Programmatically save telerik report as .pdf file

[Chamara]

I'm using telerik HTML5 report viewer with ASP.NET MVC 4 to generate telerik reports. Below are main sections of the view

@model Doc.Web.Models.Vendor.VendorCoverSheetFormModel

@using (Html.BeginForm())
{  
    <input type="submit" value="Save" id="btnSave" />
  
    var typeReportSource = new TypeReportSource() { TypeName = "Doc.Web.Reports.SquadCheck.SquadCheck, Doc.Web" };
    typeReportSource.Parameters.Add("project", "TEST");
   
    @(Html.TelerikReporting().ReportViewer()
        .Id("reportViewer1")
        .ServiceUrl("/api/reports/")
        .TemplateUrl("/Content/ReportViewer/templates/telerikReportViewerTemplate.html")
        .ReportSource(typeReportSource)
        .ViewMode(ViewModes.INTERACTIVE)
        .ScaleMode(ScaleModes.FIT_PAGE_WIDTH)
        .Scale(1.0)
        .PersistSession(false)

)

report is displaying fine and I want to save this report as a .pdf file to hard drive location, in HTTP post Action

        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult Report(VendorCoverSheetFormModel model)
        {
          // here I need to include the code for .pdf saving
            return View();
        }

I have referred to following articles but I guess they are for asp.net web pages. How to modify this code to suit HTML5 report viewer?

http://www.telerik.com/support/kb/reporting/designing-reports/saving-a-report-into-pdf-format-programmatically.aspx

http://www.telerik.com/help/reporting/programmatic-exporting-report.html

[Squall]

Hi, Where you want to save the PDF on the report server or on the client machine?
SN

[Chamara]

hi!
I want to save the pdf On server

[Stef]

Hi Chamara,

The approach described in the Exporting Report Programmatically help article can be used to print on the server an instance of your report.
Other approach is to use the REST API and make the needed requests to register client, create instance, request document and retrieve it.  For more details take a look at the Request Document help article.

I hope this helps you.

Regards,
Stef
Telerik

[Sara Muth]

Hi Chamara,

I was wondering if you ever figured this out.  I am trying to do the same thing.

[Stef]

Hi,

Please test exporting programmatically the report via ReportProcessor - Exporting Report Programmatically.


I hope this helps.

Regards,
Stef
Telerik

[Sara Muth]

I've been trying that, to no avail.

Right now I'm getting a file not found error even though the full file path it details in the error is correct.

Telerik.Reporting.Processing.ReportProcessor reportProcessor = new Telerik.Reporting.Processing.ReportProcessor();
System.Collections.Hashtable deviceInfo = new System.Collections.Hashtable();
Telerik.Reporting.UriReportSource uriReportSource = new Telerik.Reporting.UriReportSource();
uriReportSource.Uri = "Reports\\NominationPaper.trdx";
Telerik.Reporting.Processing.RenderingResult result = reportProcessor.RenderReport("PDF", uriReportSource, deviceInfo);

[Sara Muth]

So I've passed that hurdle and can save my TRDX as a PDF to the server, but how do I pass parameter values programmatically to it before saving it?  Do I use uriReportSource.Parameters as described here? http://docs.telerik.com/reporting/t-telerik-reporting-urireportsource

[Stef]

Hi,

The UriReportSource.Uri property is a string (the path to TRDX file on the server). In case of a web application, you can use the Server.MapPath to map the relative path.

About passing parameters, the ReportSource.Parameters collection is mapped by key (case sensitive) to the report's ReportParameters collection. For more details, please check Report Sources.

Regards,
Stef
Telerik