Printing and Exporting
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All controls included in the DevExpress Dashboard Suite allow users to print/export an entire dashboard or individual dashboard items.
WinForms - Print Preview
Web - Exporting to PDF
Exporting to Excel
Visual Export
The following table illustrates visual export and print operations that are available for different platforms:
Operation | Platform | Description |
|---|---|---|
WinForms | The Print Preview window displays a dashboard/dashboard item as it will appear when printed. This functionality is available for the WinForms Designer and Viewer. | |
Export to PDF | WinForms, Web, WPF | When users export a dashboard to PDF, they can specify various document options such as page layout and size, title settings, etc. |
Export to Image | WinForms, Web, WPF | Users can specify image options such as image format and resolution. |
Export to Excel/CSV | WinForms, Web, WPF | Only raw data displayed within the dashboard/dashboard item is exported. Export to CSV is not supported for the entire dashboard, tab, or group. You can export only a single dashboard item. |
Non-Visual Export
You can use non-visual export components to implement server-side export of a dashboard or dashboard items at runtime. Use this, for example, if you need to generate a service that exports dashboards at regular intervals and sends them by mail.
The following table lists export components that are available for different platforms:
| Component | Platform |
|---|---|
| DashboardExporter | All[1] |
| AspNetCoreDashboardExporter | ASP.NET Core |
| WebDashboardExporter | ASP.NET MVC |
| ASPxDashboardExporter | ASP.NET Web Forms |
Print/Export Specifics
- If a user prints/exports an entire dashboard, the current state is preserved: the dashboard layout, the scroll position of individual dashboard items, and selections within master filter items).
- When an individual dashboard item is printed, the entire item’s content is reflected in the printed document regardless of the item’s current state (for example, scroll position or selection state).
- The DevExpress Dashboard does not always print/export the dashboard and its items as they appear on screen. For instance, dashboard items have no borders on the printed document, and font settings and skin/theme colors can differ.
The following topics describe the print/export capabilities that depend on the control that is used:
- WinForms Designer - Printing and Exporting
- Web Dashboard - Printing and Exporting
- WPF Dashboard - Printing and Exporting
Post-Process Excel and PDF Files
You can post-process resulting Excel and PDF files with the help of dedicated DevExpress libraries (collectively known as DevExpress Office File API):
- PDF Document API helps you edit, merge, split, password-protect, and digitally sign PDF files.
- Spreadsheet Document API helps you manage worksheets, cells, values and formulas, graphics, charts, pivot tables, and other objects.
PDF Document API and Spreadsheet Document API work in applications that target a variety of platforms (Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, MAUI) and operating systems (Windows, Linux, macOS).
Office File API is included into the DevExpress Universal Subscription - the same subscription that includes DevExpress Dashboard.