PrintingSystemBase.ExportToPdf(Stream) Method

Exports a document to the specified stream in PDF format.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v20.2.Core.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Printing.Core, DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.Printing.Core

Declaration

C#

public virtual void ExportToPdf(
    Stream stream
)

VB.NET

Public Overridable Sub ExportToPdf(
    stream As Stream
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
stream	Stream	A Stream object to which the created PDF file should be sent.

Remarks

Once the document export has started, it will run until the resulting document is complete and cannot be interrupted or canceled in the process.

Use this method to export a document in PDF format using its current PDF-specific export options.

These options are represented by the PdfExportOptions object returned by the ExportOptions.Pdf property of a printing system’s PrintingSystemBase.ExportOptions. This object provides the PdfExportOptions.ImageQuality, PdfExportOptions.NeverEmbeddedFonts and other properties which are intended to specify parameters of the resulting PDF file.

If you want to ignore the current export options of a printing system, and use your specific settings when a document is exported to PDF, you should use the overloaded PrintingSystemBase.ExportToPdf method with the options parameter.

For more information, see Export to PDF.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

aspxhtmleditor-how-to-embed-header-and-footer-to-exported-document-t135638/CS/WebApplication43/Default.aspx.cs#L26

    pcl.CreateDocument();
    ps.ExportToPdf(stream);
}

htmleditor-how-to-embed-header-and-footer-to-exported-document-t135639/CS/Project/Controllers/HomeController.cs#L53

    pcl.CreateDocument();
    ps.ExportToPdf(stream);
}

reporting-web-mvc-email-report/CS/CustomDocumentOperationService/Services/CustomDocumentOperationService.cs#L19

using (var stream = new MemoryStream()) {
    printingSystemWithEditingFields.ExportToPdf(stream);
    stream.Position = 0;

VB.NET

how-to-export-grouped-grid-with-page-breaks-between-groups-e1597/VB/WebApplication211/Default.aspx.vb#L35

Dim stream As New System.IO.MemoryStream()
ps.ExportToPdf(stream)
WriteToResponse("export", True, "pdf", stream)

Reporting_how-to-print-devexpress-aspnet-controls-via-xtrareports-e4828/VB/ExportAspControlsViaReports/WebForm1.aspx.vb#L71

report.CreateDocument()
report.PrintingSystem.ExportToPdf(stream)

aspxhtmleditor-how-to-embed-header-and-footer-to-exported-document-t135638/VB/WebApplication43/Default.aspx.vb#L28

    pcl.CreateDocument()
    ps.ExportToPdf(stream)
End Using

htmleditor-how-to-embed-header-and-footer-to-exported-document-t135639/VB/Project/Controllers/HomeController.vb#L55

    pcl.CreateDocument()
    ps.ExportToPdf(stream)
End Using

reporting-web-mvc-email-report/VB/CustomDocumentOperationService/Services/CustomDocumentOperationService.vb#L18

Using stream = New MemoryStream()
    printingSystemWithEditingFields.ExportToPdf(stream)
    stream.Position = 0