ITextsharp not displaying ARABIC data

Question

I am making a report.following is a code and sample.I am using html table for reports.When I run the code pdf is successfully generated but

Arabic is not showing.Can you guide me how can i embed Arabic in it.Can you modify

my following code which shows arabic data.

Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
            Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=TestPage.pdf");
            Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);
            StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
            HtmlTextWriter hw = new HtmlTextWriter(sw);
            tblid1.RenderControl(hw);
            StringReader sr = new StringReader(sw.ToString());
            Document pdfDoc = new Document(PageSize.A4, 80f, 80f, -2f, 35f);
            HTMLWorker htmlparser = new HTMLWorker(pdfDoc);
            PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDoc, Response.OutputStream);
            pdfDoc.Open();
            htmlparser.Parse(sr);
            pdfDoc.Close();
            Response.Write(pdfDoc);
            Response.End();

<tr>

</tr>

</table>

Waqas Ali · Answer

I am direct convert html to pdf not making a cell.If you have example please share

Ramesh Maruthi · Answer

Hello Waqas, Please look at this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fb36Iz6RdY http://itextpdf.com/examples/iia.php?id=215 http://itextpdf.com/examples/iia.php?id=205 List list = HTMLWorker.ParseToList(new StringReader(resultCache), ST); doc.Open(); //Use a table so that we can set the text direction PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(1); //Ensure that wrapping is on, otherwise Right to Left text will not display table.DefaultCell.NoWrap = false; table.RunDirection = PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL; //Loop through each element, don't bother wrapping in P tags foreach (var element in list) { //Create a cell and add text to it PdfPCell text = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(element, font)); //Ensure that wrapping is on, otherwise Right to Left text will not display text.NoWrap = false; //Add the cell to the table table.AddCell(text); } //Add the table to the document document.Add(table); doc.Close(); pdfWriter.Close();

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