XtraReport.ExportToRtf(Stream, RtfExportOptions) Method

Exports a report to the specified stream in RTF format.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v20.1.dll

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

Declaration

C#

public void ExportToRtf(
    Stream stream,
    RtfExportOptions options = null
)

VB.NET

Public Sub ExportToRtf(
    stream As Stream,
    options As RtfExportOptions = Nothing
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
stream	Stream	A Stream for output data.

Optional Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
options	RtfExportOptions	null	The RTF 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 RTF file with the specified RTF 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.Rtf property provides access to the RtfExportOptions object that contains the RTF export options.

Use the ExportToRtfAsync(Stream, RtfExportOptions, CancellationToken) method instead of ExportToRtf to export a report asynchronously in a separate task.

Example

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

The project uses the XtraReport.ExportToRtf method with the RtfExportOptions object as a parameter.

Note

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

C#

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

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

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

    // Export the report to RTF.
    report.ExportToRtf(reportPath);

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

// Use this method if you want to automaically open
// the created RTF 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.Diagnostics
Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting
Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UI
' ...

Private Sub ExportToRTF()
    ' A path to export a report.
    Dim reportPath As String = "c:\\Test.rtf"

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

    ' Export the report to RTF.
    report.ExportToRtf(reportPath)

    ' Show the result.
    StartProcess(reportPath)
End Sub

' Use this method if you want to automaically open
' the created RTF 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

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippet (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contains a reference to the ExportToRtf(Stream, RtfExportOptions) method.

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C#

reporting-winforms-export-doc-odt/CS/WindowsFormsApplication1/Form1.cs#L65

using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream()) {
    report.ExportToRtf(ms, new RtfExportOptions() { ExportMode = RtfExportMode.SingleFile });
    ms.Position = 0;

VB.NET

reporting-winforms-export-doc-odt/VB/WindowsFormsApplication1/Form1.vb#L62

Using ms As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream()
    report.ExportToRtf(ms, New RtfExportOptions() With {.ExportMode = RtfExportMode.SingleFile})
    ms.Position = 0