How to Export .NET MAUI DataGrid Image Column to PDF Document?

In this article, we will show you how to export a DataGridImagecolumn to a PDF document in the .NET MAUI DataGrid.

xaml
The code below illustrates how to export a DataGridImagecolumn to a PDF document in DataGrid.

 <ContentPage.BindingContext>
     <local:EmployeeViewModel/>
 </ContentPage.BindingContext>

 <StackLayout>
    <syncfusion:SfDataGrid x:Name="dataGrid" VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand" AutoGenerateColumnsMode="None" ColumnWidthMode="Auto"
                           ItemsSource="{Binding Employees}">
        <syncfusion:SfDataGrid.Columns>
            <syncfusion:DataGridNumericColumn MappingName="EmployeeID"
                                              Format="#"
                                              HeaderText="Employee ID" />
            <syncfusion:DataGridTextColumn MappingName="Name"
                                           HeaderText="Employee Name" />

            <syncfusion:DataGridImageColumn MappingName="EmpImage"
                                            Width="75"
                                            HeaderText="Image" />
        </syncfusion:SfDataGrid.Columns>
    </syncfusion:SfDataGrid>
    <Button Text="ExportToPdf" Clicked="Button_Clicked"> </Button>
</StackLayout>

C#

private void Button_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
    DataGridPdfExportingController pdfExport = new DataGridPdfExportingController();
    DataGridPdfExportingOption option = new DataGridPdfExportingOption();
    option.CanExportColumnWidth = true;
    var pdfDoc = new PdfDocument();
    pdfDoc = pdfExport.ExportToPdf(this.dataGrid, option);
    pdfDoc.Save(stream);
    pdfDoc.Close(true);
    SaveService saveService = new();
    saveService.SaveAndView("ExportFeature.pdf", "application/pdf", stream); ;
}

Note

If your image source is an embedded resource, you can fetch the image as shown below:

var img = ImageSource.FromResource("DataGridSample.Resources.Images.image0.png", typeof(EmployeeViewModel).GetTypeInfo().Assembly);

Output

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Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning how to export a .NET MAUI DataGrid image column to a PDF document.

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