Header and Footer

The DataGrid allows you to customize a header and a footer in the exported PDF file. Follow the steps below to configure a header/footer:

Call the exportDataGrid(options) method.
Use the following API to specify header/footer layout settings:
- For a header
  Use the topLeft object to specify a start position for DataGrid export. This position should be below the header.
- For a footer
  Use the customDrawCell function to calculate the coordinates of the last right cell of the DataGrid.
Execute a promise after the exportDataGrid(options) method. In this promise, specify position and appearance of the header/footer.

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@using DevExtreme.MVC.Demos.Models @model IEnumerable<CountryPopulationAndGDP> @section ExternalDependencies { <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jspdf/2.5.1/jspdf.umd.min.js"></script> <script> window.jsPDF = window.jspdf.jsPDF; </script> } <div class="long-title"><h3>Country Area, Population, and GDP Structure</h3></div> @(Html.DevExtreme().DataGrid<CountryPopulationAndGDP>() .ID("gridContainer") .DataSource(Model, "ID") .ShowBorders(true) .Columns(c => { c.AddFor(m => m.Country); c.AddFor(m => m.Area); c.Add() .Caption("Population") .Columns(a => { a.AddFor(m => m.Population_Total) .Format(Format.FixedPoint); a.AddFor(m => m.Population_Urban) .Format(Format.Percent); }); c.Add() .Caption("Nominal GDP") .Columns(a => { a.AddFor(m => m.GDP_Total) .Format(Format.FixedPoint) .SortOrder(SortOrder.Desc); a.Add() .Caption("By Sector") .Columns(b => { b.AddFor(m => m.GDP_Agriculture) .Width(95) .Format(f => f.Type(Format.Percent).Precision(1)); b.AddFor(m => m.GDP_Industry) .Width(80) .Format(f => f.Type(Format.Percent).Precision(1)); b.AddFor(m => m.GDP_Services) .Width(85) .Format(f => f.Type(Format.Percent).Precision(1)); }); }); }) .Export(e => e.Enabled(true).Formats(new[] { "pdf" })) .OnExporting("exportToPDF") ) <script> function exportToPDF(e) { const doc = new jsPDF(); const lastPoint = { x: 0, y: 0 }; DevExpress.pdfExporter.exportDataGrid({ jsPDFDocument: doc, component: e.component, topLeft: { x: 1, y: 15 }, columnWidths: [30, 20, 30, 15, 22, 22, 20, 20], customDrawCell({ rect }) { if (lastPoint.x < rect.x + rect.w) { lastPoint.x = rect.x + rect.w; } if (lastPoint.y < rect.y + rect.h) { lastPoint.y = rect.y + rect.h; } }, }).then(() => { const header = 'Country Area, Population, and GDP Structure'; const pageWidth = doc.internal.pageSize.getWidth(); doc.setFontSize(15); const headerWidth = doc.getTextDimensions(header).w; doc.text(header, (pageWidth - headerWidth) / 2, 20); const footer = 'www.wikipedia.org'; doc.setFontSize(9); doc.setTextColor('#cccccc'); const footerWidth = doc.getTextDimensions(footer).w; doc.text(footer, (lastPoint.x - footerWidth), lastPoint.y + 5); doc.save('Companies.pdf'); }); } </script>

using DevExtreme.MVC.Demos.Models; using DevExtreme.MVC.Demos.Models.DataGrid; using DevExtreme.MVC.Demos.Models.SampleData; using System; using System.Linq; using System.Web.Mvc; namespace DevExtreme.MVC.Demos.Controllers { public class DataGridController : Controller { public ActionResult PDFHeaderAndFooter() { return View(SampleData.CountriesPopulationAndGDP); } } }

using System.Collections.Generic; namespace DevExtreme.MVC.Demos.Models.SampleData { public partial class SampleData { public static readonly IEnumerable<CountryPopulationAndGDP> CountriesPopulationAndGDP = new[] { new CountryPopulationAndGDP { ID = 1, Country = "Brazil", Area = 8515767, Population_Urban = 0.85, Population_Rural = 0.15, Population_Total = 205809000, GDP_Agriculture = 0.054, GDP_Industry = 0.274, GDP_Services = 0.672, GDP_Total = 2353025 }, new CountryPopulationAndGDP { ID = 2, Country = "China", Area = 9388211, Population_Urban = 0.54, Population_Rural = 0.46, Population_Total = 1375530000, GDP_Agriculture = 0.091, GDP_Industry = 0.426, GDP_Services = 0.483, GDP_Total = 10380380 }, new CountryPopulationAndGDP { ID = 3, Country = "France", Area = 675417, Population_Urban = 0.79, Population_Rural = 0.21, Population_Total = 64529000, GDP_Agriculture = 0.019, GDP_Industry = 0.183, GDP_Services = 0.798, GDP_Total = 2846889 }, new CountryPopulationAndGDP { ID = 4, Country = "Germany", Area = 357021, Population_Urban = 0.75, Population_Rural = 0.25, Population_Total = 81459000, GDP_Agriculture = 0.008, GDP_Industry = 0.281, GDP_Services = 0.711, GDP_Total = 3859547 }, new CountryPopulationAndGDP { ID = 5, Country = "India", Area = 3287590, Population_Urban = 0.32, Population_Rural = 0.68, Population_Total = 1286260000, GDP_Agriculture = 0.174, GDP_Industry = 0.258, GDP_Services = 0.569, GDP_Total = 2047811 }, new CountryPopulationAndGDP { ID = 6, Country = "Italy", Area = 301230, Population_Urban = 0.69, Population_Rural = 0.31, Population_Total = 60676361, GDP_Agriculture = 0.02, GDP_Industry = 0.242, GDP_Services = 0.738, GDP_Total = 2147952 }, new CountryPopulationAndGDP { ID = 7, Country = "Japan", Area = 377835, Population_Urban = 0.93, Population_Rural = 0.07, Population_Total = 126920000, GDP_Agriculture = 0.012, GDP_Industry = 0.275, GDP_Services = 0.714, GDP_Total = 4616335 }, new CountryPopulationAndGDP { ID = 8, Country = "Russia", Area = 17098242, Population_Urban = 0.74, Population_Rural = 0.26, Population_Total = 146544710, GDP_Agriculture = 0.039, GDP_Industry = 0.36, GDP_Services = 0.601, GDP_Total = 1857461 }, new CountryPopulationAndGDP { ID = 9, Country = "United States", Area = 9147420, Population_Urban = 0.81, Population_Rural = 0.19, Population_Total = 323097000, GDP_Agriculture = 0.0112, GDP_Industry = 0.191, GDP_Services = 0.797, GDP_Total = 17418925 }, new CountryPopulationAndGDP { ID = 10, Country = "United Kingdom", Area = 244820, Population_Urban = 0.82, Population_Rural = 0.18, Population_Total = 65097000, GDP_Agriculture = 0.007, GDP_Industry = 0.21, GDP_Services = 0.783, GDP_Total = 2945146 } }; } }

#gridContainer sup { font-size: 0.8em; vertical-align: super; line-height: 0; } .long-title h3 { font-family: 'Segoe UI Light', 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Segoe UI', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana; font-weight: 200; font-size: 28px; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px; }