Class GridPDFConverter

Implements the functionalities for exporting the grid to PDF document.

Inheritance

System.Object

GridPDFConverter

Inherited Members

System.Object.ToString()

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.GetHashCode()

System.Object.GetType()

System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

Namespace: Syncfusion.GridHelperClasses

Assembly: Syncfusion.GridHelperClasses.Windows.dll

Syntax

public class GridPDFConverter

Remarks

It has support for Header, Footer and Margins. It uses Grid's printing library to generate Metafile images and generates PDF file

Constructors

GridPDFConverter()

Initializes a new instance of the GridPDFConverter class.

Declaration

public GridPDFConverter()

GridPDFConverter(Boolean, Boolean)

Initializes a new instance of the GridPDFConverter class.

Declaration

public GridPDFConverter(bool showHeader, bool showFooter)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Boolean	showHeader	True if Header should be shown; Default is false.
System.Boolean	showFooter	True if Footer should be shown; Default is false.

Properties

ExportRange

Gets or sets the range of records to be exported.

Declaration

public int ExportRange { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Int32

Remarks

Determines the export range of records when ExportToPdfWithMerge is used Note: the method ExportToPdfWithMerge is used to handle "out of memory exception" which happens when the record count exceeds 60k records hence this value determines the no of records that can be exported in each single PDF file. This value can't be set more than 60k.

FooterHeight

Gets or sets the height of the Footer.

Declaration

public int FooterHeight { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Int32

HeaderHeight

Gets or sets the height of the Header.

Declaration

public int HeaderHeight { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Int32

Margins

Gets or sets the Margins for the PDF document.

Declaration

public PdfMargins Margins { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
PdfMargins

PdfMergeMode

Gets or sets the MergeAt for the PDF Document

Declaration

public GridPDFConverter.MergeMode PdfMergeMode { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
GridPDFConverter.MergeMode

ShowFooter

Gets or sets a value indicating whether a Footer should be shown. True if Header should be shown; Default is false

Declaration

public bool ShowFooter { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Remarks

GridPDFConverter lets the user to draw the required Footer. Handle the DrawPDFFooter event. Height is set with FooterHeight

ShowHeader

Gets or sets a value indicating whether a Header should be shown. True if Header should be shown; Default is false

Declaration

public bool ShowHeader { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Remarks

GridPDFConverter lets the user to draw the required Header. Handle the DrawPDFHeader event. Height is set with HeaderHeight

Methods

ConvertMetafilesToPdf(List<Metafile>, PdfSection)

Converts the provided Metafiles to the PDF section.

Declaration

protected void ConvertMetafilesToPdf(List<Metafile> metaFiles, PdfSection section)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<System.Drawing.Imaging.Metafile>	metaFiles	list containing Grid images
PdfSection	section	PDF section to insert

DrawGridToMetafiles(GridControlBase, Size)

Converts the grid to meta files.

Declaration

protected List<Metafile> DrawGridToMetafiles(GridControlBase grid, Size imgSize)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
GridControlBase	grid	The GridControl to be exported.
System.Drawing.Size	imgSize	Size of the image to create.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<System.Drawing.Imaging.Metafile>	List of Metafile type.

DrawHeaderFooter(PdfDocument, Boolean, Boolean)

Draws the Header and Footer.

Declaration

protected void DrawHeaderFooter(PdfDocument pdfDocument, bool top, bool bottom)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PdfDocument	pdfDocument	The PdfDocument.
System.Boolean	top	Indicates whether header should be drawn.
System.Boolean	bottom	Indicates whether footer should be drawn.

ExportToPdf(PdfDocument, GridControlBase)

Exports the Grid contents to a PDF Document.

Declaration

public void ExportToPdf(PdfDocument pdfDocument, GridControlBase grid)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PdfDocument	pdfDocument	Destination PDF Document
GridControlBase	grid	Source Grid to Export

ExportToPdf(PdfDocument, GridControlBase, GridRangeInfo)

Exports the contents of the cells in a range to PDF file.

Declaration

public void ExportToPdf(PdfDocument pdfDocument, GridControlBase grid, GridRangeInfo exportRange)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PdfDocument	pdfDocument	Destination PDF Document.
GridControlBase	grid	Source Grid to Export.
GridRangeInfo	exportRange	The range to be exported.

Remarks

If exportRange is GridRangeInfo.Empty, the entire grid is exported.

ExportToPdf(String, GridControlBase)

Exports the Grid contents to PDF file.

Declaration

public void ExportToPdf(string filename, GridControlBase grid)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	filename	File name to write the generated PDF.
GridControlBase	grid	Grid instance to export.

ExportToPdf(String, GridControlBase, GridRangeInfo)

Exports the contents of the cells in a range to PDF file.

Declaration

public void ExportToPdf(string filename, GridControlBase grid, GridRangeInfo exportRange)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	filename	File name to write the generated PDF.
GridControlBase	grid	The GridControl to be exported.
GridRangeInfo	exportRange	The range to be exported.

Remarks

If exportRange is GridRangeInfo.Empty, the entire grid is exported.

ExportToPdfWithMerge(ref PdfDocument, GridControlBase)

Exports grid with huge data in to two or more PDF documents internally and Merges them into single document(pdfDocument). This method can be used to handle "out of memory exception" that happens when huge amount of data (more than 60k records) is exported to PDF.

Declaration

public void ExportToPdfWithMerge(ref PdfDocument pdfDocument, GridControlBase grid)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PdfDocument	pdfDocument	The PDF document to merge the grid content.
GridControlBase	grid	The grid control to be merged with PDF document.

ExportToPdfWithMerge(String, GridControlBase)

Exports grid with huge data in to two or more PDF documents internally and Merges them into single document(filename). This method can be used to handle out of memory exception that happens when huge amount of data (more than 60k records) is exported to PDF.

Declaration

public void ExportToPdfWithMerge(string filename, GridControlBase grid)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	filename	File name of the PDF document file.
GridControlBase	grid	The GridControl to be merged with PDF document.

OnDrawPDFFooter(PDFHeaderFooterEventArgs)

Raises the DrawPDFFooter event.

Declaration

protected virtual void OnDrawPDFFooter(PDFHeaderFooterEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PDFHeaderFooterEventArgs	e	A PDFHeaderFooterEventArgs that contains the event data.

OnDrawPDFHeader(PDFHeaderFooterEventArgs)

Raises the DrawPDFHeader and DrawPDFHeader event.

Declaration

protected virtual void OnDrawPDFHeader(PDFHeaderFooterEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PDFHeaderFooterEventArgs	e	The PDFHeaderFooterEventArgs that contains the event data.

OnPDFExported(PDFExportedEventArgs)

Raises the Exported event.

Declaration

protected virtual void OnPDFExported(PDFExportedEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PDFExportedEventArgs	e	An PDFExportingEventArgs that contains the event data.

OnPDFExporting(PDFExportingEventArgs)

Raises PDFExporting event.

Declaration

protected virtual void OnPDFExporting(PDFExportingEventArgs e)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PDFExportingEventArgs	e	The PDFExportingEventArgs that contains the event data.

PointToPixelConverter(SizeF)

Point to pixel converter.

Declaration

protected Size PointToPixelConverter(SizeF size)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Drawing.SizeF	size	The size of point to pixel converter.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Drawing.Size	The point to pixel converter.

Events

DrawPDFFooter

Lets the user draw a Footer for the PDF Document

Declaration

public event GridPDFConverter.DrawPDFHeaderFooterEventHandler DrawPDFFooter

Event Type

Type	Description
GridPDFConverter.DrawPDFHeaderFooterEventHandler

DrawPDFHeader

Lets the user draw a header for the PDF Document

Declaration

public event GridPDFConverter.DrawPDFHeaderFooterEventHandler DrawPDFHeader

Event Type

Type	Description
GridPDFConverter.DrawPDFHeaderFooterEventHandler

Exported

Occurs after exporting to PDF.

Declaration

public event GridPDFConverter.PDFExportedEventHandler Exported

Event Type

Type	Description
GridPDFConverter.PDFExportedEventHandler

Exporting

Occurs while exporting to PDF.

Declaration

public event GridPDFConverter.PDFExportingEventHandler Exporting

Event Type

Type	Description
GridPDFConverter.PDFExportingEventHandler