This sample shows how to implement simple exports to custom formats (which is not available in ActiveReports right now). The sample uses third-party library to show export to PDF.

Sample Location

Visual Basic.NET

https://github.com/activereports/Samples18/tree/main/Advanced/PageAndRDLX/CustomPdfExport/VB.NET

C#

https://github.com/activereports/Samples18/tree/main/Advanced/PageAndRDLX/CustomPdfExport/C#

Details

When you run this sample, you see a testing application form, which splits to Windows Forms Viewer and PDF Viewer. You can choose a report and a Pdf export option, click 'Preview as PDF' and view the report in the viewers, and 'Save as PDF' to save the report as Pdf. The sample consists of following projects:

• PdfRendering: It implements IRenderingExtension and IDrawingCanvas interfaces for customized export to PDF format.
• TestApplication: This is the default start up project to compare and debug custom export.