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[delusion7]

I'm not really sure I'm going about my problem the right way or not. What I want to to is have a save button, bring up the save dialog, and save a report from reportViewer(.r dlc) in .pdf format.

The only this is, I don't show the user the dialog for previewing the report, so I can't access any of that functionality, and I know that already has an export to pdf function.

I need to do this without the use of those features. Any suggestions or ideas would be a great help!

Here is some code...

private void saveButton_Clic k(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Warning[] warnings;
string[] streamids;
string mimeType;
string encoding;
string fileNameExtensi on;

byte[] bytes = reportViewer1.L ocalReport.Rend er("PDF", null, out mimeType, out encoding, out fileNameExtensi on, out streamids, out warnings);
SaveFileDialog saveFile = new SaveFileDialog( );
saveFile.Filter = "Text Files|*.txt|All Files|*.*";
if (saveFileDialog 1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK )
{
File.WriteAllBy tes(saveFile.Fi leName, bytes);
}





Katie

[enreil]

This may help you accomplish this task: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...39828&SiteID=1

[kenobewan]

Here is another article that may help. Halfway through it has a tip on how to export to pdf without preview:
How to create local reports RDLC featuring barcode images in ASP.NET

[delusion7]

Thank you both!

The only problem is, is that I am using a localreport, not a server.. I really dont understand what or how I am supposed to do this. I can save the file as pdf but it gets damaged and then nothing opens.

I also can't access this code below... I don't know if it's because I am doing this differentlyor not..

Response.Buffer = true;
Response.Clear( );
Response.Conten tType = mimeType;
Response.AddHea der("content-disposition", "attachment ; filename=sample ."+extension );
Response.Binary Write(bytes);
Response.Flush( );

OK, another question...
Do pdf files have to be written/created in a different manor than rtf's, txts, and doc files? Is that my problem?

[enreil]

The code I sent you was for an ASP.NET project. If you're in Windows forms, check out the following link about printing reports without the ReportViewer:

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=22277&SiteID=1

There is indeed a difference in the pdf file format vs. txt, rtf, etc. The pdf format is copyrighted by Adobe, and therefore your average Joe can't just up and create a PDF. The link above, however, I think will help you solve this.

Thank you both!

The only problem is, is that I am using a localreport, not a server.. I really dont understand what or how I am supposed to do this. I can save the file as pdf but it gets damaged and then nothing opens.

I also can't access this code below... I don't know if it's because I am doing this differentlyor not..

Response.Buffer = true;
Response.Clear( );
Response.Conten tType = mimeType;
Response.AddHea der("content-disposition", "attachment ; filename=sample ."+extension );
Response.Binary Write(bytes);
Response.Flush( );

OK, another question...
Do pdf files have to be written/created in a different manor than rtf's, txts, and doc files? Is that my problem?

[delusion7]

I'll take a look at that page. I thought maybe I'd have to add a reference to an adobe dll.
Thanks a lot, I hope this helps!

[delusion7]

I'll take a look at that page. I thought maybe I'd have to add a reference to an adobe dll.
Thanks a lot, I hope this helps!

Turns out there's a bug in VS when you have an image attatched to the report..