XtraReport.ExportToText(String, TextExportOptions) Method

Exports a report to the specified file path in Text format using the specified Text-specific options.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public void ExportToText(
    string path,
    TextExportOptions options
)

VB.NET

Public Sub ExportToText(
    path As String,
    options As TextExportOptions
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
path	String	A String which specifies the file name (including the full path) for the created Text file.
options	TextExportOptions	A TextExportOptions object which specifies the Text export options to be applied when a report is exported.

Remarks

Once the document export has started, it will run until the resulting document is complete and cannot be interrupted or canceled in the process.

Use this method to export a report to a Text file using the specified Text export options (like TextExportOptionsBase.Encoding, TextExportOptionsBase.Separator, etc.) Note that in this instance the current report export options, which are represented by the TextExportOptions object returned by the ExportOptions.Text property of a report’s XtraReport.ExportOptions, are ignored.

If, instead, you want to use the current export options of a report, you should call the overloaded XtraReport.ExportToText method without the options parameter.

Note

This method overwrites any files present at the specified path that have the same file name without any warnings.

Note

For more information on using the ExportToText method, and limitations on export to Text, please refer to the Export to Text document.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to export a report to Text format. To do this, the XtraReport.ExportToText method should be used. It also demonstrates what specific TextExportOptions may be used when a report is exported to Text.

For this example to work, you first need to add a new report (named XtraReport1) to your project, drop some report controls onto it, and then execute the code below (for instance, in the Button.Click event handler of any button on a form). Note also, that if you want the resulting file to be automatically opened in the default program which is used to open *.txt files in your system, you can call the StartProcess method, which is also shown in this example.

Tip

Online Example: How to export a report to Text format

C#

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

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

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

    // Get its Text export options.
    TextExportOptions txtOptions = report.ExportOptions.Text;

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

    // Export the report to Text.
    report.ExportToText(reportPath);

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

// Use this method if you want to automaically open
// the created Text 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 ExportToText()
    ' A path to export a report.
    Dim reportPath As String = "c:\\Test.txt"

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

    ' Get its Text export options.
    Dim txtOptions As TextExportOptions = report.ExportOptions.Text

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

    ' Export the report to Text.
    report.ExportToText(reportPath)

    ' Show the result.
    StartProcess(reportPath)
End Sub

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