converting grid to pdf in asp.net

Question

after converting the gridview to pdf the headers & lines are not appearing in pdf. Its urgent

Satyapriya Nayak · Answer

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. Untitled Page Font-Bold=True ForeColor=Red> 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(); } } } Thanks If this post helps you mark it as answer