Export from Ajaxified RadTreeList

Generally speaking, the exporting feature of the control works with regular postbacks only. The reason is that the treelist prepares additional information available on postback when performing the export operation. When the action is performed through asynchronous requests, this information can not be passed through the XMLHttpObject - that is why the communication between the browser and the server fails. To bypass the limitation you can wire the RequestStart event of the RadAjaxPanel or the RadAjaxManager, determine whether the target control is ajaxified and explicitly disable the AJAX in order to export with a regular postback:

ASPNET

<telerik:RadAjaxPanel ID="RadAjaxPanel1" runat="server" ClientEvents-OnRequestStart="onRequestStart">
	<asp:Button Text="Export to PDF" ID="btnExport" runat="server" OnClick="Button1_Click" />
	<telerik:RadTreeList RenderMode="Lightweight" runat="server" ID="RadTreeList1" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1"
		AutoGenerateColumns="true" AllowPaging="true" PageSize="5" DataKeyNames="id"
		ParentDataKeyNames="parentId">
	</telerik:RadTreeList>
</telerik:RadAjaxPanel>
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:TelerikConnectionString %>"
	SelectCommand="SELECT * FROM [Links]"></asp:SqlDataSource>

JavaScript

function onRequestStart(sender, args) {
	if (args.get_eventTarget().indexOf("btnExport") >= 0) {
		args.set_enableAjax(false);
	}
}

C#

protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
	RadTreeList1.ExportToPdf();
}

VB

Protected Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
	RadTreeList1.ExportToPdf()
End Sub

If you export from a Button that is nested in a MS AJAX UpdatePanel, you should set the button as a PostBackTrigger:

ASPNET

<Triggers>         
	<asp:PostBackTrigger ControlID="btnExport" />
</Triggers>

It is also possible to register the control as a trigger for full postback in the code-behind:

C#

ScriptManager.GetCurrent(Page).RegisterPostBackControl(btnExport);          

VB

ScriptManager.GetCurrent(Page).RegisterPostBackControl(btnExport)          

See Also

Exclude Controls from Ajaxifying