Step 1:- Download itextsharp.dll
Step
2:- Create Project
Step
3:- After creating project Right click References folder -> click
on Add References... -> Browse file and click add -> click
OK
Step
4:- (Default.aspx)
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="Demo.CreatePdf" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Create
& Download Pdf" OnClick="Button1_Click" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Step
5:- (Default.aspx.cs)
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.IO;
using System.Web.UI;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
using iTextSharp.text;
namespace Demo
{
public partial class Default : Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!Page.IsPostBack)
{
}
}
protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DataSet ds
= new DataSet();
ds.ReadXml(Server.MapPath("\\") + "breakfast_menu.xml");
if (ds.Tables[0].Rows.Count
> 0)
{
int pdfRowIndex
= 1;
string filename
= "Pdf-" + DateTime.Now.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy
hh_mm_s_tt");
string filepath
= Server.MapPath("\\") + "" +
filename + ".pdf";
Document document
= new Document(PageSize.A4, 5f,
5f, 10f, 10f);
FileStream fs
= new FileStream(filepath, FileMode.Create);
PdfWriter writer
= PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, fs);
document.Open();
Image img
= Image.GetInstance(Server.MapPath("Images\\") + "food-and-water-1.jpg");
document.Add(img);
Font font1
= FontFactory.GetFont(FontFactory.COURIER_BOLD,
10);
Font font2
= FontFactory.GetFont(FontFactory.COURIER,
8);
//This is
used for formatting the each column with their respective data (record) size.
//In our
example data set containing 4 columns, so I used it 4 different sizes to format
each column.
//If your
data contains more columns you can add the same number of parameters in it to
format each column.
float[]
columnDefinitionSize = { 5F, 2F, 7F, 2F };
//This is
used for Add A Paragraph to pdf
Paragraph paragraph1
= new Paragraph();
Paragraph paragraph2
= new Paragraph();
paragraph1.Add("Breakfast
Menu List");
paragraph1.Alignment
= Element.ALIGN_CENTER;
paragraph2.Add("
");
paragraph2.Alignment
= Element.ALIGN_CENTER;
document.Add(paragraph1);
document.Add(paragraph2);
PdfPTable table;
PdfPCell cell;
table
= new PdfPTable(columnDefinitionSize);
table.WidthPercentage
= 100;
cell
= new PdfPCell();
cell.BackgroundColor
= new BaseColor(0xC0, 0xC0, 0xC0);
/*Create
table Column Name Here*/
table.AddCell(new Phrase("Name", font1));
table.AddCell(new Phrase("Price", font1));
table.AddCell(new Phrase("Description", font1));
table.AddCell(new Phrase("Calories", font1));
//OR
/*You can
use loop to add a column*/
//for (int
i = 0; i < ds.Tables[0].Columns.Count; i++)
//{
// string
columnName = ds.Tables[0].Columns[i].ToString();
// table.AddCell(new
Phrase(columnName, font1));
//}
//This
Line Help to Repeat Header in Each Page of Pdf
table.HeaderRows
= 1;
//Fill
Data in Rows of table in PDF
foreach (DataRow data in ds.Tables[0].Rows)
{
table.AddCell(new Phrase(data["Name"].ToString(),
font2));
table.AddCell(new Phrase(data["Price"].ToString(),
font2));
table.AddCell(new Phrase(data["Description"].ToString(),
font2));
table.AddCell(new Phrase(data["Calories"].ToString(),
font2));
pdfRowIndex++;
}
document.Add(table);
document.Close();
document.CloseDocument();
document.Dispose();
writer.Close();
writer.Dispose();
fs.Close();
fs.Dispose();
//Code for
download the file
FileStream sourceFile
= new FileStream(filepath, FileMode.Open);
float fileSize
= 0;
fileSize
= sourceFile.Length;
byte[]
getContent = new byte[Convert.ToInt32(Math.Truncate(fileSize))];
sourceFile.Read(getContent,
0, Convert.ToInt32(sourceFile.Length));
sourceFile.Close();
Response.ClearContent();
Response.ClearHeaders();
Response.Buffer
= true;
Response.ContentType
= "application/pdf";
Response.AddHeader("Content-Length",
getContent.Length.ToString());
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;
filename=" + filename + ".pdf;");
Response.BinaryWrite(getContent);
Response.Flush();
File.Delete(filepath);
Response.End();
}
}
}
}
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