Save and Load Report Documents

• Feb 07, 2022
• 3 minutes to read

The code snippets in this document illustrate how to use the report’s PrintingSystem.SaveDocument and PrintingSystem.LoadDocument methods to save and load report documents.

Save a Document to a File

C#

// Specify the path to a report document file.
string filePath = @"C:\Temp\Report1.prnx";

// Create a report instance. 
XtraReport1 report = new XtraReport1();

// Create a report document.
report.CreateDocument();

// Save the created report document to a file. 
report.PrintingSystem.SaveDocument(filePath);

VB.NET

' Specify the path to a report document file.
Private filePath As String = "C:\Temp\Report1.prnx"

' Create a report instance. 
Dim report As New XtraReport1()

' Create a report document.
report.CreateDocument()

' Save the created report document to a file. 
report.PrintingSystem.SaveDocument(filePath)

Load a Document from a File

C#

using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;
// ...

// Specify the path to a report document file. 
string documentPath = @"C:\Temp\Report1.prnx";

// Specify the file to which the report document should be exported.
string exportPath = @"C:\Temp\Report1.docx";

// Create a new report instance.
XtraReport report = new XtraReport();

// Load the report document.
if (System.IO.File.Exists(filePath)) {
    report.PrintingSystem.LoadDocument(documentPath);
}
else {
    System.Console.WriteLine("The source file does not exist.");
}

// Export the loaded report document to DOCX format.
report.ExportToDocx(exportPath);

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UI
' ...

' Specify the path to a report document file.
Private documentPath As String = "C:\Temp\Report1.prnx"

' Specify the file to which the report document should be exported.
Private exportPath As String = "C:\Temp\Report1.docx"

' Create a new report instance.
Private report As New XtraReport()

' Load the report document.
If System.IO.File.Exists(filePath) Then
    report.PrintingSystem.LoadDocument(documentPath)
Else
    System.Console.WriteLine("The source file does not exist.")
End If

' Export the loaded report document to DOCX format.
report.ExportToDocx(exportPath)

Save a Document to a Stream

C#

// Create a Memory Stream.
using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream()) {

    // Create a report instance. 
    XtraReport1 report = new XtraReport1();

    // Create a report document.
    report.CreateDocument();

    // Save the created report document to the stream. 
    report.PrintingSystem.SaveDocument(stream);
}

VB.NET

' Create a Memory Stream.
Using stream As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream()

    ' Create a report instance. 
    Dim report As XtraReport1 = New XtraReport1()

    ' Create a report document.
    report.CreateDocument()

    ' Save the created report document to the stream.
    report.PrintingSystem.SaveDocument(stream)
End Using

Load a Document from a Stream

C#

using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;
// ...

// Declare a data byte array that should store the document.
byte[] reportBytes;

// Create a report instance. 
XtraReport report = new XtraReport();

// Create a Memory Stream.
using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(reportBytes)) {

    // Load the report document.
    report.PrintingSystem.LoadDocument(stream);
}

// Send the loaded report document to the specified printer.
report.Print("PrinterName");

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UI
' ...

' Declare a data byte array that should store the document.
Dim reportBytes As Byte()

' Create a new report instance.
Dim report As XtraReport = New XtraReport()

' Create a Memory Stream.
Using stream As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream(reportBytes)

    ' Load the report document.
    report.PrintingSystem.LoadDocument(stream)
End Using

' Send the loaded report document to the specified printer.
report.Print("PrinterName")