The Exporter type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public method Exporter
Initializes a new instance of the Exporter class.

Methods

  Name Description
Public method Export(Stream)
Exports the object specified by the Document property on the current exporter to the specified Stream.

Note that some export formats do not support exporting to streams. Test the value returned by the CanExportToStream property on ExportProvider prior to calling this method.

Public method Export(String)
Exports the object specified by the Document property on the current exporter to the specified file.
Public method ShowOptionsDialog
Displays a dialog that allows the user to edit the export options.

Properties

  Name Description
Public property Document
Gets or sets the object representing the document that will be exported by the current exporter's Export(String) or Export(Stream) methods.
Public property DocumentInfo
Gets or sets the DocumentInfo object associated with the Document assigned to the current exporter.
Public property DocumentInfoFormClass
Gets or sets the type of form that is used to edit the fields of DocumentInfo class. That form can be invoked from the export options form (OptionsFormClass). The form's type must be assignable to DocumentInfoForm.
Public property ExportProvider
Gets an instance of a class derived from ExportProvider describing the export format associated with the current exporter. That instance can be used to retrieve static information about the current export format such as format description or default extension.
Public property OptionsFormClass
Gets or sets the type of form that is used to edit export options. That form is shown when the Export(String) or the Export(Stream) method is called if ShowOptions is true. The form's type must be assignable to the type specified by the DefaultOptionsFormClass property.
Public property OptionsFormClassName
Gets or sets the type name of form that is used to edit export options. That form is shown when the Export(String) or the Export(Stream) method is called if ShowOptions is true. The form's type must be assignable to the type specified by the DefaultOptionsFormClass property.
Public property OutputFiles
Gets the list of files which were generated by the call to Export(String). Typically exporters produce a single file (e.g. RtfExporter, XlsExporter), but some (like HtmlExporter and EmfExporter) may produce several files all of which can be then accessed through this property.
Public property Preview
Gets or sets a value indicating whether the exported document should be opened after exporting it to a disk file (using the Export(String) method). The application used to open the file is determined by the OS shell.
Public property Range
Gets or sets the range of pages that is to be exported.
Public property RangeFormClass
Gets or sets the type of form that is used to enter the export output range. That form can be invoked from the export options form (OptionsFormClass). The form's type must be assignable to OutputRangeForm.
Public property ReferenceGraphics
Specifies the Graphics object used by export. For example, that Graphics can be used to convert EmfPlusDual or EmfPlusOnly metafiles to EmfOnly. If this property is null, the screen device context is used.
Public property ShowOptions
Gets or sets a value indicating whether the options dialog should be shown to the user before exporting the document.

Events

  Name Description
Public event LongOperation
Occurs periodically during export. Allows to show progress and give the end user the ability to cancel the operation.

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