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Steven Fischer asked on 27 Jun 2010, 12:15 AM

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Hello,

I'm using a RadGrid with grouping and hope to customize the PDF export.

My customer needs additional data in the group headers, so I've customized the RadGrid_ItemDataBound method to apply extensive formatting (see screen shot below). To achieve this I set the e.Item.DataCell.Text property to a string containing my HTML:

                    protected void myGrid_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e) {         
                     
            if (e.Item is GridGroupHeaderItem) {         
                     
            //stylize group header         
            GridGroupHeaderItem item = (GridGroupHeaderItem)e.Item;         
                     
            item.DataCell.Text = "<table><tr><td><b>Custom Group Header</b></td></tr></table>";         
                     
            }         
                     
            }

This works great in the browser! However, my custom group header is ignored in the PDF (see other screen shot). Would someone provide instruction on customizing Group Headers within the PDF export?

I am familiar with using the myGrid_PdfExporting method to make changes when the PDF is exported.

Thanks much!

Steven

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answered on 26 Oct 2010, 06:00 PM

desired-pdf-export-layout-selected-row-with-child-items.jpg

current-pdf-export-layout-selected-row-with-child-items.jpg

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for offering your help. As per your suggestion, below I am sending the complete source code.

Currently selected Hierarchial row into PDF works (attached: Current PDF Export Layout Selected Row with Child items.jpg) but my intention is to export the Currently selected Hierarchial row into PDF like RadGrid FormTemplate (attached: Desired PDF Export Layout Selected Row with Child items.jpg). That is all related child rows needs to be exported into FormTemplate format followed by parent item.

I did not include detail table Insert/Update/Delete Parameters declarations because I need help with Export to PDF not for data manipulations.

Thanks again and appreciate for your help.

Sincerely

GC_0620
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<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default2.aspx.cs" Inherits="Default2" %>

<%@ Register Assembly="Telerik.Web.UI" Namespace="Telerik.Web.UI" TagPrefix="telerik" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head id="Head1" runat="server">

<title></title>

</head>

<body>

<form id="form1" runat="server">

<div>

<asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server">

</asp:ScriptManager>

<telerik:RadGrid Skin="Web20" ID="RadGrid1" ShowStatusBar="True" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1"

runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" AllowPaging="True" GridLines="None"

AllowAutomaticDeletes="True" AllowAutomaticInserts="True" OnPreRender="RadGrid1_PreRender"

AllowAutomaticUpdates="True" EnableLinqExpressions="False" OnItemDataBound="RadGrid1_ItemDataBound"

AutoGenerateDeleteColumn="True" AutoGenerateEditColumn="True">

<ExportSettings>

<Pdf PageTitle="Rad Grid Selected Customers Export" />

</ExportSettings>

<PagerStyle Mode="NumericPages"></PagerStyle>

<MasterTableView DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" Name="Master" DataKeyNames="CustomerID"

CommandItemDisplay="Top">

<DetailTables>

<telerik:GridTableView Name="Orders" DataKeyNames="OrderID" CommandItemDisplay="Top"

DataSourceID="SqlDataSource2" Width="100%" runat="server">

<ParentTableRelation>

<telerik:GridRelationFields DetailKeyField="CustomerID" MasterKeyField="CustomerID" />

</ParentTableRelation>

<CommandItemSettings ExportToPdfText="Export to Pdf"></CommandItemSettings>

<Columns>

<telerik:GridBoundColumn SortExpression="OrderID" HeaderText="OrderID" HeaderButtonType="TextButton"

DataField="OrderID" UniqueName="OrderID">

</telerik:GridBoundColumn>

<telerik:GridBoundColumn SortExpression="OrderDate" HeaderText="Date Ordered" HeaderButtonType="TextButton"

DataField="OrderDate" UniqueName="OrderDate" DataFormatString="{0:D}">

</telerik:GridBoundColumn>

<telerik:GridBoundColumn SortExpression="Freight" HeaderText="Freight" HeaderButtonType="TextButton"

DataField="Freight" UniqueName="Freight">

</telerik:GridBoundColumn>

</Columns>

<EditFormSettings EditFormType="Template">

<FormTemplate>

<table id="ChildTableMain" class="form-controls" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1"

width="100%" border="0" rules="none" style="border-collapse: collapse; background: #DCDCDC;">

<tr>

<td>

<asp:Label ID="OrderDetailLabel" CssClass="form-edit_Update" runat="server" Text="Order details"

Font-Underline="True"></asp:Label>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>

<table id="ChildTableDetail" border="0" class="form-controls" width="100%">

<tr>

<td style="font-size: 11px">

Order ID:

</td>

<td>

<asp:TextBox ID="TxtOrderID" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind( "OrderID") %>' TabIndex="1" />

</td>

<td style="font-size: 11px">

Date Ordered:

</td>

<td>

<asp:TextBox ID="TxtOrderDate" runat="server" Width="200px" Text='<%# Bind( "OrderDate","{0:D}") %>'

TabIndex="2" />

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="font-size: 11px">

Freight:

</td>

<td>

<asp:TextBox ID="TxtFreight" Width="300px" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind( "Freight") %>'

TabIndex="3">

</asp:TextBox>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</FormTemplate>

</EditFormSettings>

<SortExpressions>

<telerik:GridSortExpression FieldName="OrderDate"></telerik:GridSortExpression>

</SortExpressions>

</telerik:GridTableView>

</DetailTables>

<CommandItemSettings ExportToPdfText="Export to Pdf"></CommandItemSettings>

<ExpandCollapseColumn Visible="True">

</ExpandCollapseColumn>

<Columns>

<telerik:GridBoundColumn SortExpression="CustomerID" HeaderText="CustomerID" DataField="CustomerID"

UniqueName="CustomerID" ReadOnly="True">

</telerik:GridBoundColumn>

<telerik:GridBoundColumn SortExpression="CompanyName" HeaderText="CompanyName" DataField="CompanyName"

UniqueName="CompanyName">

</telerik:GridBoundColumn>

<telerik:GridBoundColumn SortExpression="ContactName" HeaderText="ContactName" DataField="ContactName"

UniqueName="ContactName">

</telerik:GridBoundColumn>

<telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="Address" HeaderText="Address" SortExpression="Address"

UniqueName="Address">

</telerik:GridBoundColumn>

</Columns>

<EditFormSettings EditFormType="Template">

<FormTemplate>

<table id="Table2" class="form-controls" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" width="100%"

border="0" rules="none" style="border-collapse: collapse; background: #DCDCDC;">

<tr>

<td>

<asp:Label ID="CustDetailLabel" CssClass="form-edit_Update" runat="server" Text="Customer details"

Font-Underline="True"></asp:Label>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>

<table id="TableDetail" border="0" class="form-controls" width="100%">

<tr>

<td style="font-size: 11px">

Customer Id:

</td>

<td>

<asp:TextBox ID="TxtCustomer" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind( "CustomerID") %>' TabIndex="1" />

</td>

<td style="font-size: 11px">

Contact Name:

</td>

<td>

<asp:TextBox ID="TxtContact" runat="server" Width="200px" Text='<%# Bind( "ContactName") %>'

TabIndex="2" />

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="font-size: 11px">

Company:

</td>

<td>

<asp:TextBox ID="TxtCompany" Width="200px" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind( "CompanyName") %>'

TabIndex="3">

</asp:TextBox>

</td>

<td style="font-size: 11px">

Address:

</td>

<td>

<asp:TextBox ID="TxtAddress" Width="300px" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind( "Address") %>'

TabIndex="3">

</asp:TextBox>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</td>

</tr>

<tr visible="false">

<td align="right" colspan="2">

<asp:Button ID="btnUpdate" Text='<%# (Container is GridEditFormInsertItem) ? "Insert" : "Update" %>'

runat="server" CommandName='<%# (Container is GridEditFormInsertItem) ? "PerformInsert" : "Update" %>'>

</asp:Button>

<asp:Button ID="btnCancel" Text="Cancel" runat="server" CausesValidation="False"

CommandName="Cancel"></asp:Button>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</FormTemplate>

</EditFormSettings>

</MasterTableView>

<ClientSettings>

<Selecting AllowRowSelect="true" />

</ClientSettings>

</telerik:RadGrid>

<br />

<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Export selected items with child items"

OnClick="Button1_Click" />

<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthWindConnectionString %>"

SelectCommand="SELECT [CustomerID], [CompanyName], [ContactName], [Address] FROM [Customers]"

runat="server" DeleteCommand="DELETE FROM [Customers] WHERE [CustomerID] = @CustomerID"

InsertCommand="INSERT INTO [Customers] ([CustomerID], [CompanyName], [ContactName], [Address]) VALUES (@CustomerID, @CompanyName, @ContactName, @Address)"

UpdateCommand="UPDATE [Customers] SET [CompanyName] = @CompanyName, [ContactName] = @ContactName, [Address] = @Address WHERE [CustomerID] = @CustomerID">

<DeleteParameters>

<asp:Parameter Name="CustomerID" Type="String" />

</DeleteParameters>

<UpdateParameters>

<asp:Parameter Name="CompanyName" Type="String" />

<asp:Parameter Name="ContactName" Type="String" />

<asp:Parameter Name="Address" Type="String" />

<asp:Parameter Name="CustomerID" Type="String" />

</UpdateParameters>

<InsertParameters>

<asp:Parameter Name="CustomerID" Type="String" />

<asp:Parameter Name="CompanyName" Type="String" />

<asp:Parameter Name="ContactName" Type="String" />

<asp:Parameter Name="Address" Type="String" />

</InsertParameters>

</asp:SqlDataSource>

<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource2" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:NorthwindConnectionString %>"

ProviderName="System.Data.SqlClient" SelectCommand="SELECT * FROM Orders Where CustomerID = @CustomerID"

runat="server">

<SelectParameters>

<asp:SessionParameter Name="CustomerID" SessionField="CustomerID" Type="string" />

</SelectParameters>

</asp:SqlDataSource>

</div>

</form>

</body>

</html>

using System;

using System.Data;

using System.Data.SqlClient;

using System.Configuration;

using System.Collections;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Web.UI;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

using Telerik.Web.UI;

using System.Linq;

using System.Web;

using System.Web.Security;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;

using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Web.SessionState;

using System.IO;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Globalization;

using Telerik.Web.UI.GridExcelBuilder;

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

public partial class Default2 : System.Web.UI.Page

{

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

}

protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

if (RadGrid1.SelectedItems.Count != 0)

{

foreach (GridDataItem item in RadGrid1.MasterTableView.Items)

{

if (!item.Selected)

item.Visible = false;

else

item.Expanded = true;

}

Configure_Selected_Row_Pdf_Export();

RadGrid1.MasterTableView.ExportToPdf();

}

public void Configure_Selected_Row_Pdf_Export()

{

//Landscape

RadGrid1.ExportSettings.Pdf.PageHeight = Unit.Parse("8.5in");

RadGrid1.ExportSettings.Pdf.PageWidth = Unit.Parse("11in");

//// 1/2 inch margins

RadGrid1.ExportSettings.Pdf.PageLeftMargin = Unit.Parse(".5in");

RadGrid1.ExportSettings.Pdf.PageRightMargin = Unit.Parse(".5in");

RadGrid1.ExportSettings.Pdf.PageTopMargin = Unit.Parse(".5in");

RadGrid1.ExportSettings.Pdf.PageBottomMargin = Unit.Parse(".5in");

foreach (GridDataItem item in RadGrid1.Items)

{

if (item.OwnerTableView.Name == "Orders")

{

GridTableView childTable = (GridTableView)item.OwnerTableView;

foreach (GridCommandItem cmditem in childTable.GetItems(GridItemType.CommandItem))

{

cmditem.Visible = false;

}

item.Style["text-align"] = "center";

item.Style["font-family"] = "Arial";

}

if (item.OwnerTableView.Name == "Master")

{

GridTableView masterTable = (GridTableView)item.OwnerTableView;

foreach (GridCommandItem mastercmditem in masterTable.GetItems(GridItemType.CommandItem))

{

mastercmditem.Visible = false;

}

item.Style["text-align"] = "center";

item.Style["font-family"] = "Arial";

item.Style["FontSize"] = "20px";

}

foreach (GridHeaderItem headerItem in RadGrid1.MasterTableView.GetItems(GridItemType.Header))

{

headerItem.Style["font-family"] = "Arial";

headerItem.Style["color"] = "#F0F8FF";

headerItem.Style["background-color"] = " #008B8B";

}

RadGrid1.ExportSettings.OpenInNewWindow = true;

RadGrid1.ExportSettings.ExportOnlyData = true;

RadGrid1.MasterTableView.HierarchyDefaultExpanded = true;

}

bool isSelected;

protected void RadGrid1_ItemDataBound(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)

{

if (e.Item is GridEditableItem && e.Item.IsInEditMode)

{

if (!e.Item.OwnerTableView.IsItemInserted)

{

Session["selIndex"] = e.Item.ItemIndex;

}

e.Item.Selected = true;

isSelected = true;

}

protected void RadGrid1_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

if (!isSelected && Session["selIndex"] != null)

{

RadGrid1.MasterTableView.Items[(int)Session["selIndex"]].Selected = true;

Session["selIndex"] = null;

}

else if (!isSelected)

{

RadGrid1.MasterTableView.Items[0].Selected = true;

}

isSelected = false;

}

answered on 01 Nov 2010, 09:54 PM

gc-demo.zip

Hello gc_0620,

I attached a sample project based on your code. I hope it will be a good starting point for you.

Regards,
Daniel
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answered on 23 Feb 2018, 07:20 PM

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Folks,
Currently Using Windows 10, IE 11 with VS 2017 and Progress® Telerik® UI for ASP.NET AJAX (Version 2018.1.117.45)

About almost 7 and 1/2 years ago, Daniel created a sample project (228082_gc-demo) based on my code. Refer above. Still is working. Now I have a requirement to modify it.

1) If Detail Table (GridTableView Name="Orders") has more than 3 rows, do a hard page break. i.e. (Export Master Table and Detail Table) into new page including their column headers. Please refer to attached. Example 'CustomerID' = 'AROUT'

2) Also export to PDF button does not do any thing in this Machine (i.e. using Windows 10). However I can save the file into a Local drive and open it. No Problem.

3) But this is not an issue with windows 8 and VS 2013 machine with IE 11. Files open correctly without prior saving .

4) If Daniel is still working with Progress please convey my regards to her. She is always pretty helpful to all Forum members.

Thanks for any help.

gc_0620

answered on 07 Mar 2018, 02:17 PM

Hierarchy-Page-Break.zip

Hi gc_0620,

I've created a basic sample which is producing the required behavior. In order to place the master table row as header for each page, the approach from Grid - Export to PDF demo was followed.

Please give it a try and see if that works for you.

Kind regards,
Attila Antal
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