FlexReport allows you to export reports to different files and distribute them electronically. It supports the following export formats and respective export filters for exporting the report:

Exporting a report to XLSX format

You can export the report created in Quick Start section to XLSX format using the following steps.

1. Add the following namespace in the code view.
   • Visual Basic
   • C#

   • Visual Basic

   Imports C1.Xaml.Document.Export
   

   • C#

   using C1.Xaml.Document.Export;
   

2. Add the following code to export the report to XLSX format using XlsFilter class.
   Note that the same class can be used to export the report to XLS format.
   • Visual Basic
   • C#

   • Visual Basic

   ' request target file from the user
   Dim fileSavePicker As New FileSavePicker()
   fileSavePicker.FileTypeChoices.Add("XLSX files", New String() {".xlsx"})
   Dim storageFile As StorageFile = Await fileSavePicker.PickSaveFileAsync()
   If storageFile Is Nothing Then
           ' export cancelled by the user
           Return
   End If
   ' initialize XlsFilter
   Dim filter As New XlsFilter()
   filter.UseZipForMultipleFiles = True
   filter.StorageFile = storageFile
   
   ' render report to the filter
   Await report.RenderToFilterAsync(filter)
   
   ' launch the exported file
   Await Windows.System.Launcher.LaunchFileAsync(storageFile)
   

   • C#

   // request target file from the user
   FileSavePicker fileSavePicker = new FileSavePicker();
   fileSavePicker.FileTypeChoices.Add("XLSX files", new string[] { ".xlsx" });
   StorageFile storageFile = await fileSavePicker.PickSaveFileAsync();
   if (storageFile == null)
       // export cancelled by the user
       return;
   
   // initialize XlsFilter
   XlsFilter filter = new XlsFilter();
   filter.UseZipForMultipleFiles = true;
   filter.StorageFile = storageFile;
   
   // render report to the filter
   await report.RenderToFilterAsync(filter);
   
   // launch the exported file
   await Windows.System.Launcher.LaunchFileAsync(storageFile);
   

Similarly, you can export your reports to RTF, HTML, and PDF formats.

Exporting a report to an image file format

The above code can be used for exporting a report to an image file but exporting a multi-paged report to an image file only exports the first page of the report at a time as the image format filters do not directly support a multiple paged report in a single file. However, it is possible to generate multiple image files corresponding to each page of a report in a ZIP file. The following code uses one of the image format filter class, JpegFilter, to export the multi-paged report to JPEG format and creates a single ZIP file of the exported images.

' request target file from the user
Dim fileSavePicker As New FileSavePicker()
fileSavePicker.FileTypeChoices.Add("ZIP files", New String() {".zip"})
Dim storageFile As StorageFile = Await fileSavePicker.PickSaveFileAsync()
If storageFile Is Nothing Then
        ' export cancelled by the user
        Return
End If

' initialize JpegFilter
Dim filter As New JpegFilter()
filter.UseZipForMultipleFiles = True
filter.StorageFile = storageFile

' render report to the filter
Await report.RenderToFilterAsync(filter)

' launch the exported file
Await Windows.System.Launcher.LaunchFileAsync(storageFile)

  // request target file from the user
  FileSavePicker fileSavePicker = new FileSavePicker();
  fileSavePicker.FileTypeChoices.Add("ZIP files", new string[] {
    ".zip"
  });
  StorageFile storageFile = await fileSavePicker.PickSaveFileAsync();
  if (storageFile == null)
  // export cancelled by the user
    return;
  
  // initialize JpegFilter
  JpegFilter filter = new JpegFilter();
  filter.UseZipForMultipleFiles = true;
  filter.StorageFile = storageFile;
  
  // render report to the filter
  await report.RenderToFilterAsync(filter);
        
  // launch the exported file
  await Windows.System.Launcher.LaunchFileAsync(storageFile);