Export to PDF - filename is always coming back as "undefined"

[Brent Hetland]

I am using version 2016.1.225.40 of your asp.net for ajax controls.

I'm using ClientExportManager to export a PDF of a section of a page (a radgrid with page breaks).

It is exporting correctly, but when the browser gets the file, the filename is coming up as "undefined".

I've tried various things; nothing is working. The telerik tags and javascript are below.

I've tried it without the PdfSettings section in the clientexportmanager.

<telerik:RadClientExportManager  ID="PDFExportManager" runat="server" OnClientPdfExported="onClientPdfExported">

    <PdfSettings FileName="MetricSet" PageBreakSelector=".pdf-page-break" /> 
</telerik:RadClientExportManager>

I've tried the javascript by passing a pdfSettings to the export, and also by using set_pdfSettings. I get the same problem either way.

function onClientPdfExported(sender, args) { 
     document.getElementById("modalDivPDF").style.display = "none";
     document.body.style.cursor = 'default';
    } 

function pdfPageSection() { 
     document.getElementById("modalDivPDF").style.display = "block";
     document.body.style.cursor = 'wait';

     var pdfSettings = {
          filename: "MetricSet",
          margin: { top: 25, left: 15, bottom: 10, right: 15 },
          pageBreakSelector: ".pdf-page-break"
     }

        $ = $telerik.$; 
        var $dashboardPanel = $(".DashboardPanel"); 
        var manager = $find("<%= PDFExportManager.ClientID %>"); 
        manager.set_pdfSettings(pdfSettings);
        manager.exportPDF($dashboardPanel); //, pdfSettings); 
    } 

What am I doing wrong? Why do I get "undefined" for my filename???

Thanks,

Brent

[Ivan Danchev]

Hello Brent,

You can either set the FileName property in the PdfSettings tag:

<PdfSettings FileName="MetricSet" PageBreakSelector=".pdf-page-break" />

or use the set_pdfSettings() client-side method. In your case the reason setting the file name through the method did not work is because you are passing a "filename" property, but the correct one to use is "fileName":

var pdfSettings = {
    fileName: "MetricSet",
    margin: { top: 25, left: 15, bottom: 10, right: 15 },
    pageBreakSelector: ".pdf-page-break"
}

Regards,
Ivan Danchev
Telerik

[Brent Hetland]

Hi Ivan,

Thanks, that worked. I used "filename" because that is what the 2015.1.401 version of the Telerik documentation had in the example, as shown below (taken directly from the help file).

   var pdfSettings = {
        filename: "PDF-Export",
        proxyURL: "http://www.proxy.com",
        margin: { top: 25, left: 15, bottom: 10, right: 5 },
        paperSize: "A4",
        landscape: "Portrait",
        title: "PDF",
        author: "UserName",
        subject: "Export to PDF",
        keywords: "a keyword",
        creator: "John",
        date: new Date(2015, 10, 25)
    };

 

Regards,

Brent

[Ivan Danchev]

Hello Brent,

The fileName property has not changed since 2015 Q1, so it must have been a mistake on our part to include a sample with an incorrect property name. Please accept our apologies for that.
Currently the documentation shows the correct property name.

Regards,
Ivan Danchev
Telerik