Generate questions and options PDF from GridView using iTextSharp in ASP.Net

Hi smile,

Please refer below smaple.

Refer below code and modifiy as per your requirement.

HTML

<div>
    <asp:GridView ID="gvQuestionBank" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="false">
        <Columns>
            <asp:BoundField DataField="QType" HeaderText="QType" />
            <asp:BoundField DataField="Question" HeaderText="Question" />
            <asp:BoundField DataField="OptionA" HeaderText="OptionA" />
            <asp:BoundField DataField="OptionB" HeaderText="OptionB" />
            <asp:BoundField DataField="OptionC" HeaderText="OptionC" />
            <asp:BoundField DataField="OptionD" HeaderText="OptionD" />
            <asp:BoundField DataField="Answer" HeaderText="Answer" />
        </Columns>
    </asp:GridView>
    <asp:Button ID="btnGenerate" OnClick="Generate" Text="Generate" runat="server" />
</div>

Namespaces

C#

using System.Data;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;

Code

C#

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    DataTable dt = new DataTable();
    dt.Columns.AddRange(new DataColumn[] { 
        new DataColumn("QType", typeof(int)), 
        new DataColumn("Question", typeof(string)), 
        new DataColumn("OptionA", typeof(string)), 
        new DataColumn("OptionB", typeof(string)), 
        new DataColumn("OptionC", typeof(string)), 
        new DataColumn("OptionD", typeof(string)), 
        new DataColumn("Answer", typeof(string)) });
    dt.Rows.Add(1, "Multiple Choice Question 1", "Choice1", "Choice2", "Choice3", "Choice4", "Choice1");
    dt.Rows.Add(1, "Multiple Choice Question 2", "Choice1", "Choice2", "Choice3", "Choice4", "Choice4");
    dt.Rows.Add(1, "Multiple Choice Question 3", "Choice1", "Choice2", "Choice3", "Choice4", "Choice2");
    dt.Rows.Add(2, "Fill Blanks 1", "a", "b", "", "", "b");
    dt.Rows.Add(2, "Fill Blanks 2", "a", "b", "", "", "a");
    dt.Rows.Add(2, "Fill Blanks 3", "a", "b", "", "", "a");
    dt.Rows.Add(3, "Good");
    dt.Rows.Add(3, "Kind");
    dt.Rows.Add(3, "Act");
    dt.Rows.Add(3, "Work");
    dt.Rows.Add(3, "Habit");
    dt.Rows.Add(4, "I get up early in the morning and goes for walk daily. It have a good effect upon my health.");
    dt.DefaultView.Sort = "QType";
    gvQuestionBank.DataSource = dt;
    gvQuestionBank.DataBind();
    ViewState["dt"] = dt;
}

protected void Generate(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 88f, 88f, 10f, 10f);
    using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
    {
        PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, memoryStream);
        document.Open();

        List<DataTable> dtGroup = (ViewState["dt"] as DataTable).AsEnumerable().GroupBy(row => row.Field<int>("QType")).Select(g => g.CopyToDataTable()).ToList();
        for (int i = 0; i < dtGroup.Count; i++)
        {
            DataTable dt = dtGroup[i];
            if (dt.Rows[0][0].ToString() == "1")
            {
                document.Add(new Paragraph("Q" + (i + 1) + ": Choose suitable answer from Multiple Choice Question"));
            }
            else if (dt.Rows[0][0].ToString() == "2")
            {
                document.Add(new Paragraph("Q" + (i + 1) + ": Fill Blanks given following"));
            }
            else if (dt.Rows[0][0].ToString() == "3")
            {
                document.Add(new Paragraph("Q" + (i + 1) + ": Phrase Sentences of the given words"));
            }
            else if (dt.Rows[0][0].ToString() == "4")
            {
                document.Add(new Paragraph("Q" + (i + 1) + ": Translate the sentence into urdu"));
            }
            string pharseSentence = "";
            int count = 1;
            for (int j = 0; j < dt.Rows.Count; j++)
            {
                string question = dt.Rows[0]["Question"].ToString();
                string OptionA = dt.Rows[0]["OptionA"].ToString();
                string OptionB = dt.Rows[0]["OptionB"].ToString();
                string OptionC = dt.Rows[0]["OptionC"].ToString();
                string OptionD = dt.Rows[0]["OptionD"].ToString();

                OptionA = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(OptionA) ? "    A)" + OptionA : "";
                OptionB = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(OptionB) ? "    B)" + OptionB : "";
                OptionC = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(OptionC) ? "    C)" + OptionC : "";
                OptionD = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(OptionD) ? "    D)" + OptionD : "";

                if (dt.Rows[0][0].ToString() == "1")
                {
                    document.Add(new Paragraph((j + 1) + "." + question + "     " + OptionA + OptionB + OptionC + OptionD, new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 8)));
                }
                else if (dt.Rows[0][0].ToString() == "2")
                {
                    document.Add(new Paragraph((j + 1) + "." + question + "     " + OptionA + OptionB + OptionC + OptionD, new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 8)));
                }
                else if (dt.Rows[0][0].ToString() == "3" || dt.Rows[0][0].ToString() == "4")
                {
                    pharseSentence += dt.Rows[j]["Question"].ToString() + ",";
                    if (dt.Rows.Count == count)
                    {
                        document.Add(new Paragraph(pharseSentence.TrimEnd(','), new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 8)));
                    }
                    count++;
                }
            }
            document.Add(new Paragraph(" "));
        }
        document.Close();
        byte[] bytes = memoryStream.ToArray();
        memoryStream.Close();
        Response.Clear();
        Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
        Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=Employee.pdf");
        Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
        Response.Buffer = true;
        Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);
        Response.BinaryWrite(bytes);
        Response.End();
        Response.Close();

    }
}


public override void VerifyRenderingInServerForm(Control control)
{
    /* Verifies that the control is rendered */
}

Screenshot