# GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.ToRdlString

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_ToRdlString_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.ToRdlString*">ToRdlString Method
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<h4 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Rdl_Tools_ReportExtensions_ToRdlString_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_Report_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_ResourceLocator_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_IReportComponentFactory_System_Boolean_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rdl.Tools.ReportExtensions.ToRdlString(GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.Report,GrapeCity.ActiveReports.ResourceLocator,GrapeCity.ActiveReports.IReportComponentFactory,System.Boolean)">ToRdlString(Report, ResourceLocator, IReportComponentFactory, bool)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Converts the report to an RDL (Report Definition Language) string representation.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public static string ToRdlString(this Report report, ResourceLocator resourceLocator, IReportComponentFactory reportComponentFactory = null, bool IsSnapShotFilter = false)</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.Report.html">Report</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">report</span></td>
      <td><p>A <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.Report.html">Report</a> object to convert for.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.ResourceLocator.html">ResourceLocator</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">resourceLocator</span></td>
      <td><p>A <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.ResourceLocator.html">ResourceLocator</a> object used to locate the resource.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.IReportComponentFactory.html">IReportComponentFactory</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">reportComponentFactory</span></td>
      <td><p>A <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.IReportComponentFactory.html">IReportComponentFactory</a> object to create report components. Default is <code>null</code>.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">IsSnapShotFilter</span></td>
      <td><p>A <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a> value indicating whether the snapshot filtering is applied. Default is <code>false</code>.</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></td>
      <td><p>A <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a> value representing the RDL representation of the report.</p>
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