CsvExportOptions.FollowReportLayout Property

Specifies if CSV export should follow the report layout.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v18.2.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

[Browsable(false)]
[DefaultValue(true)]
public static bool FollowReportLayout { get; set; }

VB.NET

<Browsable(False)>
<DefaultValue(True)>
Public Shared Property FollowReportLayout As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Boolean	**true**	true, to follow the report layout in CSV export; false otherwise.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Library	Object Type	Path to FollowReportLayout
Cross-Platform Class Library	ExportOptions	.Csv.FollowReportLayout
WPF Controls	ExportOptionsContainer	.Csv.FollowReportLayout

Remarks

Set FollowReportLayout to true to add a column to a CSV export file for each space between report controls.

Example

The code sample below shows how to prohibit the CSV export from following the report layout:

C#

using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;

    static class Program {
        static void Main() {
          var report1 = new XtraReport1();
          CsvExportOptions.FollowReportLayout = false;
          report1.ExportToCsv(".\\report1.csv");
          //...

        }
    }

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting

    Friend NotInheritable Class Program

        Private Sub New()
        End Sub

        Shared Sub Main()
          Dim report1 = New XtraReport1()
          CsvExportOptions.FollowReportLayout = False
          report1.ExportToCsv(".\report1.csv")
          '...

        End Sub
    End Class