How to: Export a Document to HTML
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The following example demonstrates how to export a Printing System document to HTML format. To do this, the PrintingSystemBase.ExportToHtml method should be used. It also demonstrates what specific HtmlExportOptions may be used when a document is exported to HTML.
For this example to work, you first need to add a PrintingSystem component (named printingSystem1) to your project, and then execute the code below (for instance, in the Button.Click event handler of any button on a form). Also note that if you want the resulting file to be automatically opened in the default program which is used to open *.html files in your system, you can call the StartProcess method, which is also shown in this example.
using System.Drawing;
using System.Diagnostics;
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;
// ...
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// A path to export a document.
string documentPath = "c:\\Test.html";
// Get HTML export options.
HtmlExportOptions htmlOptions = printingSystem1.ExportOptions.Html;
// Set HTML-specific export options.
htmlOptions.CharacterSet = "UTF-8";
htmlOptions.RemoveSecondarySymbols = false;
htmlOptions.Title = "Test Title";
// Set the pages to be exported, and page-by-page options.
htmlOptions.ExportMode = HtmlExportMode.SingleFilePageByPage;
htmlOptions.PageRange = "1, 3-5";
htmlOptions.PageBorderColor = Color.Blue;
htmlOptions.PageBorderWidth = 3;
// Export the document to HTML.
printingSystem1.ExportToHtml(documentPath);
// Show the result.
StartProcess(documentPath);
}
// Use this method if you want to automaically open
// the created HTML file in the default program.
public void StartProcess(string path)
{
Process process = new Process();
try
{
process.StartInfo.FileName = path;
process.Start();
process.WaitForInputIdle();
}
catch { }
}
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