Print and Export

Nov 06, 2023
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You can render WinForms Vertical Grid content to paper like a traditional WYSIWYG report or export data to numerous file formats. With its API, you can save your data as PDF, XLS, XLSX, MHT, HTML, RTF, DOCX, TXT.

Note

The Vertical Grid can be printed, exported, and previewed only if the DevExpress Printing Library is available. The Printing Library ships as part of the DevExpress WinForms Subscription.

Use the IsPrintingAvailable property to check whether the Vertical Grid can be printed.

Print and Export Options

Use the VGridControl.OptionsPrint.PrintRecordHeaders property to specify whether to print or export record headers.

Print API

API Name	Description
Print()	Prints the vertical grid control.
ShowPrintPreview()	Opens the Print Preview window with a traditional toolbar UI.
ShowRibbonPrintPreview()	Opens the Print Preview window with a Ribbon UI.
IsPrintingAvailable	Indicates whether the Vertical Grid can be printed.

The following example demonstrates how to open the Print Preview window:

C#
VB.NET

csharp

if(vGridControl1.IsPrintingAvailable)
    vGridControl1.ShowRibbonPrintPreview();

If vGridControl1.IsPrintingAvailable Then
    vGridControl1.ShowRibbonPrintPreview()
End If

Export API

API Name	Description
Export	Exports data in the specified format.
ExportToHtml	Exports data as HTML.
ExportToPdf	Exports data as PDF.
ExportToRtf	Exports data in RTF format.
ExportToDocx	Exports data in the Office Open XML file format (DOCX).
ExportToText	Exports data as text.
ExportToXls	Exports data in XLS format.
ExportToXlsx	Exports data in XLSX (MS Excel 2007) format
ExportToMht	Exports data in MHT format.

The following example demonstrates how to export data in PDF format and save it to a file:

C#
VB.NET

csharp

if(vGridControl1.IsPrintingAvailable)
    vGridControl1.ExportToPdf(@"d://verticalgrid.pdf");

If vGridControl1.IsPrintingAvailable Then
    vGridControl1.ExportToPdf("d://verticalgrid.pdf")
End If