Export ASP.Net GridView selected rows with Urdu character to PDF files using C# and VB.Net

Hi alhamd,

Check this example. Now please take its reference and correct your code.

HTML

<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" Width="300" HeaderStyle-BackColor="#3AC0F2"
    HeaderStyle-ForeColor="White" RowStyle-BackColor="#A1DCF2" AlternatingRowStyle-BackColor="White"
    RowStyle-ForeColor="#3A3A3A" AutoGenerateColumns="false" Font-Names="Arial" Font-Size="12">
    <Columns>
        <asp:TemplateField>
            <ItemTemplate>
                <asp:CheckBox ID="CheckBox1" runat="server" />
            </ItemTemplate>
        </asp:TemplateField>
        <asp:BoundField ItemStyle-Width="200px" DataField="Name" HeaderText="Name" />
        <asp:BoundField ItemStyle-Width="200px" DataField="UrduName" HeaderText="Arabic Name" />
    </Columns>
</asp:GridView>
<br />
<asp:Button ID="btnExportPDF" runat="server" Text="ExportToPDF" OnClick="ExportToPDF" />

Namespaces

C#

using System.Data;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;

VB.Net

Imports System.Data
Imports iTextSharp.text
Imports iTextSharp.text.pdf

Code

C#

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!IsPostBack)
    {
        BindGridView();
    }
}

protected void ExportToPDF(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    GridView1.AllowPaging = false;
    GridView1.Columns[0].Visible = false;
    //BindGridView();
    BaseFont bf = BaseFont.CreateFont(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("windir") + @"\fonts\ARIAL.TTF", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, true);

    PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(GridView1.Columns.Count);
    int[] widths = new int[GridView1.Columns.Count];
    for (int x = 0; x < GridView1.Columns.Count; x++)
    {
        widths[x] = (int)GridView1.Columns[x].ItemStyle.Width.Value;
        string cellText = Server.HtmlDecode(GridView1.HeaderRow.Cells[x].Text);

        //Set Font and Font Color
        Font font = new Font(bf, 10, Font.NORMAL);
        font.Color = new BaseColor(GridView1.HeaderStyle.ForeColor);
        PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(12, cellText, font));

        //Set Header Row BackGround Color
        cell.BackgroundColor = new BaseColor(GridView1.HeaderStyle.BackColor);

        //Important for Arabic, Persian or Urdu Text
        cell.RunDirection = PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL;
        table.AddCell(cell);
    }
    table.SetWidths(widths);

    for (int i = 0; i < GridView1.Rows.Count; i++)
    {
        if (GridView1.Rows[i].RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
        {
            if ((GridView1.Rows[i].FindControl("CheckBox1") as CheckBox).Checked)
            {
                for (int j = 0; j < GridView1.Columns.Count; j++)
                {
                    string cellText = Server.HtmlDecode(GridView1.Rows[i].Cells[j].Text);

                    //Set Font and Font Color
                    Font font = new Font(bf, 10, Font.NORMAL);
                    font.Color = new BaseColor(GridView1.RowStyle.ForeColor);
                    PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(12, cellText, font));

                    //Set Color of row
                    if (i % 2 == 0)
                    {
                        //Set Row BackGround Color
                        cell.BackgroundColor = new BaseColor(GridView1.RowStyle.BackColor);
                    }

                    //Important for Arabic, Persian or Urdu Text
                    cell.RunDirection = PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL;
                    table.AddCell(cell);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    //Create the PDF Document
    Document pdfDoc = new Document(PageSize.A4, 10f, 10f, 10f, 0f);
    PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDoc, Response.OutputStream);
    pdfDoc.Open();
    pdfDoc.Add(table);
    pdfDoc.Close();
    Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
    Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=GridViewExport.pdf");
    Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);
    Response.Write(pdfDoc);
    Response.End();
}

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

private void BindGridView()
{
    DataTable dt = new DataTable();
    dt.Columns.AddRange(new DataColumn[2]
    {
        new DataColumn("Name"),
        new DataColumn("UrduName")
    });
    dt.Rows.Add("India", "بھارت‎");
    dt.Rows.Add("China", "چین");
    dt.Rows.Add("Australia", "آسٹریلیا");
    dt.Rows.Add("Nepal", "نیپال");
    GridView1.DataSource = dt;
    GridView1.DataBind();
}

VB.Net

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
    If Not IsPostBack Then
        BindGridView()
    End If
End Sub

Protected Sub ExportToPDF(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    GridView1.AllowPaging = False
    GridView1.Columns(0).Visible = False
    Dim bf As BaseFont = BaseFont.CreateFont(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("windir") & "\fonts\ARIAL.TTF", BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, True)
    Dim table As PdfPTable = New PdfPTable(GridView1.Columns.Count)
    Dim widths As Integer() = New Integer(GridView1.Columns.Count - 1) {}
    For x As Integer = 0 To GridView1.Columns.Count - 1
        widths(x) = CInt(GridView1.Columns(x).ItemStyle.Width.Value)
        Dim cellText As String = Server.HtmlDecode(GridView1.HeaderRow.Cells(x).Text)
        Dim font As Font = New Font(bf, 10, font.NORMAL)
        font.Color = New BaseColor(GridView1.HeaderStyle.ForeColor)
        Dim cell As PdfPCell = New PdfPCell(New Phrase(12, cellText, font))
        cell.BackgroundColor = New BaseColor(GridView1.HeaderStyle.BackColor)
        cell.RunDirection = PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL
        table.AddCell(cell)
    Next
    table.SetWidths(widths)

    For i As Integer = 0 To GridView1.Rows.Count - 1
        If GridView1.Rows(i).RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then
            If TryCast(GridView1.Rows(i).FindControl("CheckBox1"), CheckBox).Checked Then
                For j As Integer = 0 To GridView1.Columns.Count - 1
                    Dim cellText As String = Server.HtmlDecode(GridView1.Rows(i).Cells(j).Text)
                    Dim font As Font = New Font(bf, 10, Font.NORMAL)
                    font.Color = New BaseColor(GridView1.RowStyle.ForeColor)
                    Dim cell As PdfPCell = New PdfPCell(New Phrase(12, cellText, font))
                    If i Mod 2 = 0 Then
                        cell.BackgroundColor = New BaseColor(GridView1.RowStyle.BackColor)
                    End If
                    cell.RunDirection = PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL
                    table.AddCell(cell)
                Next
            End If
        End If
    Next

    Dim pdfDoc As Document = New Document(PageSize.A4, 10.0F, 10.0F, 10.0F, 0F)
    PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDoc, Response.OutputStream)
    pdfDoc.Open()
    pdfDoc.Add(table)
    pdfDoc.Close()
    Response.ContentType = "application/pdf"
    Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=GridViewExport.pdf")
    Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache)
    Response.Write(pdfDoc)
    Response.End()
End Sub

Public Overrides Sub VerifyRenderingInServerForm(ByVal control As Control)
End Sub

Private Sub BindGridView()
    Dim dt As DataTable = New DataTable()
    dt.Columns.AddRange(New DataColumn(1) {
                        New DataColumn("Name"),
                        New DataColumn("UrduName")})
    dt.Rows.Add("India", "بھارت‎")
    dt.Rows.Add("China", "چین")
    dt.Rows.Add("Australia", "آسٹریلیا")
    dt.Rows.Add("Nepal", "نیپال")
    GridView1.DataSource = dt
    GridView1.DataBind()
End Sub

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