Monday, August 23, 2010

Create pdf from datatable

How to create pdf from datatable in asp.net c#.
Solution is given below.

public void ExportToPdf(DataTable myDataTable)
{
Document pdfDoc = new Document(PageSize.A4, 10, 10, 10, 10);
try
{
PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDoc, System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.OutputStream);
pdfDoc.Open();
Chunk c = new Chunk("" + System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Session["CompanyName"] + "", FontFactory.GetFont("Verdana", 11));
Paragraph p = new Paragraph();
p.Alignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER;
p.Add(c);
pdfDoc.Add(p);

string clientLogo = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Session["CompanyName"].ToString();
clientLogo = clientLogo.Replace(" ", "");
string clogo = clientLogo + ".jpg";

string imageFilePath = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("../ClientLogo/" + clogo + "");
iTextSharp.text.Image jpg = iTextSharp.text.Image.GetInstance(imageFilePath);
//Resize image depend upon your need
jpg.ScaleToFit(80f, 60f);
//Give space before image
jpg.SpacingBefore = 0f;
//Give some space after the image
jpg.SpacingAfter = 1f;
jpg.Alignment = Element.HEADER;
pdfDoc.Add(jpg);

Font font8 = FontFactory.GetFont("ARIAL", 7);
DataTable dt = myDataTable;
if (dt != null)
{
//Craete instance of the pdf table and set the number of column in that table
PdfPTable PdfTable = new PdfPTable(dt.Columns.Count);
PdfPCell PdfPCell = null;

for (int rows = 0; rows < dt.Rows.Count; rows++)
{
for (int column = 0; column < dt.Columns.Count; column++)
{
PdfPCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(new Chunk(dt.Rows[rows][column].ToString(), font8)));
PdfTable.AddCell(PdfPCell);
}
}
//PdfTable.SpacingBefore = 15f; // Give some space after the text or it may overlap the table
pdfDoc.Add(PdfTable); // add pdf table to the document
}
pdfDoc.Close();
Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename= SampleExport.pdf");
System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(pdfDoc);

Response.Flush();
Response.End();
//HttpContext.Current.ApplicationInstance.CompleteRequest();
}
catch (DocumentException de)
{
System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(de.Message);
}
catch (IOException ioEx)
{
System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(ioEx.Message);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(ex.Message);
}
}

Thanks & Regards
Santosh

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