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Exporting a report to PDF programmatically

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Article relates to

Telerik Reporting v1.x

Created by

Chavdar, Telerik

Last modified

August 03, 2011

Last modified by

Steve, Telerik


HOW-TO
Export a report to PDF programmatically

DESCRIPTION
Sometimes it is needed to export a report directly to PDF, without the need to go through the web viewer.

SOLUTION
You can use the following code snippet to programmatically export the report into "PDF" format from a Web Site or Web Application project:

C#

   void ExportToPDF(Telerik.Reporting.Report reportToExport) 
    { 
        ReportProcessor reportProcessor = new ReportProcessor(); 
        RenderingResult result = reportProcessor.RenderReport("PDF", reportToExport, null); 
 
        string fileName = result.DocumentName + ".pdf"; 
 
        Response.Clear(); 
        Response.ContentType = result.MimeType; 
        Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.Private); 
        Response.Expires = -1; 
        Response.Buffer = true; 
 
        Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", 
                           string.Format("{0};FileName=\"{1}\"", 
                                         "attachment", 
                                         fileName)); 
 
        Response.BinaryWrite(result.DocumentBytes); 
        Response.End(); 
    }    

 
VB.NET

Sub ExportToPDF(ByVal reportToExport As Telerik.Reporting.Report)    
  
        Dim reportProcessor As New ReportProcessor() 
    Dim result As RenderingResult = reportProcessor.RenderReport("PDF", reportToExport, Nothing) 
 
    Dim fileName As String = result.DocumentName + ".pdf"   
        Response.Clear()    
        Response.ContentType = result.MimeType    
        Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.Private)    
        Response.Expires = -1    
        Response.Buffer = True   
        Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", String.Format("{0};FileName=""{1}""", "attachment", fileName))    
        Response.BinaryWrite(result.DocumentBytes)    
        Response.End()    
    End Sub  

Comments

  • Phil , Jul 17, 2007

    In VB?

  • Telerik Admin , Jul 18, 2007

    VB code added!

  • Phil , Jul 18, 2007

    Many thanks! I converted the code myself (and it worked, I might make a proper programmer yet!) ... but great response, as ever.

  • Jason McIntyre , Sep 4, 2007

    Exactly what we needed.

  • Jeff P , Sep 14, 2007

    Any way to get this report to come up in a new IE window automatically instead of the current one?

  • Telerik Admin , Sep 16, 2007

    Actually, jalmto, the report appears in a new window. In case you experience troubles wiht the code in the article, please open a support ticket and describe your case in detail. Thanks.

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