Need an exporting grid

[DoomerDGR8]

Hi! I require all of my RadGrids using the below Skin to ge exportable without paging. Issue is that all grids are on Content Pages that inherit a Single Master page with a RadAjaxManager. All child pages have a RadAjaxManagerProxy. So all grids are AJAXified. I'm into completion here so a major overhaul is not optional. kindly advice a strategy. All grids have different names, btw.

Thanks.

<telerik:RadGrid runat="server" GridLines="None" Skin="Office2007" SkinID="RadGrid_UnPageable" >
    <MasterTableView EnableNoRecordsTemplate="true" ShowHeadersWhenNoRecords="true">
      <CommandItemSettings ShowRefreshButton="true" ShowExportToWordButton="false" ShowExportToExcelButton="false" ShowExportToPdfButton="false" ShowExportToCsvButton="false" />
        <PagerStyle AlwaysVisible="true" Mode="NextPrevAndNumeric" Position="Bottom" />
        <NoRecordsTemplate>There is no data to display.</NoRecordsTemplate>
    </MasterTableView>
    <ExportSettings HideStructureColumns="true" ExportOnlyData="true" IgnorePaging="true" OpenInNewWindow="true" />
    <ClientSettings>
        <Selecting AllowRowSelect="True" />
    </ClientSettings>
</telerik:RadGrid>

[Daniel]

Hello Hassan,

You can easily cancel the AJAX request when exporting as explained in the help topic below:
Export from ajaxified grid

As to the built-in skins - I'm afraid it is not possible to export RadGrid together with its skin. Please examine the following links for more information about the supported formats:
PDF export
Word/Excel export (HTML-based)
CSV export
ExcelML basics

Best regards,
Daniel
the Telerik team

[DoomerDGR8]

Hello! Thanks for the prompt response. The topic you mentioned suggests to turn off AJAX on RadGrids by looking up a RadGrid on the base of it's name or separate exporting buttons (other then the ones that are defined in the Command Bar of the Grid) and that's not a possible scenario for me. As to exporting with skins, I don't require that. I just said that my RadGrids are using a SkinID. And I have the Commands for exporting enabled through skin. I just want the Grids to export.

[Daniel]

Hello Hassan,

The export functionailty won't work with asynchronous request so you will have to find a way to disable/cancel the AJAX requests and perform a normal postback instead. The easiest way would be to put this code in your masterpage.

<script type="text/javascript">
   function onRequestStart(sender, args)
   {
       if (args.get_eventTarget().indexOf("Export") >= 0)
           args.set_enableAjax(false);
   }
</script>

This way you will disable AJAX for all controls that have "Export" in their IDs.

Regards,
Daniel
the Telerik team

[DoomerDGR8]

Okay. Now we are getting somewhere. It makes sense to disable AJAX for exporting but do we need to enable it back? I'm currently trying out your suggestion.

[Daniel]

Hello Hassan,

No, you don't have to turn it back on. You can see this approach in action on our online demos:
MS Excel/MS Word/CSV
Export to ExcelML

Best regards,
Daniel
the Telerik team