Append to PDF

[Scott Ponder]

Is there a way to append an additional report to the end of a report when exporting to PDF?  I need to attach 2 reports together so the end user only has to run and print 1 report.

[Svetoslav]

Hi Scott,

Your exact requirement is not possible, however there is an easy workaround. You can create a 3rd report that you can use as a report container. It will have no data source connected to it, and should contain only a DetailSection with 2 SubReports inside, one for each of your existing reports. We think the SubReport functionality will help you in achieving your goal.

You can find more information on SubReports in the provided documentation.
 

Best wishes,
Svetoslav
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[Scott Ponder]

Your work around works in a manner, but not the way I need it to work.  First, the headers and footers on the sub-reports do not print, second, one of my reports is portrait and the other is landscape.  In a normal PDF file I can incorporate both formats, I just need to be able to append the second report to the first.

[Svetoslav]

Hi Scott,

Thank you for the additional information. Indeed, the workaround of using subreports will not work for you in your case. We're working on a solution to provide similar functionality for more complex scenarios out-of-the-box. Sorry for not being able to help you at this time.

 
Kind regards,
Svetoslav
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[Scott Ponder]

Thank you.  I look forward to seeing the next version of this product, so far it has been a very easy to use tool and has provided most of the capabilities that I need in my reports.

[Vassil Petev]

You are welcome, Scott! We are happy to hear that you like our tool. 

Let us know if you have other questions, we will be happy to address them for you.


Greetings,
Rob
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[Josef Rogovsky]

Hi Scott,

We've been evaluating Telerik Reporting for inclusion in some upcoming projects (I am super excited at the prospect of dumping Crystal Reports!) and have been developing a small toolbox of work arounds for features and functionality not yet available.

Might I suggest that while you are waiting for Telerik to develop a solution to your issue, try looking into a third party PDF library. You could use to combine the two separately exported reports created with Telerik reporting into one PDF file.

Earlier this year my team used ABCpdf.Net from webSupergoo.com to create a custom PDF export of some data for a client (Telerik Reporting hadn't been released yet). It probably has the ability to do what you need. And depending on your implementation, you might be eligible for a free license.

While I cannot give ABCpdf.Net my full endorsement because I haven't personally used it very much, I do use a different product from webSuperGoo, ImageGlue.Net, quite a bit and am quite happy with it. My feeling is that you will probably find what you need in ABCpdf.Net or a similar PDF library.

[Corey]

I also would like to export multiple Telerik reports to a single PDF file.

This thread indicates that it wasn't possible when the thread started (2007), but might be investigated.

Is it now possible?

[Steve]

Hi Corey,

You can use the Report Book functionality for such purpose.

Regards,
Steve
the Telerik team

[Corey]

Excellent. That looks like just what I need.