Exporting Reports to Other File Formats

You've learned so far how the CrystalReportViewer object can be used either in code or as a tag library to view reports in HTML format. This is useful for having a quick look at a report online, but users often require the capability to save the report to their own machine either for their own reference or so they can send the report elsewhere. Exporting is a perfect solution to this. The Java Reporting Component supports exporting reports to both Adobe PDF and RTF. There are two ways exporting can be done: via the export button on the toolbar and via code.

Exporting via the Toolbar Button

By default, the export button on the report viewer's toolbar is hidden. To enable it, either set the displayToolbarExportButton ...

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