RichEditDocumentServer.ExportToPdf(String) Method

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

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v24.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

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.

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.