RichEditDocumentServer.ExportToPdf(String) Method

Exports the document content to the specified file path in PDF format.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v24.1.Core.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public virtual void ExportToPdf(
    string fileName
)

VB.NET

Public Overridable Sub ExportToPdf(
    fileName As String
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fileName	String	A String which specifies the file name (including the full path) for the created PDF file.

Remarks

PDF Export features and limitations are detailed in the following document: Export to PDF.

Use the PdfExportOptions class instance to specify export settings. Pass this object as the method parameter.

Note

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

C#

using (var wordProcessor = new RichEditDocumentServer()) {
  wordProcessor.LoadDocument("Documents//MovieRentals.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml);

  // Export the document to the file:
  wordProcessor.ExportToPdf("Document_PDF.pdf");
}

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("Document_PDF.pdf");

VB.NET

Using wordProcessor = New RichEditDocumentServer()
  wordProcessor.LoadDocument("Documents//MovieRentals.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml)

  ' Export the document to the file:
  wordProcessor.ExportToPdf("Document_PDF.pdf")
End Using

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

word-document-api-enable-automatic-hyphenation/CS/word-processing-hyphenation/Program.cs#L39

//Export the result to the PDF format
wordProcessor.ExportToPdf("Result.pdf");

word-document-api-use-track-changes/CS/word-processing-document-api-track-changes/Program.cs#L51

documentProcessor.ExportToPdf("DocumentWithAppliedRevisions.pdf");
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("DocumentWithAppliedRevisions.pdf");

word-document-api-examples/CS/CodeExamples/ExportActions.cs#L98

// Save the document as a PDF file.
wordProcessor.ExportToPdf("Document_PDF.pdf");

VB.NET

word-document-api-enable-automatic-hyphenation/VB/word-processing-hyphenation/Program.vb#L35

'Export the result to the PDF format
wordProcessor.ExportToPdf("Result.pdf")

word-document-api-use-track-changes/VB/word-processing-document-api-track-changes/Program.vb#L49

documentProcessor.ExportToPdf("DocumentWithAppliedRevisions.pdf")
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("DocumentWithAppliedRevisions.pdf")

word-document-api-examples/VB/CodeExamples/ExportActions.vb#L89

' Save the document as a PDF file.
wordProcessor.ExportToPdf("Document_PDF.pdf")
' Show the resulting PDF file.