GridDocumentExportCustomizeCellEventArgsBase.AreaType Property

Returns the area containing the processed cell.

Namespace: DevExpress.Blazor

Assembly: DevExpress.Blazor.v25.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Blazor

Declaration

public DocumentExportAreaType AreaType { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
DocumentExportAreaType	The area type.

Available values:

Name	Description
Header	A column header row.
DataArea	A data row.
GroupHeader	A group row.
GroupFooter	A group footer row.
TotalFooter	A total footer row.

Remarks

When exporting Grid/TreeList data to PDF, handle the CustomizeCell event to customize table cells in the output file. The AreaType event argument identifies the area containing the processed cell. The following image displays all area types:

Note

GroupHeader and GroupFooter areas are Grid-specific and do not exist in the TreeList component.

You can use other event arguments to obtain additional information about the processed cell. Each argument corresponds to an individual area-dependent cell attribute. If the processed cell does not have a specific attribute, the corresponding argument returns null. The following table lists cell attributes available for different area types:

	Header	Group Header	Data Area	Group Footer	Total Footer
ColumnFieldName
DataItem
GroupFieldName
SummaryItems
Value

Grid Example

The following example exports Grid data to PDF and customizes the output table appearance:

Razor

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

<DxGrid @ref="Grid" Data="@forecasts" ShowGroupPanel="true">
    <Columns>
        <DxGridDataColumn Caption="Date" FieldName="Date" />
        <DxGridDataColumn Caption="Temperature (C)" FieldName="TemperatureC" ExportWidth="300"/>
        <DxGridDataColumn Caption="Temperature (F)" FieldName="TemperatureF" ExportWidth="300" />
        <DxGridDataColumn Caption="Summary" FieldName="Summary" GroupIndex="0" />
    </Columns>
    <TotalSummary>
        <DxGridSummaryItem SummaryType="GridSummaryItemType.Count" FieldName="Date" />
        <DxGridSummaryItem SummaryType="GridSummaryItemType.Min" FieldName="TemperatureC" />
        <DxGridSummaryItem SummaryType="GridSummaryItemType.Max" FieldName="TemperatureC" />
    </TotalSummary>
    <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() {
            CustomizeCell = OnCustomizeCell,
        });
    }
    void OnCustomizeCell(GridDocumentExportCustomizeCellEventArgs args) {
        if (args.AreaType == DocumentExportAreaType.Header){
            args.ElementStyle.TextAlignment = DevExpress.XtraPrinting.TextAlignment.MiddleCenter;
            args.ElementStyle.Font = new DXFont("Arial", 10, DXFontStyle.Bold);
        }
        if (args.AreaType == DocumentExportAreaType.GroupHeader && args.GroupFieldName == "Summary")
            args.Text = args.Value + ":";
        if (args.AreaType == DocumentExportAreaType.DataArea) {
            args.ElementStyle.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.MintCream;
            if (args.ColumnFieldName.Contains("Temperature")) {
                var forecast = (WeatherForecast)args.DataItem;
                if (forecast.TemperatureC < 0)
                    args.ElementStyle.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue;
                if (forecast.TemperatureC > 30)
                    args.ElementStyle.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
            }
        }
        if (args.AreaType == DocumentExportAreaType.TotalFooter && args.ColumnFieldName == "TemperatureC") {
            args.Text = args.SummaryItems[0].Text + "°C\n" + args.SummaryItems[1].Text + "°C";
            args.ElementStyle.TextAlignment = DevExpress.XtraPrinting.TextAlignment.MiddleRight;
        }
        args.Handled = true;
    }
}

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>();

TreeList Example

The following example exports TreeList data to PDF and customizes the output table appearance:

Razor

@rendermode InteractiveServer
@using DevExpress.Drawing
@inject SpaceObjectDataProvider SpaceObjectDataProvider

<DxTreeList @ref="TreeList" Data="TreeListData" ChildrenFieldName="Satellites">
    <Columns>
        <DxTreeListDataColumn FieldName="Name" />
        <DxTreeListDataColumn FieldName="TypeOfObject" Caption="Type" />
        <DxTreeListDataColumn FieldName="Mass10pow21kg" Caption="Mass, kg" DisplayFormat="N2" />
        <DxTreeListDataColumn FieldName="MeanRadiusInKM" Caption="Radius, km" DisplayFormat="N2" />
    </Columns>
    <TotalSummary>
        <DxTreeListSummaryItem SummaryType="TreeListSummaryItemType.Count" FieldName="Name" />
        <DxTreeListSummaryItem SummaryType="TreeListSummaryItemType.Min" FieldName="MeanRadiusInKM" />
        <DxTreeListSummaryItem SummaryType="TreeListSummaryItemType.Max" FieldName="MeanRadiusInKM" />
    </TotalSummary>
    <ToolbarTemplate>
        <DxToolbar>
            <DxToolbarItem Text="Export to PDF" Click="ExportPdf_Click" BeginGroup="true" />
        </DxToolbar>
    </ToolbarTemplate>
</DxTreeList>

@code {
    ITreeList TreeList { get; set; }
    object TreeListData { get; set; }
    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync() {
        TreeListData = SpaceObjectDataProvider.GenerateData();
    }
    async Task ExportPdf_Click() {
        await TreeList.ExportToPdfAsync("ExportResult", new TreeListPdfExportOptions() {
            CustomizeCell = OnCustomizeCell,
        });
    }
    void OnCustomizeCell(TreeListDocumentExportCustomizeCellEventArgs args) {
        if (args.AreaType == DocumentExportAreaType.Header) {
            args.ElementStyle.TextAlignment = DevExpress.XtraPrinting.TextAlignment.MiddleCenter;
            args.ElementStyle.Font = new DXFont("Arial", 10, DXFontStyle.Bold);
        }
        if (args.AreaType == DocumentExportAreaType.DataArea) {
            var spaceObject = (SpaceObject)args.DataItem;
            if (spaceObject.TypeOfObject == "Planet")
            args.ElementStyle.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightBlue;
            if (args.ColumnFieldName == "Mass10pow21kg" && (double)args.Value > 10)
                args.ElementStyle.Font = new DXFont(args.ElementStyle.Font, DXFontStyle.Bold);
        }
        if (args.AreaType == DocumentExportAreaType.TotalFooter && args.ColumnFieldName == "MeanRadiusInKM") {
            args.Text = args.SummaryItems[0].Text + " km\n" + args.SummaryItems[1].Text + "km";
            args.ElementStyle.TextAlignment = DevExpress.XtraPrinting.TextAlignment.MiddleRight;
        }
        args.Handled = true;
    }
}

SpaceObject

using System.Collections.Generic;

public class SpaceObject {
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public double MeanRadiusInKM { get; set; }
    public double Volume10pow9KM3 { get; set; }
    public double Mass10pow21kg { get; set; }
    public double Density { get; set; }
    public double SurfaceGravity { get; set; }
    public string TypeOfObject { get; set; }
    public List<SpaceObject> Satellites { get; set; }
    public SpaceObject(
        string name,
        double meanRadiusInKM,
        double volume10pow9KM3,
        double mass10pow21kg,
        double density,
        double surfaceGravity,
        string typeOfObject,
        List<SpaceObject> satellites = null
    ) {
        Name = name;
        MeanRadiusInKM = meanRadiusInKM;
        Volume10pow9KM3 = volume10pow9KM3;
        Mass10pow21kg = mass10pow21kg;
        Density = density;
        SurfaceGravity = surfaceGravity;
        TypeOfObject = typeOfObject;
        Satellites = satellites ?? new List<SpaceObject>();
    }
}

SpaceObjectDataProvider

public class SpaceObjectDataProvider {
    public List<SpaceObject> GenerateData() {
        return new List<SpaceObject>() {
            new SpaceObject("Sun", 696000, 1412000000, 1989100000, 1.409, 274.0, "Star", new List<SpaceObject>() {
                new SpaceObject("Mercury", 2439.7, 60.83, 330.2, 5.43, 3.7, "Planet"),
                new SpaceObject("Venus", 6051.8, 928.43, 4868.5, 5.24, 8.872, "Planet"),
                new SpaceObject("Earth", 6371.0, 1083.21, 5973.6, 5.515, 9.78033, "Planet", new List<SpaceObject> () {
                    new SpaceObject("Moon", 1737.1, 21.958, 73.5, 3.3464, 1.625, "Satellite")
                }),
                new SpaceObject("Mars", 3390.0, 163.18, 641.85, 3.94, 3.7, "Planet"),
                new SpaceObject("Jupiter", 69911, 1431280, 1898600, 1.33, 24.79, "Planet", new List<SpaceObject>() {
                    new SpaceObject("Ganymede", 2631.2, 76.30, 148.2, 1.936, 1.428, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Callisto", 2410.3, 58.65, 107.6, 1.83, 1.23603, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Io", 1821.5, 25.32, 89.3, 3.528, 1.797, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Europa", 1561, 15.93, 48, 3.01, 1.316, "Satellite"),
                }),
                new SpaceObject("Saturn", 58232, 827130, 568460, 0.70, 10.445, "Planet", new List<SpaceObject>() {
                    new SpaceObject("Titan", 2576, 71.52, 134.5, 1.88, 1.354, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Rhea", 764.4, 1.87, 2.3166, 1.23, 0.26, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Iapetus", 736, 1.55, 1.9739, 1.08, 0.223, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Dione", 561.6, 0.73, 1.096, 1.48, 0.232, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Tethys", 533, 0.624, 0.6173, 1.15, 0.145, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Enceladus", 252.1, 0.067, 0.108, 1.61, 0.111, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Mimas", 198.3, 0.033, 0.03749, 1.15, 0.06363, "Satellite")
                }),
                new SpaceObject("Uranus", 25362, 68340, 86832, 1.30, 8.87, "Planet", new List<SpaceObject>() {
                    new SpaceObject("Titania", 788.9, 2.06, 3.526, 1.72, 0.378, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Oberon", 761.4, 1.85, 3.014, 1.63, 0.347, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Umbriel", 584.7, 0.84, 1.2, 1.4, 0.234, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Ariel", 578.9, 0.81, 1.35, 1.67, 0.269, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Miranda", 235.8, 0.055, 0.0659, 1.20, 0.07910375, "Satellite"),
                }),
                new SpaceObject("Neptune", 24622, 62540, 102430, 1.76, 11.15, "Planet", new List<SpaceObject>() {
                    new SpaceObject("Triton", 1353.4, 10.38, 21.5, 2.061, 0.782, "Satellite"),
                    new SpaceObject("Proteus", 210, 0.038, 0.050, 1.3, 0.0666, "Satellite"),
                }),
                new SpaceObject("Eris", 1170, 7, 16.7, 2.25, 0.662, "Dwarf planet"),
                new SpaceObject("Pluto", 1153, 7.15, 13.105, 2.0, 0.61, "Dwarf planet"),
                new SpaceObject("Makemake", 710, 1.8, 3, 2.0, 0.4,  "Dwarf planet"),
                new SpaceObject("Haumea", 575, 1.3, 4.006, 3, 0.44, "Dwarf planet"),
                new SpaceObject("Ceres", 475, 0.437, 0.95, 2.08, 0.27, "Dwarf planet"),
                new SpaceObject("Pallas", 266, 0.078, 0.211, 2.8, 0.2, "Asteroid"),
                new SpaceObject("Vesta", 264.6, 0.078, 0.262, 3.42, 0.251, "Asteroid")
            })
        };
    }
}

Program.cs

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