Export a Page Report (Rendering Extension)

You can use the rendering extensions for Image, HTML, PDF, XML or Word to render a page report in any of the supported formats. See Rendering for details on rendering formats.

The following steps provide an example of rendering a report in the format.

In Visual Studio, create a new Windows Forms Application or open an existing one.
On the Form.cs or Form.vb that opens, double-click the title bar to create the Form_Load event.
Add the following code inside the Form_Load event.

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' Provide the page report you want to render. Dim _reportDef As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReport(New System.IO.FileInfo("C:\MovieRatings.rdlx")) Dim _reportRuntime As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.PageDocument(_reportDef) ' Set the file format you want the report to be rendered in. Dim exportFile As String = System.IO.Path.GetTempFileName() + ".pdf" Dim myFile As New System.IO.FileInfo(exportFile) ' Provide settings for your rendering output. Dim settings As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Page.Settings() settings.HideToolbar = True settings.HideMenubar = True settings.HideWindowUI = True ' Set the rendering extension and render the report. Dim _renderingExtension As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Page.PdfRenderingExtension() Dim _provider As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rendering.IO.FileStreamProvider(myFile.Directory, System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(myFile.Name)) _reportRuntime.Render(_renderingExtension, _provider, settings) System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(exportFile)

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' Provide the page report you want to render.                            
Dim _reportDef As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReport(New System.IO.FileInfo("C:\MovieRatings.rdlx"))
Dim _reportRuntime As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.PageDocument(_reportDef)

' Set the file format you want the report to be rendered in. 
Dim exportFile As String = System.IO.Path.GetTempFileName() + ".pdf"
Dim myFile As New System.IO.FileInfo(exportFile)

' Provide settings for your rendering output. 
Dim settings As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Page.Settings()
settings.HideToolbar = True
settings.HideMenubar = True
settings.HideWindowUI = True

' Set the rendering extension and render the report. 
Dim _renderingExtension As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Page.PdfRenderingExtension()
Dim _provider As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rendering.IO.FileStreamProvider(myFile.Directory, System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(myFile.Name))
_reportRuntime.Render(_renderingExtension, _provider, settings)
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(exportFile)

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// Provide the page report you want to render. GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReport _reportDef = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReport(new System.IO.FileInfo(@"C:\MovieRatings.rdlx")); GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.PageDocument _reportRuntime = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.PageDocument(_reportDef); // Set the file format you want the report to be rendered in. string exportFile = System.IO.Path.GetTempFileName() + ".pdf"; System.IO.FileInfo myFile = new System.IO.FileInfo(exportFile); // Provide settings for your rendering output. GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Page.Settings settings = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Page.Settings(); settings.HideToolbar = true; settings.HideMenubar = true; settings.HideWindowUI = true; // Set the rendering extension and render the report. GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Page.PdfRenderingExtension _renderingExtension = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Page.PdfRenderingExtension(); GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rendering.IO.FileStreamProvider _provider = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rendering.IO.FileStreamProvider(myFile.Directory, System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(myFile.Name)); _reportRuntime.Render(_renderingExtension, _provider, settings); System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(exportFile);

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// Provide the page report you want to render.   
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReport _reportDef = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReport(new System.IO.FileInfo(@"C:\MovieRatings.rdlx"));
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.PageDocument _reportRuntime = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.PageDocument(_reportDef);

// Set the file format you want the report to be rendered in. 
string exportFile = System.IO.Path.GetTempFileName() + ".pdf";
System.IO.FileInfo myFile = new System.IO.FileInfo(exportFile);

// Provide settings for your rendering output. 
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Page.Settings settings = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Page.Settings();
settings.HideToolbar = true;
settings.HideMenubar = true;
settings.HideWindowUI = true;

// Set the rendering extension and render the report.
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Page.PdfRenderingExtension _renderingExtension = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Page.PdfRenderingExtension();
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rendering.IO.FileStreamProvider _provider = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rendering.IO.FileStreamProvider(myFile.Directory, System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(myFile.Name));
_reportRuntime.Render(_renderingExtension, _provider, settings);
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(exportFile);

Note: The code above works for any supported rendering format. Simply, replace the instances of PDF with the specific rendering format type and use the desired rendering extension.