RichEditDocumentServer.ExportToPdf(Stream, PdfExportOptions) Method

Exports the document to the specified stream in PDF format.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v21.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

Declaration

C#

public virtual void ExportToPdf(
    Stream stream,
    PdfExportOptions pdfExportOptions
)

VB.NET

Public Overridable Sub ExportToPdf(
    stream As Stream,
    pdfExportOptions As PdfExportOptions
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
stream	Stream	A Stream object, to which the document is exported.
pdfExportOptions	PdfExportOptions	A PdfExportOptions instance containing properties which define how a document is exported to PDF format.

Remarks

PDF Export features and limitations are outlined in the Export to PDF document.

Note

If an application is hosted on Microsoft Azure, set the AzureCompatibility.Enable property to true on application startup.

View Example

C#

using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit;
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;
using System.IO;
//...

using (RichEditDocumentServer wordProcessor = new RichEditDocumentServer())
{
    // Load a DOCX document.
    wordProcessor.LoadDocument("Documents\\MovieRentals.docx");

    // Specify export options.
    PdfExportOptions options = new PdfExportOptions();
    options.DocumentOptions.Author = "Mark Jones";
    options.Compressed = false;
    options.ImageQuality = PdfJpegImageQuality.Highest;

    // Export the document to a stream.
    using (FileStream pdfFileStream = new FileStream("Document_PDF.pdf", FileMode.Create))
    {
        wordProcessor.ExportToPdf(pdfFileStream, options);
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit
Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting
Imports System.IO
'...

Using wordProcessor As New RichEditDocumentServer()
    ' Load a DOCX document.
    wordProcessor.LoadDocument("Documents\MovieRentals.docx")

    ' Specify export options.
    Dim options As New PdfExportOptions()
    options.DocumentOptions.Author = "Mark Jones"
    options.Compressed = False
    options.ImageQuality = PdfJpegImageQuality.Highest

    ' Export the document to a stream.
    Using pdfFileStream As New FileStream("Document_PDF.pdf", FileMode.Create)
        wordProcessor.ExportToPdf(pdfFileStream, options)
    End Using
End Using