLWorker(newDocument);

            PdfWriter.GetInstance(newDocument, Response.OutputStream);

            newDocument.Open();

            HTMLWorker1.Parse(StringReader1);

            newDocument.Close();

            Response.Write(newDocument);

            Response.End();

        }
        public override void VerifyRenderingInServerForm(Control control)
        {
        }

        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(strConnString);
            con.Open();
            str = "select * from student";
            com = new SqlCommand(str, con);
            SqlDataReader reader;
            reader = com.ExecuteReader();
            GridView1.DataSource = reader;
            GridView1.DataBind();
            con.Close();
        }
    }
}





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