How to: Export a Chart to PDF

• Nov 13, 2018

The following example demonstrates how to export the chart’s data as a PDF document either to a file or to a stream.

C#

using System.IO;
// ...

if (chartControl1.IsPrintingAvailable){
   // Exports to a PDF file.
   chartControl1.ExportToPdf("Output.pdf");

   // Exports to a stream as PDF.
   FileStream pdfStream = new FileStream("Output.pdf", FileMode.Create);
   chartControl1.ExportToPdf(pdfStream);
   // ...

   pdfStream.Close();
}

VB.NET

Imports System.IO
' ...

If ChartControl1.IsPrintingAvailable Then
   ' Exports to a PDF file.
   ChartControl1.ExportToPdf("Output.pdf")

   ' Exports to a stream as PDF.
   Dim pdfStream As New FileStream("Output.pdf", FileMode.Create)
   ChartControl1.ExportToPdf(pdfStream)
   ' ...

   pdfStream.Close()
End If