HTML, or hypertext markup language, is a format that opens in a Web browser. The HTML export filter has a number of useful properties that allow you to control your output. You can set the properties either in code using the HTMLExport object after adding reference to MESCIUS.ActiveReports.Export.Html package in your project.

HTML Export Filter Properties

Property	Valid Values	Description
BookmarkStyle	Html (default) or None	Set to Html to generate a page of bookmarks from the bookmarks in the report. If the report has no bookmarks, this setting is ignored.
CharacterSet	Big5, EucJp, HzGb2312, Ibm850, Iso2022Jp, Iso2022Kr, Iso8859_1, Iso8859_2, Iso8859_5, Iso8859_6, Koi8r, Ksc5601, ShiftJis, UnicodeUtf16, UnicodeUtf8 (default)	Select the IANA character set that you want to use in the meta tag in the header section of the HTML output. This property only takes effect if the IncludeHtmlHeader property is set to True.
CreateFramesetPage	True or False (default)	Set to True to generate a set of frames that display a page of bookmarks (if available) in the left frame and the report document in the right frame. The HTML output uses the specified filename with the extension .frame.html.
IncludeHtmlHeader	True (default) or False	Set to False if you want to embed the HTML output in another HTML document. Otherwise, the HTML output includes the usual HTML, HEAD, and BODY elements.
IncludePageMargins	True or False (default)	Set to True to include the report's margins in the HTML output.
MultiPage	True or False (default)	Set to True to create a separate HTML page for each page of the report. Otherwise, the HTML output is a single page.
OutputType	DynamicHtml (default) or LegacyHtml	Set to LegacyHtml to use tables for positioning and avoid the use of cascading style sheets (CSS). Otherwise, positioning of controls is handled in the CSS.
Pagination	True (default) or False	Gets or sets the value, that indicates whether to use pagination for the resultant html document. This property is only useful for Page/RDLX reports exports through RDF and does not affect a section report.
RemoveVerticalSpace	True or False (default)	Set to True if the OutputType property is set to LegacyHtml and you plan to print the output from a browser. This removes white space from the report to help improve pagination. Otherwise, vertical white space is kept intact.
Title	Any String	Enter the text to use in the header section's title. This is displayed in the title bar of the browser.

Additional Information on Output Types

By default, the report is exported as DynamicHtml (DHTML), with cascading style sheets (CSS). Using the OutputType property, you can change the output to LegacyHtml (HTML). Neither of the output types creates a report that looks exactly like the one you display in the viewer because of differences in formats. Following is the usage of each output type and controls to avoid in each.

DynamicHtml (DHTML) usage and limitations

Usage:

• Create Web reports with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• Open in Web browsers

Does not support:

• Diagonal line control
• Control borders

LegacyHtml (HTML) usage and limitations

Usage:

• Create archival reports
• Open in Web browsers

Does not support:

• Line control
• Control borders
• CrossSectionLine controls
• Overlapping controls
• MinCondenseRate property

HTML Export Filter Limitations

• Line spacing in exported HTML can be different from the line spacing in Viewer.
• There may be space between the borders of each control in exported file. 
• Text in RichTextBox may appear overlapped.
• Vertical Text and Bookmarks are not supported.
• Any text may appear overlapped.
• Borders are not supported.

Export Report using HTML Export Filter

Use the following steps to export reports through HTML export filter.

1. Create a new or open an existing Visual Studio project.
   • If you are creating a new project,
     - select ActiveReports 18 Section Report (xml-based) Application in Create a New Project dialog, and then
     - specify a name for the project, and click OK.
     
   • If you are using an existing project,
     - go to the Solution Explorer and right-click the project and select Add > New Item, and then
     - select ActiveReports 18 Section Report (xml-based) and click Add.
     
2. Add a reference to MESCIUS.ActiveReports.Export.Html package in the project. See Manage ActiveReports Dependencies for more information. 
3. In your project's Bin>Debug folder, place the report.rpx (Section Report).    
4. On the Form.cs or Form.vb, double-click the title bar to create the Form_Load event.
5. In Form_Load event, add the following code to export Section Reports .

   Visual Basic.NETcode. Paste INSIDE the Form_Load event

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   ' Create a Section report. Dim rpt As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReport() ' For the code to work, report.rpx must be placed in the bin\debug folder of your project. Dim xtr As New System.Xml.XmlTextReader(Application.StartupPath + "\report.rpx") rpt.LoadLayout(xtr) rpt.Run() ' Export the report in HTML format. Dim HtmlExport1 As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Html.Section.HtmlExport() HtmlExport1.Export(rpt.Document, Application.StartupPath + "\HTMLExpt.html")

   
   

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   // Create a Section Report GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReport rpt = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReport(); // For the code to work, report.rpx must be placed in the bin\debug folder of your project. System.Xml.XmlTextReader xtr = new System.Xml.XmlTextReader(Application.StartupPath + "\\report.rpx"); rpt.LoadLayout(xtr); rpt.Run(); // Export the report in HTML format. GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Html.Section.HtmlExport HtmlExport1 = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Html.Section.HtmlExport(); HtmlExport1.Export(rpt.Document, Application.StartupPath + "\\HTMLExpt.html");