export grid to pdf

You don't appear to be rebinding the grid before trying to export the data. The bindingsource will rebind for you but, since you are now populating the grid manually, you will need to rebind it yourself.

Try adding this line to the start of your ExportGridToPDF method:

// invoke method to rebind grid.
PopulateThGrid_Click(null, null)

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If that works then you should also restructure the code so all of the binding stuff is done from a single method, rather than having to manually call a event handler.

thank you for the reply, i tried to do this but still the same problem

Which line is throwing the exception?

i am getting error in

for (int i = 0; i < Grid1.Rows.Count; i++)
            {
                Hashtable dataItem = Grid1.Rows[i].ToHashtable();

                foreach (Column col in Grid1.Columns)
                {
                    
                        PdfPCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(new Chunk(dataItem[col.DataField].ToString(), font8)));
                        PdfPCell.RunDirection = PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_LTR; //change the text direction for the arabic
                        PdfTable.AddCell(PdfPCell);
                   
                }
            }

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i am getting error in the inner loop in

 PdfPCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(new Chunk(dataItem[col.DataField].ToString(), font8)));

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the grid have 8 columns, and the inner loop read them all and when it reach the end it add another column lik it read 9 column instead of 8 then i got error in the line mentioned above, i tried to write Grid1.Columns-1 but it gave me error

OK, so it doesn't sound like the issue is actually with the databinding, as you must have some data in your grid, otherwise it would have errored earlier.

When you run under the debugger what values do you get for Grid1.Rows.Count and Grid1.Columns.Count?

Hi AZZA-KHAMEES;

I suspect that the exception is in this section of the line, dataItem[col.DataField].ToString(), I believe that one or more columns in the row has a null value in it. Run the application and when the exception is thrown copy and paste this, dataItem[col.DataField].ToString(), into the Watch window and see what its value is.

when i trace the code, the grid contain 8 columns but when i add watch it gave me 9 columns that why when the loop go through the data items it will be read correctly until it reach column 9 which is not available so the content will be null, i tried to add

foreach (Column col in Grid1.Columns - 1)
                {

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but its wrong

Try using:

foreach (Column col in Grid1.Columns - 1)
{
    if (col != null && dataItem.ContainsKey(col.DataField))
    {
          // rest of your code

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That should test that the column is not null, and that the hashtable contains a corresponding value before it attempts to use it.

its working but another issues
it will write the first record correctly but when it move to the next record it will add the first column in the end of the first record which is wrong the second record suppose to be start in the second line

Can you post your code as it currently is? It sounds like something is screwy with the way your 3rd party control is working.

this is the full code for the function

private void ExportGridToPDF()
    {
        MappingVariable();
        DataTable dt = GetData(DirCode);
        Grid1.DataSource = dt;
        Grid1.DataBind();

        // Stream which will be used to render the data
        MemoryStream fileStream = new MemoryStream();
        
        Document doc = new Document(iTextSharp.text.PageSize.LETTER, 10, 10, 42, 35);
        try
        {            
            //Create Document class object and set its size to letter and give space left, right, Top, Bottom Margin
            PdfWriter wri = PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, fileStream);

            doc.Open();//Open Document to write

            //Font font8 = FontFactory.GetFont("TAHOMA", 7);
            BaseFont bf = BaseFont.CreateFont("c:\\\\windows\\\\fonts\\\\tahoma.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, true);
            iTextSharp.text.Font font8 = new iTextSharp.text.Font(bf, 8, iTextSharp.text.Font.NORMAL);

            //Write some content
            Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph("ASP.NET Grid - Export to PDF");

            //Craete instance of the pdf table and set the number of column in that table
            PdfPTable PdfTable = new PdfPTable(Grid1.Columns.Count);
            PdfPCell PdfPCell = null;
            
            //Add headers of the pdf table
            foreach (Column col in Grid1.Columns)
            {                
                PdfPCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(new Chunk(col.HeaderText, font8)));
                PdfPCell.RunDirection = PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_LTR; //change the text direction for the arabic               
                PdfTable.AddCell(PdfPCell);
            }

            //How add the data from the Grid to pdf table
            for (int i = 0; i < Grid1.Rows.Count; i++)
            {
                Hashtable dataItem = Grid1.Rows[i].ToHashtable();

                foreach (Column col in Grid1.Columns)
                {
                    if (col != null && dataItem.ContainsKey(col.DataField))
                    {
                        PdfPCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(new Chunk(dataItem[col.DataField].ToString(), font8)));
                        PdfPCell.RunDirection = PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_LTR; //change the text direction for the arabic
                        PdfTable.AddCell(PdfPCell);
                    }

                }
            }


           
            PdfTable.SpacingBefore = 15f;

            doc.Add(paragraph);
            doc.Add(PdfTable);
        }
        catch (DocumentException docEx)
        {
            //handle pdf document exception if any
            MessageBox.Show(docEx.ToString());
        }
        catch (IOException ioEx)
        {
            // handle IO exception
            MessageBox.Show(ioEx.ToString());
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            // ahndle other exception if occurs
            MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
        }
        finally
        {
            //Close document and writer
            doc.Close();
        }

        // Send the data and the appropriate headers to the browser
        Response.Clear();
        Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=oboutGrid.pdf");
        Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
        Response.BinaryWrite(fileStream.ToArray());
        Response.End(); 
    }

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I think it's being thrown off by the fact that the section that is generating the headers has an extra column, which is then causing the rows to offset since you don't explicitly create a new row.

Try changing:

//Add headers of the pdf table
foreach (Column col in Grid1.Columns)
{                
    PdfPCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(new Chunk(col.HeaderText, font8)));
    PdfPCell.RunDirection = PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_LTR; //change the text direction for the arabic               
    PdfTable.AddCell(PdfPCell);
}

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To:

//Add headers of the pdf table
for (int i = 0; i < Grid1.Columns.Count - 1)
{                
    Column col = Grid1.Columns[i];
    PdfPCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(new Chunk(col.HeaderText, font8)));
    PdfPCell.RunDirection = PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_LTR; //change the text direction for the arabic               
    PdfTable.AddCell(PdfPCell);
}

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There is probably something about that extra column that you can use to identify that it isn't an actual data column, but I can't really offer any guidance on what it might be as I don't have your control library to play with.

i changed it but still the same problem

Actually, change the -1 to a -2

changed it and still the same problem
it added the first column contents as column header in the end of the table

YESSSSS perfect finally, it worked :), thanks a lot for your help

Thanks a lot :)