Export gridview data to PDF using asp.net

Export to PDF

To export Gridivew to PDF frst add this DLLs: itextsharp.dll

Link : http://sourceforge.net/projects/itextsharp/

Then add some namespaces

using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
using iTextSharp.text.html;
using iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser;

In a export to pdf Write this code on btnexporttoPdf Click event.

Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";

Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";

Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=Export.pdf");
Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
HtmlTextWriter hw = new HtmlTextWriter(sw);
HtmlForm frm = new HtmlForm();
gv.Parent.Controls.Add(frm);
frm.Attributes["runat"] = "server";
frm.Controls.Add(gv);
frm.RenderControl(hw);
StringReader sr = new StringReader(sw.ToString());
Document pdfDoc = new Document(PageSize.A4, 10f, 10f, 10f, 0f);
HTMLWorker htmlparser = new HTMLWorker(pdfDoc);
PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDoc, Response.OutputStream);
pdfDoc.Open();
htmlparser.Parse(sr);
pdfDoc.Close();
Response.Write(pdfDoc);
Response.End();