Here I am using Itextsharp.dll, please download and add reference to the project.And then --
This is the class file ::
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Data;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
/// <summary>
/// PDFExporter: Created by Abhirup Sinha Roy,help to generate Customise PDF (used for report purpose)
/// </summary>
public class PDFExporter
{
private readonly DataTable dataTable;
private readonly string fileName;
private readonly bool timeStamp;
public PDFExporter(DataTable dataTable, string fileName, bool timeStamp)
{
this.dataTable = dataTable;
this.fileName = timeStamp ? String.Format("{0}-{1}", fileName, GetTimeStamp(DateTime.Now)) : fileName;
this.timeStamp = timeStamp;
}
public void ExportPDF()
{
HttpResponse Response = HttpContext.Current.Response;
Response.Clear();
Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + fileName + ".pdf");
// step 1: creation of a document-object
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 10, 10, 90, 10);
// step 2: we create a writer that listens to the document
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, Response.OutputStream);
//set some header stuff
document.AddTitle(fileName);
document.AddSubject(String.Format("Table of {0}", fileName));
document.AddCreator("www.i-novaonline.com");
document.AddAuthor("KLJ");
// step 3: we open the document
document.Open();
// step 4: we add content to the document
CreatePages(document);
// step 5: we close the document
document.Close();
}
public void ExportPDF1()
{
HttpResponse Response = HttpContext.Current.Response;
Response.Clear();
Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + fileName + ".pdf");
// step 1: creation of a document-object
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 10f, 10f, 90f, 10f);
// step 2: we create a writer that listens to the document
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, Response.OutputStream);
//set some header stuff
document.AddTitle(fileName);
document.AddSubject(String.Format("Table of {0}", fileName));
document.AddCreator("www.i-novaonline.com");
document.AddAuthor("KLJ");
// step 3: we open the document
document.Open();
// step 4: we add content to the document
CreatePages(document);
// step 5: we close the document
document.Close();
}
private void CreatePages(Document document)
{
document.NewPage();
document.Add(FormatPageHeaderPhrase(dataTable.TableName));
PdfPTable pdfTable = new PdfPTable(dataTable.Columns.Count);
pdfTable.DefaultCell.Padding = 3;
pdfTable.WidthPercentage = 100; // percentage
pdfTable.DefaultCell.BorderWidth = 2;
pdfTable.DefaultCell.HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER;
//PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(": List of Certificate For Courier :"));
//cell.Colspan = 9;
//cell.Border = 1;
////cell.Height = 9f;
//cell.HorizontalAlignment = 1;
//cell.BackgroundColor = iTextSharp.text.BaseColor.LIGHT_GRAY;
////c = iTextSharp.text.BaseColor.BLUE;
//pdfTable.AddCell(cell);
foreach (DataColumn column in dataTable.Columns)
{
pdfTable.AddCell(FormatHeaderPhrase(column.ColumnName));
}
// this is the end of the table header
pdfTable.HeaderRows = 1;
pdfTable.DefaultCell.BorderWidth = 1;
foreach (DataRow row in dataTable.Rows)
{
foreach (object cells in row.ItemArray)
{
//attach the formated output( all cells of datatable )
pdfTable.AddCell(FormatPhrase(cells.ToString()));
}
}
document.Add(pdfTable);
}
private static Phrase FormatPageHeaderPhrase(string value)
{
return new Phrase(value, FontFactory.GetFont(FontFactory.COURIER, 12, Font.BOLD, new BaseColor(102, 0, 153)));
}
private static Phrase FormatHeaderPhrase(string value)
{
return new Phrase(value, FontFactory.GetFont(FontFactory.COURIER, 8, Font.ITALIC, new BaseColor(0, 0, 255)));
}
private Phrase FormatPhrase(string value)
{
return new Phrase(value, FontFactory.GetFont(FontFactory.COURIER, 6));
}
private string GetTimeStamp(DateTime value)
{
return value.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmssffff");
}
}
You have to call that class from an event like button click as ::
PDFExporter pdf = new PDFExporter(getPrintData(), "customer", true);
pdf.ExportPDF();
