How to draw grid in a PDF using C# and VB.NET in WinForms?

Syncfusion Essential® PDF is a .NET PDF library used to create, read, and edit the PDF documents. Using this library, you can create the PDF and draw grid with data sources from data set, data table, arrays, and IEnumerable objects using PdfGrid class in C# and VB.NET.

Steps to draw Grid on PDF programmatically:

1.Create a new C# console application project.

2.Install the Syncfusion.Pdf.WinForms NuGet packages as reference to your .NET Framework application from NuGet.org

3.Include the following namespaces in the Program.cs file.

using Syncfusion.Pdf;
using Syncfusion.Pdf.Graphics;
using Syncfusion.Pdf.Grid;

VB.NET

Imports Syncfusion.Pdf
Imports Syncfusion.Pdf.Graphics
Imports Syncfusion.Pdf.Grid

4.Use the following code snippet to create the PDF and draw table.

//Create a new PDF document
PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
//Add a page
PdfPage page = document.Pages.Add();
//Create a PdfGrid
PdfGrid pdfGrid = new PdfGrid();
//Create a DataTable
DataTable dataTable = new DataTable();
//Add columns to the DataTable
dataTable.Columns.Add("ID");
dataTable.Columns.Add("Name");
dataTable.Columns.Add("Age");
dataTable.Columns.Add("Blood group");
//Add rows to the DataTable
for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++)
{
    dataTable.Rows.Add(new object[] { "E01", "Clay", "45", "B Positive" });
    dataTable.Rows.Add(new object[] { "E02", "Thomas", "25", "O Positive" });
    dataTable.Rows.Add(new object[] { "E03", "George", "32", "AB Positive" });
    dataTable.Rows.Add(new object[] { "E04", "Stefan", "19", "O Negative" });
    dataTable.Rows.Add(new object[] { "E05", "Mathew", "73", "B Negative" });
}
//Assign data source
pdfGrid.DataSource = dataTable;
//Create string format for PdfGrid
PdfStringFormat format = new PdfStringFormat();
format.Alignment = PdfTextAlignment.Center;
format.LineAlignment = PdfVerticalAlignment.Bottom;
//Assign string format for each column in PdfGrid
foreach (PdfGridColumn column in pdfGrid.Columns)
    column.Format = format;
//Apply a built-in style
pdfGrid.ApplyBuiltinStyle(PdfGridBuiltinStyle.GridTable4Accent6);
//Set properties to paginate the grid
PdfGridLayoutFormat layoutFormat = new PdfGridLayoutFormat();
layoutFormat.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitPage;
layoutFormat.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate;
//Draw grid to the page of PDF document
pdfGrid.Draw(page, new PointF(10, 10), layoutFormat);
//Save the document
document.Save("PdfGrid.pdf");
//Close the document
document.Close(true);
//This will open the PDF file so, the result will be seen in default PDF viewer
Process.Start("PdfGrid.pdf");

VB.NET

'Create a new PDF document
Dim document As New PdfDocument()
'Add a page
Dim page As PdfPage = document.Pages.Add()
'Create a PdfGrid
Dim pdfGrid As New PdfGrid()
'Create a DataTable
Dim dataTable As New DataTable()
'Add columns to the DataTable
dataTable.Columns.Add("ID")
dataTable.Columns.Add("Name")
dataTable.Columns.Add("Age")
dataTable.Columns.Add("Blood group")
'Add rows to the DataTable
For i As Integer = 0 To 11
    dataTable.Rows.Add(New Object() {"E01", "Clay", "45", "B Positive"})
    dataTable.Rows.Add(New Object() {"E02", "Thomas", "25", "O Positive"})
    dataTable.Rows.Add(New Object() {"E03", "George", "32", "AB Positive"})
    dataTable.Rows.Add(New Object() {"E04", "Stefan", "19", "O Negative"})
    dataTable.Rows.Add(New Object() {"E05", "Mathew", "73", "B Negative"})
Next
'Assign data source
pdfGrid.DataSource = dataTable
'Create string format for PdfGrid
Dim format As New PdfStringFormat()
format.Alignment = PdfTextAlignment.Center
format.LineAlignment = PdfVerticalAlignment.Bottom
'Assign string format for each column in PdfGrid
For Each column As PdfGridColumn In pdfGrid.Columns
    column.Format = format
Next
'Apply a built-in style
pdfGrid.ApplyBuiltinStyle(PdfGridBuiltinStyle.GridTable4Accent6)
'Set properties to paginate the grid
Dim layoutFormat As New PdfGridLayoutFormat()
layoutFormat.Break = PdfLayoutBreakType.FitPage
layoutFormat.Layout = PdfLayoutType.Paginate
'Draw grid to the page of PDF document
pdfGrid.Draw(page, New PointF(10, 10), layoutFormat)
'Save the document
document.Save("PdfGrid.pdf")
'Close the document
document.Close(True)
'This will open the PDF file so, the result will be seen in default PDF viewer
Process.Start("PdfGrid.pdf")

A complete working sample can be downloaded from PdfGridSample.zip

By executing the program, you will get the PDF document as follows.

Take a moment to peruse the documentation, where you will find other options like support for cell customization, rows and columns customization, and built-in table styles, pagination.