whats missing im using itext sharp to export wpf grid to pdf

PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(dataGridCst.Columns.Count);

//Table header

BaseFont btnColumnHeader = BaseFont.CreateFont(BaseFont.TIMES_ROMAN, BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);

iTextSharp.text.Font fntColumnHeader = new iTextSharp.text.Font(btnColumnHeader, 10, 1, BaseColor.WHITE);

for (int i = 0; i < dataGridCst.Columns.Count; i++)

{

PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell();

cell.BackgroundColor = BaseColor.GRAY;

cell.AddElement(new Chunk(dataGridCst.Columns[i], fntColumnHeader));// <<<< keeps showing a red line

table.AddCell(cell);

}

//table Data

for (int i = 0; i < dataGridCst.Items.Count; i++)

{

for (int j = 0; j < dataGridCst.Columns.Count; j++)

{

table.AddCell(dataGridCst.Items.ToString());

}

try the bellow code

protected void btnExportPDF_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
GridView1.AllowPaging = false;
GridView1.DataBind();
BaseFont bf = BaseFont.CreateFont(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("windir") + @"\fonts\ARIALUNI.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);
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);
}
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();
}

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Laxmidhar Sahoo7y ago
try the bellow code
protected void btnExportPDF_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    GridView1.AllowPaging = false;
    GridView1.DataBind();

    BaseFont bf = BaseFont.CreateFont(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("windir") + @"\fonts\ARIALUNI.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);


        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);
                }

                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();
}