Exporting Reports Straight to PDF in ASP.Net

[Jim Richmond]

Here is some code I borrowed (from other reporting packages) to export a report to pdf. I have an empty aspx page that runs this code on load (after reading some url parameters).

MyReport report = new MyReport();
string mimeType = string.Empty;
string extension = string.Empty;
Encoding encoding = null;
byte[] buffer = Telerik.Reporting.Processing.ReportProcessor.Render("PDF", report, null, out mimeType, out extension, out encoding);
Response.Clear();
Response.Buffer = true;
Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";
Response.BinaryWrite(buffer);
Response.End();

You have to be sure to reference Telerik.Reporting.ImageRendering

I was having some issues with the layout of a simple nested sub report. The spacing is fine in Design View but way off in html view. So this is my fix for now.

[Svetoslav]

Hi Jim,

I read your post as you've got a problem with incorrect rendering of your report (that contains a sub report) in HTML. Same report is rendering correctly in PDF. Because of the HTML issue you've been forced to send this report to the browser as a PDF document instead of displaying it in the viewer.

If I've understood you correctly, can you, please, describe us your problems with rendering the report in HTML so we can examine it and fix it on time. We will appreciate if you can send us a sample report/project that demonstrates the issue.

Regards,
Svetoslav
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[Jim Richmond]

There is about an inch of space that appears before the subreport in html view. It adds up when you have the sub report in a repeating section.  Sorry I don't have time to look into further as the solution above is working for me.

[Svetoslav]

Hello Jim Richmond,

It's good that you've managed to cope with the problem by yourself. Anyway we will try to reproduce the scenario and fix the problem.

Sincerely yours,
Svetoslav
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