Export Windows Forms Application DataGridView with Arabic Characters to PDF using iTextSharp

Hi smile,

Use Arial font.

Please refer below sample.

Namespaces

C#

using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
using iTextSharp.text;

Code

C#

public Form1()
{
    InitializeComponent();
    this.BindDataGridView();
}

private void BindDataGridView()
{
    DataTable dt = new DataTable();
    dt.Columns.AddRange(new DataColumn[] {
    new DataColumn("Category", typeof(string)),
    new DataColumn("Question",typeof(string)) });
    dt.Rows.Add("تتوفر مواقف سيارات خاصة بالمنشأة","الخدمات العامة");
    dt.Rows.Add("مواقف السيارات مسفلته", "الخدمات العامة");
    dt.Rows.Add("يحتوي المدخل على حواجز جانبية مساندة", "مواقف السيارات");
    dt.Rows.Add("يتوفر مكان مخصص للنفايات الطبية محكم الاغلاق", "حالة المنشأة");
    this.dGVCup.DataSource = dt;
}

private void btnExportPdf_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    //Creating iTextSharp Table from the DataTable data
    PdfPTable pdfTable = new PdfPTable(dGVCup.ColumnCount);
    pdfTable.DefaultCell.Padding = 2;
    pdfTable.WidthPercentage = 75;
    pdfTable.HorizontalAlignment = Element.ALIGN_LEFT;
    pdfTable.DefaultCell.BorderWidth = 1;

    //Adding Header row
    foreach (DataGridViewColumn column in dGVCup.Columns)
    {
        PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(column.HeaderText));
        cell.BackgroundColor = new iTextSharp.text.Color(240, 240, 240);
        cell.RunDirection = PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL;
        pdfTable.AddCell(cell);
    }

    //Adding DataRow
    foreach (DataGridViewRow row in dGVCup.Rows)
    {
        foreach (DataGridViewCell cell in row.Cells)
        {
            BaseFont bf = BaseFont.CreateFont(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("windir") + @"\fonts\Arial.ttf", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.EMBEDDED);
            iTextSharp.text.Font font = new iTextSharp.text.Font(bf, 10, iTextSharp.text.Font.BOLD);
            PdfPCell pdfCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(12, cell.Value.ToString(), font));
            pdfCell.RunDirection = PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL;
            pdfTable.AddCell(pdfCell);
        }
    }

    //Exporting to PDF
    string folderPath = "C:\\PDFs\\";
    if (!Directory.Exists(folderPath))
    {
        Directory.CreateDirectory(folderPath);
    }
    using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(folderPath + "Arabics.pdf", FileMode.Create))
    {
        Document pdfDoc = new Document(PageSize.A4, 10f, 10f, 10f, 0f);
        PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDoc, stream);
        pdfDoc.Open();
        pdfDoc.Add(pdfTable);
        pdfDoc.Close();
        stream.Close();
    }
}

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