Hi Jay,
The ElementExporting event will be raised if you invoke RadGridView.Export method. If this method is not used to export the data, then the event will not be fired.
I can suggest you one alternative solution exporting with ExportFormat.Html and using HtmlFormatProvider.
You can find a demo solution attached. That way the ElementExporting event will be raised.
Regards,
Didie
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