| Export formats | Section report | Page/RDLX report |
|---|---|---|
| Html: Export reports to HTML, DHTML, or MHT formats, all of which open in a Web browser. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pdf: Export reports to PDF, a portable document format that opens in the Adobe Reader. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rtf: Export reports to RTF, RichText format that opens in Microsoft Word, and is native to WordPad. | ✓ | ✘ |
| Word: Export reports to DOC, a format that opens in Microsoft Word. | ✘ | ✓ |
| Text: Export reports to TXT, plain text, a format that opens in Notepad or any text editor. Export reports to CSV, comma separated values, a format that you can open in Microsoft Excel. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Image: Export reports to BMP, GIF, JPEG, or PNG image format. | ✘ | ✓ |
| Tiff: Export reports to TIFF image format for optical archiving and faxing. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Excel: Export reports to formats that open in Microsoft Excel, XLS or XLSX. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Xml: Export reports to XML, a format that opens in a Web browser or delivers data to other applications. | ✘ | ✓ |
| CSV: Export reports to a CSV file, a form of structured data in plain text. The text in a CSV file is saved as series of values separated by comma. | ✘ | ✓ |
| JSON: Export reports to a JSON file, a text-based data format in which the data is stored in the hierarchical form. | ✘ | ✓ |
You can use the section-only exports for Page/RDLX reports too, using the MESCIUS.ActiveReports.Export.Rdf package. Although, Page/RDLX reports have a more powerful set of exports, using this package is helpful for some rare situations like:
