DxGrid.ExportToPdfAsync(String, GridPdfExportOptions) Method

Exports Grid data to PDF and downloads the output file onto the client machine.

Namespace: DevExpress.Blazor

Assembly: DevExpress.Blazor.v25.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Blazor

Declaration

public Task ExportToPdfAsync(
    string fileName,
    GridPdfExportOptions options = null
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fileName	String	The file name.

Optional Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
options	GridPdfExportOptions	null	PDF export options.

Returns

Type	Description
Task	The task that is completed when the file is downloaded.

Remarks

Call the ExportToPdfAsync method to export Grid data to PDF. Method overloads allow you to write the result to a stream (ExportToPdfAsync(Stream, GridPdfExportOptions)) or to a file downloaded onto a client machine (the current overload).

The method accepts a GridPdfExportOptions object as a parameter. Use this parameter to configure export settings.

Run Demo: Grid - Export Read Tutorial: Export to PDF

Example

The following example exports selected rows to PDF and customizes the output document’s appearance:

Razor

@rendermode InteractiveServer
@using DevExpress.Drawing;
@inject WeatherForecastService ForecastService

<DxGrid @ref="Grid" Data="@forecasts">
    <Columns>
        <DxGridSelectionColumn Width="60px" AllowSelectAll="true" />
        <DxGridDataColumn Caption="Date" FieldName="Date" />
        <DxGridDataColumn Caption="Temperature (C)" FieldName="TemperatureC" />
        <DxGridDataColumn Caption="Temperature (F)" FieldName="TemperatureF" />
        <DxGridDataColumn Caption="Summary" FieldName="Summary" />
    </Columns>
    <ToolbarTemplate>
        <DxToolbar>
            <DxToolbarItem Text="Export to PDF" Click="ExportPdf_Click" BeginGroup="true" />
        </DxToolbar>
    </ToolbarTemplate>
</DxGrid>

@code {
    IGrid Grid;
    private WeatherForecast[]? forecasts;

    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync() {
        forecasts = await ForecastService.GetForecastAsync(DateOnly.FromDateTime(DateTime.Now));
    }
    async Task ExportPdf_Click() {
        await Grid.ExportToPdfAsync("ExportResult", new GridPdfExportOptions() {
            ExportSelectedRowsOnly = true, // Exports only selected rows
            CustomizeCell = OnCustomizeCell, // Customizes table cell appearance
            CustomizeDocument = OnCustomizeDocument, // Customizes overall document appearance
            CustomizeDocumentHeader = OnCustomizeDocumentHeader, // Adds and customizes a document header
        });
    }
    void OnCustomizeDocument(GridDocumentExportCustomizeDocumentEventArgs args) {
        // Sets default font settings for all elements
        args.DefaultElementStyle.Font = new DXFont("Times New Roman", 12, DXFontStyle.Regular);
        // Switches the page orientation to landscape
        args.Landscape = true;
    }
    void OnCustomizeCell(GridDocumentExportCustomizeCellEventArgs args) {
        // Sets border settings for all table cells
        args.ElementStyle.BorderColor = System.Drawing.Color.DarkGray;
        args.ElementStyle.BorderDashStyle = DevExpress.XtraPrinting.BorderDashStyle.Dash;
        // Sets style settings for header cells
        if (args.AreaType == DocumentExportAreaType.Header) {
            args.ElementStyle.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightGray;
            args.ElementStyle.TextAlignment = DevExpress.XtraPrinting.TextAlignment.MiddleCenter;
            args.ElementStyle.Font = new DXFont("Arial", 12, DXFontStyle.Bold);
        }
        args.Handled = true;
    }
    void OnCustomizeDocumentHeader(GridDocumentExportCustomizeDocumentHeaderFooterEventArgs args) {
        // Adds a document header
        args.Text = "Weather Forecast";
        // Sets header style settings
        args.ElementStyle.Font = new DXFont("Arial", 12, DXFontStyle.Regular);
        args.ElementStyle.TextAlignment = DevExpress.XtraPrinting.TextAlignment.MiddleCenter;
    }
}

WeatherForecast.cs

using System;

public class WeatherForecast {
    public DateTime Date { get; set; }
    public int TemperatureC { get; set; }
    public string Forecast { get; set; }
    public string CloudCover { get; set; }
}

WeatherForecastService.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class WeatherForecastService {
    private List<WeatherForecast> Forecast { get; set; }

    private static string[] CloudCover = new[] {
        "Sunny", "Partly cloudy", "Cloudy", "Storm"
    };

    Tuple<int, string>[] ConditionsForForecast = new Tuple<int, string>[] {
        Tuple.Create( 22 , "Hot"),
        Tuple.Create( 13 , "Warm"),
        Tuple.Create( 0 , "Cold"),
        Tuple.Create( -10 , "Freezing")
    };

    public WeatherForecastService() {
        Forecast = CreateForecast();
    }

    private List<WeatherForecast> CreateForecast() {
        var rng = new Random();
        DateTime startDate = DateTime.Now;
        return Enumerable.Range(1, 30).Select(index => {
            var temperatureC = rng.Next(-10, 30);
            return new WeatherForecast {
                Date = startDate.AddDays(index),
                TemperatureC = temperatureC,
                CloudCover = CloudCover[rng.Next(0, 4)],
                Forecast = ConditionsForForecast.First(c => c.Item1 <= temperatureC).Item2
            };
        }).ToList();
    }

    public List<WeatherForecast> GetForecast() {
        return Forecast;
    }

    public Task<WeatherForecast[]> GetForecastAsync(CancellationToken ct = default) {
        return Task.FromResult(Forecast.ToArray());
    }
}

Program.cs

// ...
builder.Services.AddSingleton<WeatherForecastService>();

Limitations and Specifics

• Template content is not exported (including detail Grids).
• CSS classes applied to the Grid and its elements do not affect the exported document’s appearance. Handle the CustomizeCell event to customize the output table.
• The Grid does not export columns whose Visible property is set to false. Handle the CustomizeColumn event to add hidden columns to the output file.
• The Grid exports all data rows that match the current filter criteria (including rows in collapsed groups). Handle the RowExporting event to exclude specific rows from export.
• When the Grid is bound to a GridDevExtremeDataSource, you must specify the KeyFieldName property to export only selected rows.

Implements

ExportToPdfAsync(String, GridPdfExportOptions)