Generate a report without opening it

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  1. carl
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    Posted 06 Aug 2010 Link to this post

    I am currently evaluating Telerik reporting.  One of the projects that I work on requires that a report be generated so it will be formated as we have designed it to look, however we do not want it previewed by the user.  There are two seperate functionalities that we require.  One is the report would be sent directly to a printer.  The other function requires the report to be formated, converted to .pdf and saved directly into our SQL Database by means of a file stream into a binary max field.  We currently have this functionality in a VS2008 project using Crystal Reports.  My desire is to get away from Crystal as quickly as possible, I hope you tell me this can be done.   
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    Chavdar
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    Posted 12 Aug 2010 Link to this post

    Hi carl,

    You can print and export reports, without previewing them initally in a report viewer, by using the ReportProcessor class and its Print and Render methods. Please, review the Reporting API and let us know if you have any other questions.

    Greetings,
    Chavdar
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  5. CHRISTIAN
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    Posted 22 Feb 2012 Link to this post

    I also need to create a pdf and save it directly to our database in a varbinary(max) field.
    Can you provide a small example how to do this? Reading the Reporting API Reference isn´t that helpfull at all...
  7. Steve
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    Posted 27 Feb 2012 Link to this post

    Hello CHRISTIAN,

    The RenderReport method of the ReportProcessor class converts the contents of a report to a byte array in the specified format, which you can then use with other classes such as MemoryStream or FileStream to handle it and save it as needed. For more information refer to:

    Kind regards,
    Steve
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  9. Sirisha
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    Posted 10 Aug 2016 in reply to Steve Link to this post

    Hi , 

    how to render byte array in a report viewer that is stored in database.Please suggest me .

     

  11. Katia
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    Posted 12 Aug 2016 Link to this post

    Hi Sirisha,

    In case, you want to export a report programmatically, you can use the ReportProcessor and render a report in any of the supported formats.
    The resulted document will be provided as a byte array - check     Exporting Report Programmatically for more detailed information.

    Note, that to display a report in HTML5 Report Viewer you need to provide a supported ReportSource object - please check How to: Set ReportSource for Report Viewers help article.


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    Katia
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