PrintPreviewOptions.ShowOptionsBeforeExport Property

Gets or sets a value which indicates whether an Export Options window should be shown when an end-user exports a document from the Print Preview.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v23.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Printing.Core

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(true)]
public bool ShowOptionsBeforeExport { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(True)>
Public Property ShowOptionsBeforeExport As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Boolean	true	true to show the Export Options window; otherwise, false.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type	Path to ShowOptionsBeforeExport
ExportOptions	.PrintPreview .ShowOptionsBeforeExport

Remarks

Use the ShowOptionsBeforeExport property to specify whether the Export Options window should be shown for an end-user before a document is exported. For instance, you may manually specify all export options via the PrintingSystemBase.ExportOptions property, and set the ShowOptionsBeforeExport property to false, so that an end-user can’t change export settings.

Example

This example illustrates how to specify the primary export options of a report by using the XtraReport.ExportOptions property. These options are taken into account when a document is being exported from a print preview.

This example presumes that a report is exported silently, without prompting an end-user to customize the export options.

All available export options are listed in the ExportOptionKind enumeration.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/reporting-winforms-export-options-actions

Form1.cs

using System;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;
// ...

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1 {
    public partial class Form1 : Form {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private XtraReport1 report;

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            report = new XtraReport1();
            documentViewer1.DocumentSource = report;
            report.CreateDocument();

            PrintingSystemBase printingSystem1 = report.PrintingSystem;

            // Obtain the current export options.
            ExportOptions options = printingSystem1.ExportOptions;

            // Set Print Preview options.
            options.PrintPreview.ActionAfterExport = ActionAfterExport.AskUser;
            options.PrintPreview.DefaultDirectory = "C:\\Temp";
            options.PrintPreview.DefaultFileName = "Report";
            options.PrintPreview.SaveMode = SaveMode.UsingDefaultPath;
            options.PrintPreview.ShowOptionsBeforeExport = false;

            // Set E-mail options.
            options.Email.RecipientAddress = "[e-mail]";
            options.Email.RecipientName = "Someone";
            options.Email.Subject = "Test";
            options.Email.Body = "Test";

            // Set CSV-specific export options.
            options.Csv.Encoding = Encoding.Unicode;
            options.Csv.Separator =
                CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ListSeparator.ToString();

            // Set HTML-specific export options.
            options.Html.CharacterSet = "UTF-8";
            options.Html.RemoveSecondarySymbols = false;
            options.Html.Title = "Test Title";

            // Set Image-specific export options.
            options.Image.Format = DXImageFormat.Jpeg;

            // Set MHT-specific export options.
            options.Mht.CharacterSet = "UTF-8";
            options.Mht.RemoveSecondarySymbols = false;
            options.Mht.Title = "Test Title";

            // Set PDF-specific export options.
            options.Pdf.Compressed = true;
            options.Pdf.ImageQuality = PdfJpegImageQuality.Low;
            options.Pdf.NeverEmbeddedFonts = "Tahoma;Courier New";
            options.Pdf.DocumentOptions.Application = "Test Application";
            options.Pdf.DocumentOptions.Author = "Test Team";
            options.Pdf.DocumentOptions.Keywords = "Test1, Test2";
            options.Pdf.DocumentOptions.Subject = "Test Subject";
            options.Pdf.DocumentOptions.Title = "Test Title";

            // Set Text-specific export options.
            options.Text.Encoding = Encoding.Unicode;
            options.Text.Separator =
                CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ListSeparator.ToString();

            // Set XLS-specific export options.
            options.Xls.ShowGridLines = true;
            options.Xls.SheetName = "Page 1";
            options.Xls.TextExportMode = TextExportMode.Value;

            // Set XLSX-specific export options.
            options.Xlsx.ShowGridLines = true;
            options.Xlsx.SheetName = "Page 1";
            options.Xlsx.TextExportMode = TextExportMode.Value;
        }
    }
}

Form1.vb

Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System
Imports System.Drawing.Imaging
Imports System.Globalization
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting
' ...

Namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
    Partial Public Class Form1
        Inherits Form
        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
        End Sub

        Private report As XtraReport1

        Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
            report = New XtraReport1()
            documentViewer1.DocumentSource = report
            report.CreateDocument()

            Dim printingSystem1 As PrintingSystemBase = report.PrintingSystem

            ' Obtain the current export options.
            Dim options As ExportOptions = printingSystem1.ExportOptions

            ' Set Print Preview options.
            options.PrintPreview.ActionAfterExport = ActionAfterExport.AskUser
            options.PrintPreview.DefaultDirectory = "C:\Temp"
            options.PrintPreview.DefaultFileName = "Report"
            options.PrintPreview.SaveMode = SaveMode.UsingDefaultPath
            options.PrintPreview.ShowOptionsBeforeExport = False

            ' Set E-mail options.
            options.Email.RecipientAddress = "[e-mail]"
            options.Email.RecipientName = "Someone"
            options.Email.Subject = "Test"
            options.Email.Body = "Test"

            ' Set CSV-specific export options.
            options.Csv.Encoding = Encoding.Unicode
            options.Csv.Separator = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ListSeparator.ToString()

            ' Set HTML-specific export options.
            options.Html.CharacterSet = "UTF-8"
            options.Html.RemoveSecondarySymbols = False
            options.Html.Title = "Test Title"

            ' Set Image-specific export options.
            options.Image.Format = DXImageFormat.Jpeg

            ' Set MHT-specific export options.
            options.Mht.CharacterSet = "UTF-8"
            options.Mht.RemoveSecondarySymbols = False
            options.Mht.Title = "Test Title"

            ' Set PDF-specific export options.
            options.Pdf.Compressed = True
            options.Pdf.ImageQuality = PdfJpegImageQuality.Low
            options.Pdf.NeverEmbeddedFonts = "Tahoma;Courier New"
            options.Pdf.DocumentOptions.Application = "Test Application"
            options.Pdf.DocumentOptions.Author = "Test Team"
            options.Pdf.DocumentOptions.Keywords = "Test1, Test2"
            options.Pdf.DocumentOptions.Subject = "Test Subject"
            options.Pdf.DocumentOptions.Title = "Test Title"

            ' Set Text-specific export options.
            options.Text.Encoding = Encoding.Unicode
            options.Text.Separator = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ListSeparator.ToString()

            ' Set XLS-specific export options.
            options.Xls.ShowGridLines = True
            options.Xls.SheetName = "Page 1"
            options.Xls.TextExportMode = TextExportMode.Value

            ' Set XLSX-specific export options.
            options.Xlsx.ShowGridLines = True
            options.Xlsx.SheetName = "Page 1"
            options.Xlsx.TextExportMode = TextExportMode.Value
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

reporting-winforms-export-xls-diff-sheets/CS/WindowsApplication1/Form1.cs#L68

report.Category.Value = ds.Categories[0].CategoryID;
report.PrintingSystem.ExportOptions.PrintPreview.ShowOptionsBeforeExport = false ;
report.CreateDocument();

VB.NET

reporting-winforms-export-xls-diff-sheets/VB/WindowsApplication1/Form1.vb#L68

report.Category.Value = ds.Categories(0).CategoryID
report.PrintingSystem.ExportOptions.PrintPreview.ShowOptionsBeforeExport = False
report.CreateDocument()