Steve LaForge
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Steve LaForge
asked on 11 Aug 2010, 09:44 PM
Good afternoon! I have a question regarding exporting a grid to PDF...
Is there any way to format the PageTitle? I would like to show the report title on one line, and then on the second line show the current date and time followed by some empty space and then the user's name. I've tried using string.format to plug values into an HTML string but it seemed to just ignore my HTML. I didn't get any errors...just not the desired results either. :^(
Thanks!
Is there any way to format the PageTitle? I would like to show the report title on one line, and then on the second line show the current date and time followed by some empty space and then the user's name. I've tried using string.format to plug values into an HTML string but it seemed to just ignore my HTML. I didn't get any errors...just not the desired results either. :^(
Thanks!
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Hello Steve,
I'm afraid this is not possible since the PageTitle is rendered as a standard HTML title element - it does not support formatting and new lines. However, you could insert custom text and/or image at the top of the (first) page using the PdfExporting event.
Regards,
Daniel
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I'm afraid this is not possible since the PageTitle is rendered as a standard HTML title element - it does not support formatting and new lines. However, you could insert custom text and/or image at the top of the (first) page using the PdfExporting event.
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Daniel
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DroidSlave
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answered on 09 Aug 2012, 01:46 PM
Any changes to this?
I need to increase the font size of the title element of the page, can I grab the html and modify it before it is rendered to the PDF?
I need to increase the font size of the title element of the page, can I grab the html and modify it before it is rendered to the PDF?
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Steve LaForge
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answered on 09 Aug 2012, 01:51 PM
Unfortunately I have not received any update from Telerik since this original response.
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DroidSlave
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answered on 09 Aug 2012, 02:06 PM
Were you able to figure out a way to add some custom item to the top of the page?
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Steve LaForge
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answered on 09 Aug 2012, 02:46 PM
Only by hardcoding spaces, hypens, etc into the title, but that only allowed the title to have more info. It still all uses the same format.
I also tried to make it work where I could pass any sorting and filtering to a report created in Telerik Reporting, and then use the link to export to PDF to instead link to the report. Unfortunately, Telerik doesn't support that either and didn't give my any help with trying to accomplish that goal. Per the tech that responded to that request, the .NET controls and the Reporting tool are two separate products and don't have any integration. That's a shame, because I had always respected the interaction of the Telerik components. I submitted another request to see if they would look into it, but I didn't get a response to that one either.
The only other thing that I have done is to give the user the ability to export data into Excel, which they can then format themselves.
I love the Telerik .NET components, but this is the one area where I have found a weakness.
I also tried to make it work where I could pass any sorting and filtering to a report created in Telerik Reporting, and then use the link to export to PDF to instead link to the report. Unfortunately, Telerik doesn't support that either and didn't give my any help with trying to accomplish that goal. Per the tech that responded to that request, the .NET controls and the Reporting tool are two separate products and don't have any integration. That's a shame, because I had always respected the interaction of the Telerik components. I submitted another request to see if they would look into it, but I didn't get a response to that one either.
The only other thing that I have done is to give the user the ability to export data into Excel, which they can then format themselves.
I love the Telerik .NET components, but this is the one area where I have found a weakness.
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Hello Steve,
Our developers are currently working on support for page headers and footers.
As to the PageTitle property, it uses the Html title element so it won't recognize any formatting.
Excuse us for any inconvenience caused.
Best regards,
Daniel
the Telerik team
Our developers are currently working on support for page headers and footers.
As to the PageTitle property, it uses the Html title element so it won't recognize any formatting.
Excuse us for any inconvenience caused.
Best regards,
Daniel
the Telerik team
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