Exporting Reports to Various Formats

Export using FlexViewer

With FlexViewer control, you can preview the reports as well as export them. The reports can be exported to several file formats: .pdf, .html, .rtf, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .zip, .tiff, .bmp, .png, .jpg, and .gif. The following code describes how to export a FlexReport using Export method of C1FlexViewer Class:

Visual Basic
C#

Visual Basic

'Load report definition
C1FlexReport1.Load(@"reportFile", "reportName")

'Specify the report shown by the viewer
C1FlexViewer1.DocumentSource = C1FlexReport1

'Export
C1FlexViewer1.Export()

//Load report definition
c1FlexReport1.Load(@"reportFile", "reportName");

//Specify the report shown by the viewer
c1FlexViewer1.DocumentSource = c1FlexReport1;

//Export
c1FlexViewer1.Export();

Export to PDF using FlexReport

The following code describes how to export a FlexReport to PDF using PdfFilter class. Similarly, you can also export the report to other formats mentioned above.

Visual Basic
C#

Visual Basic

'create report object 
Dim c1FlexReport1 As New C1FlexReport()

'Load a report
c1FlexReport1.Load("../../ProductsReport.flxr", "Products Report")
c1FlexReport1.Render()

'Create PdfFilter object
Dim filter As New C1.Win.C1Document.Export.PdfFilter()
filter.ShowOptions = False

'Give file name and path where exported file will be saved
filter.FileName = "Products Report" + "../../ProductsReport.pdf"
'The report is exported as ProductsReport.pdf in bin\debug folder

'Export
c1FlexReport1.RenderToFilter(filter)

//create report object 
C1FlexReport c1FlexReport1 = new C1FlexReport();

//Load a report
c1FlexReport1.Load(@"..\..\ProductsReport.flxr", "Products Report");
c1FlexReport1.Render();

//Create PdfFilter object
C1.Win.C1Document.Export.PdfFilter filter = new C1.Win.C1Document.Export.PdfFilter();
filter.ShowOptions = false;

//Give file name and path where exported file will be saved
filter.FileName = "Products Report" + @"..\..\ProductsReport.pdf";
//The report is exported as ProductsReport.pdf in bin\debug folder

//Export
c1FlexReport1.RenderToFilter(filter);