How to set Header and Footer while exporting WPF SfDataGrid into PDF?

The SfDataGrid can be exported into Pdf with Header and Footer using PdfHeaderFooterEventHandler property in PdfExportingOptions.

C#

var options = new PdfExportingOptions();
options.PageHeaderFooterEventHandler = PdfHeaderFooterEventHandler;
var doc = this.sfdatagrid.ExportToPdf(options);
 
void PdfHeaderFooterEventHandler(object sender, PdfHeaderFooterEventArgs e)
{
 
}

You can insert string, image or any drawing in header and footer in PdfHeaderFooterEventHandler. Setting PdfPageTemplateElement to PdfHeaderFooterEventArgs.PdfDocumentTemplate.Top loads the content at top of the page and setting the PdfPageTemplateElement to PdfHeaderFooterEventArgs.PdfDocumentTemplate.Bottom loads the content at bottom of the page.

Drawing string in Header

String can be inserted in header or footer by using DrawString method. In the same way, you can insert image, ellipse or arc into the header or footer.

C#

void PdfHeaderFooterEventHandler(object sender, PdfHeaderFooterEventArgs e)
{
var width = e.PdfPage.GetClientSize().Width;
PdfFont font= new PdfStandardFont(PdfFontFamily.Courier, 36f);
//Create a page template
PdfPageTemplateElement header = new PdfPageTemplateElement(width, 38);
header.Graphics.DrawString("Order Details", font, PdfPens.Green, 70, 3);
//Add the header template at the top
e.PdfDocumentTemplate.Top = header;
}

Drawing image in Footer

Image can be inserted in header or footer using DrawImage method.

C#

void PdfHeaderFooterEventHandler(object sender, PdfHeaderFooterEventArgs e)
{
var width = e.PdfPage.GetClientSize().Width;
PdfPageTemplateElement footer = new PdfPageTemplateElement(width, 30);
//Create a page template
footer.Graphics.DrawImage(PdfImage.FromFile(@"..\..\Resources\Footer.jpg"), 0, 0);
//Add the footer template at the bottom
e.PdfDocumentTemplate.Bottom = footer;
}

Sample:

UWP Sample

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to set the Header and Footer while exporting WPF SfDataGrid into PDF.

You can refer to our WPF SfDataGrid feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations and documentation, and how to quickly get started for configuration specifications. You can also explore our WPF SfDataGrid example to understand how to create and manipulate data.

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