PrintingSystemBase.SaveDocument(Stream) Method

Saves a document to a Stream object in a native XML format (PRNX).

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

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

Declaration

C#

public void SaveDocument(
    Stream stream
)

VB.NET

Public Sub SaveDocument(
    stream As Stream
)

Parameters

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

Remarks

Use the SaveDocument and PrintingSystemBase.LoadDocument methods to save a printing system’s document (all its pages and bricks) to a PRNX file, and then load it into another printing system instance. This may be required, for example, when it’s necessary to pass a generated report to another machine that doesn’t have access to the same data as the machine that generated the report.

In addition, the printing system’s PrintingSystemBase.ExportOptions provides the ExportOptions.NativeFormat property, which specifies how a document should be saved to a PRNX file. For example, set the NativeFormatOptions.Compressed property to true to reduce the size of the resulting PRNX file.

Note

Before saving a printing system’s document, it must be created. For example, use the LinkBase.CreateDocument method for this.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

Reporting_how-to-implement-a-custom-report-service-providing-report-documents-layouts-e4445/CS/HostApp/ReportService.cs#L41

report.CreateDocument();
report.PrintingSystem.SaveDocument(memoryStream);

Reporting_how-to-save-and-restore-a-report-document-from-a-stream-e211/CS/Form1.cs#L28

    // Save a report document to a stream.
    report.PrintingSystem.SaveDocument(stream);
}

VB.NET

Reporting_how-to-implement-a-custom-report-service-providing-report-documents-layouts-e4445/VB/HostApp/ReportService.vb#L44

report.CreateDocument()
report.PrintingSystem.SaveDocument(memoryStream)

Reporting_how-to-save-and-restore-a-report-document-from-a-stream-e211/VB/Form1.vb#L30

    ' Save a report document to a stream.
    report.PrintingSystem.SaveDocument(stream)
End Sub