[Solved] ExportToPdf - Add record count beneath title

[Michael]

How would I go about adding the record count beneath the title of a pdf document created using the ExportToPdf functionality of RadGrid? Seems like a simple task, but haven't been able to figure it out yet. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Shinu]

Hi Michael,

I tried adding Literal control in CommadItemTemplate of RadGrid in order to show the numbre of records in the exported document. Here is the code that I tried  to achieve the functionality.

aspx:

<CommandItemTemplate>
    <div style=" text-align: right;" id="div1">
        <asp:Literal ID="Literal1" runat="server"></asp:Literal>
    </div>
</CommandItemTemplate>

C#:

bool pdfExport = false;
protected void Button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    pdfExport = true;
    RadGrid1.ExportSettings.OpenInNewWindow = true;
    RadGrid1.ExportSettings.ExportOnlyData = false;
    RadGrid1.ExportSettings.IgnorePaging = true;
    RadGrid1.MasterTableView.Rebind();
    RadGrid1.MasterTableView.ExportToPdf();
}
protected void RadGrid1_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (pdfExport)
    {
        GridCommandItem commandItem = (GridCommandItem)RadGrid1.MasterTableView.GetItems(GridItemType.CommandItem)[0];
        Literal lt = (Literal)commandItem.FindControl("Literal1");
        string str = Convert.ToString(RadGrid1.MasterTableView.Items.Count + " Records");
        lt.Text = str;
    }
}

-Shinu.

[Daniel]

Hello Michael,

Another approach is to insert the desired text directly in the raw html:

protected void RadGrid1_PdfExporting(object source, GridPdfExportingArgs e)
{
    string customText = "Test Test Test<p> </p>";
    e.RawHTML = e.RawHTML.Replace("<table", customText + "<table");
}

Best regards,
Daniel
the Telerik team

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[Michael]

Thanks to both of you. Both solutions work great!