Print and Export

• Nov 28, 2023
• 2 minutes to read

You can print Chart control content and export it to multiple formats.

The following documentation topics include information on content print and export functionality available for the Chart control:

Data Export

The Chart control has a number of built-in data export methods you can use to save content to a file or stream in a format of your choice: BMP, DOCX, EMF, GIF, JPEG, PNG, SVG, TIFF, WMF, and XLSX. This help topic contains an overview of all content export methods and explains how you can fit chart content into target dimensions.

Print Functionality

The Chart control relies on the TdxComponentPrinter component from the ExpressPrinting System to print content and export it to PDF. This topic contains detailed information on how to add chart print functionality to your application.

Related Compiled Demo

To see the Chart print and export functionality in action, run the Chart Control demo in the VCL Demo Center installed with compiled VCL DevExpress demos. Click the Print, Print Preview, or Export bar button in the Print And Export group and select any option.

Download: Compiled VCL Demos

Tip

You can find full source code for the installed compiled Chart control demo in the following folder:

%PUBLIC%\Documents\DevExpress VCL Demos\MegaDemos\Product Demos\ExpressChart