XtraReport.ExportToCsv(String, CsvExportOptions) Method

Exports a report to the specified file in CSV format.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v20.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Reporting.Core, DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.Reporting.Core

Declaration

C#

public void ExportToCsv(
    string path,
    CsvExportOptions options = null
)

VB.NET

Public Sub ExportToCsv(
    path As String,
    options As CsvExportOptions = Nothing
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
path	String	The path to the exported CSV file.

Optional Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
options	CsvExportOptions	null	The CSV export options. You can omit this parameter to use the current report export options.

Remarks

Note

Once the document export has started, it runs to completion and you cannot interrupt or cancel it.

This method exports a report to a CSV file with the specified CSV export options.

If the export options are not specified, the current report export options are used. To access the report export options, use the the report’s XtraReport.ExportOptions property. The property contains the ExportOptions object whose ExportOptions.Csv property provides access to the CsvExportOptions object that contains the CSV export options.

Important

This method overwrites files with the same name without confirmation.

Use the ExportToCsvAsync(String, CsvExportOptions, CancellationToken) method instead of ExportToCsv to export a report asynchronously in a separate task.

Example

This example demonstrates how to export a report to CSV format.

The project uses the XtraReport.ExportToCsv method with the CsvExportOptions object as a parameter.

Note

The complete sample project How to export a report to CSV format is available in the DevExpress Examples repository.

C#

using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Globalization;
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;
using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;
// ...

private void ExportToCSV()
{
    // A path to export a report.
    string reportPath = "c:\\Test.csv";

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

    // Get its CSV export options.
    CsvExportOptions csvOptions = report.ExportOptions.Csv;

    // Set CSV-specific export options.
    csvOptions.Encoding = Encoding.Unicode;
    csvOptions.Separator = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ListSeparator.ToString();

    // Export the report to CSV.
    report.ExportToCsv(reportPath);

    // Show the result.
    StartProcess(reportPath);
}

// Use this method if you want to automaically open
// the created CSV file in the default program.
public void StartProcess(string path)
{
    Process process = new Process();
    try
    {
        process.StartInfo.FileName = path;
        process.Start();
        process.WaitForInputIdle();
    }
    catch { }
}

VB.NET

Imports System.Text
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports System.Globalization
Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting
Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UI
' ...

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
Handles Button1.Click
    ' A path to export a report.
    Dim reportPath As String = "c:\\Test.csv"

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

    ' Get its CSV export options.
    Dim csvOptions As CsvExportOptions = report.ExportOptions.Csv

    ' Set CSV-specific export options.
    csvOptions.Encoding = Encoding.Unicode
    csvOptions.Separator = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ListSeparator.ToString()

    ' Export the report to CSV.
    report.ExportToCsv(reportPath)

    ' Show the result.
    StartProcess(reportPath)
End Sub

' Use this method if you want to automaically open
' the created CSV file in the default program.
Public Sub StartProcess(ByVal path As String)
    Dim process As New Process()
    Try
        process.StartInfo.FileName = path
        process.Start()
        process.WaitForInputIdle()
    Catch
    End Try
End Sub