Client-Side API Overview
This is a legacy report viewer and for new projects our recommendation is to use the latest WebForms Report Viewer - HTML5 Web Forms Report Viewer
Accessing the client-side report viewer object
The ReportViewer control creates a client-side object with the ClientID of the viewer. You can obtain reference to it by using the following code:
var viewer = `<%=ReportViewer1.ClientID%>`
Client API
| Member | Parameters | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PrintReport() | N/A | Starts printing of the document. Uses the Adobe PDF Reader browser plug-in if available. Otherwise it exports the report to PDF. |
| set_CurrentPage(pageNumber) | pageNumber: the number of the page(starts from 1). | Specifies the number of the page which has to be displayed in the viewer. |
| get_CurrentPage() | N/A | Returns the number of the page currently shown in the viewer. |
| get_TotalPages() | N/A | Returns the total count of document pages. |
| CanMoveToPage(pageNumber) | pageNumber : the number of the page(starts from 1). | Checks whether it is possible to navigate to the specified page. |
| RefreshReport() | N/A | Refreshes the report. |
| ExportReport(format) | The available formats are listed in the Export Formats article. | Exports the document to one of the specified formats. |
| PrintAs(format) |
format:
|
Forces the viewer to print the document according to the specified print format. |
| ShowDocumentMap() | N/A | Shows the Document Map |
| HideDocumentMap() | N/A | Hides the Document Map |