How to Export DataGridView Data to pdf file using C#
How to export DataGridView data to a pdf file and save using C#
We will learn how to export DataGridView data to a pdf file and save it using C# code in this example.
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On Button Click Event add the Code below
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
if (dataGridView1.Rows.Count>0)
{
SaveFileDialog save = new SaveFileDialog();
save.Filter = "PDF (*.pdf)|*.pdf";
save.FileName = "Result.pdf";
bool ErrorMessage = false;
if (save.ShowDialog()==DialogResult.OK)
{
if (File.Exists(save.FileName))
{
try
{
File.Delete(save.FileName);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
ErrorMessage = true;
MessageBox.Show("Unable to wride data in disk"+ex.Message);
}
}
if (!ErrorMessage)
{
try
{
PdfPTable pTable = new PdfPTable(dataGridView1.Columns.Count);
pTable.DefaultCell.Padding = 2;
pTable.WidthPercentage = 100;
pTable.HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_LEFT;
foreach (DataGridViewColumn col in dataGridView1.Columns)
{
PdfPCell pCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(col.HeaderText));
pTable.AddCell(pCell);
}
foreach (DataGridViewRow viewRow in dataGridView1.Rows)
{
foreach (DataGridViewCell dcell in viewRow.Cells)
{
pTable.AddCell(dcell.Value.ToString());
}
}
using (FileStream fileStream=new FileStream(save.FileName,FileMode.Create))
{
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4,8f,16f,16f,8f);
PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, fileStream);
document.Open();
document.Add(pTable);
document.Close();
fileStream.Close();
}
MessageBox.Show("Data Export Successfully","info");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error while exporting Data"+ex.Message);
}
}
}
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("No Record Found","Info");
}
}
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