# Export Reports
## Content
The FlexViewer control provides an option to export reports in various formats at runtime using **Export Filter** drop-down present in the **Export** Menu.
| **Format** | **Description** |
| ------ | ----------- |
| Paged HTML (\*.html) | Creates one HTML file for each page in the report. The HTML pages contain links that let the user navigate the report. |
| Plain HTML (\*.html) | Creates a single HTML file with no drill-down functionality. |
| PDF with non-embedded (linked) fonts (\*.pdf) | Creates a PDF file that can be viewed on any computer equipped with Adobe's Acrobat viewer or browser plug-ins. |
| PDF/A with embedded fonts (\*.pdf) | Creates a PDF file with embedded font information for extra portability. |
| RTF (\*.rtf) | Creates an RTF file that can be opened by most popular word processors (for example, Microsoft Word, WordPad). It can be saved as Paged or Open XML document. |
| Microsoft Excel 97 (\*.xls) | Creates an XLS file that can be opened by Microsoft Excel. |
| Microsoft Excel Open XML (\*.xlsx) | Creates an XLS file that can be opened by Microsoft Excel 2007 and later. |
| Open XML Word (\*.docx) | Creates a DOCX file that can be opened by Microsoft Word 2007 and later. |
| Compressed Metafile (\*.zip) | Creates a compressed metafile file, of the type EmfOnly, EmfPlusOnly,and EmfPlusDual. |
| TIFF (\*.tiff), BMP, PNG, JPEG, GIF images | Create image file of type TIFF (Tag Image File Format), BMP (Bitmap Images), PNG(Portable Network Graphic), JPEG or GIF. |
| Comma Separated Values | Create a csv file that gets opened in Microsoft Excel 2007 and later by default. |
## **Export options**
For Adobe PDF (DS provider):
| **Options** | **Categories** | **Description** |
| ------- | ---------- | ----------- |
| Export Filter | | Allows users to choose the export format |
| General | PDF/A Compatible | Ensures the exported PDF is compliant with PDF/A, a standard for long-term archiving |
| | Embed TrueType Fonts | Embeds fonts into the file to preserve text appearance |
| | Use Compression | Reduces the file size using |
| | Generate Outlines | Adds bookmarks/outlines in the PDF for easier navigation |
| Document Restrictions | Allow content copying or extraction | Enables users to allow or restrict copying text/images from the exported document |
| | Allow annotation editing | Enables users to allow or restrict adding comments, highlights, or annotations. |
| | Allow content editing | Enables users to allow or restrict editing of the Pdf content |
| | Allow printing | Enables users to allow or restrict printing the document |
| | Permissions (owner) password | Sets up protection using passwords that is required to make changes in document permissions or encryption |
| | Document open (user) password | Sets up protection using passwords that is requires to open/view the exported file |
| | Encryption Level | Dropdown to choose the encryption method (e.g. Standard40) |
| Output Range | Page Range | Allows user to export specific pages, and determine the number of pages |
| | Inverted | Checkbox to exclude the selected page range instead of exporting it. |
| Document Info | | Allows users to add metadata to the exported file |
| | Title | Document title shown in PDF readers. |
| | Author/Creator | Person or organization responsible for the content |
| | Subject | Topic or category of the document |
| | Keywords | Searchable terms to make the file easier to find. |
For HTML documents:
| **Options** | **Categories** | **Description** |
| ------- | ---------- | ----------- |
| General | Show Navigator | Adds a navigation pane to the exported HTML for easy page access |
| | Navigator Position | Sets where the navigation pane appears in HTML output |
| | Single File | Users can choose to combines all content into one HTML file |
Export also supports **Output Range** option for HTML.
For Open XML Excel:
| **Options** | **Categories** | **Description** |
| ------- | ---------- | ----------- |
| General | Tolerance when detecting text bond (points) | Controls how closely text elements must be to be grouped in Excel |
| | Use separate picture layer | Gives users the option to places images on a separate layer in Excel to preserve layout |
For Open XML Word:
| **Options** | **Categories** | **Description** |
| ------- | ---------- | ----------- |
| Document info | Title | Document title shown in PDF readers. |
| | Author/ Creator | Person or organization responsible for the content |
| | Operator | Person who exported or modified the document. |
| | Manager | Name of the person overseeing the document or project. |
| | Company | Name of the company that owns the document |
| | Subject | Topic or category of the document |
| | Comment | Notes or remarks embedded in the document |
| | Creation time | Timestamp when the document was first created. |
| | Revision time | Timestamp of the last modification |
| | Keywords | Searchable terms to make the file easier to find. |
For BMP, PNG, JPEG, and GIF images:
| **Options** | **Categories** | **Description** |
| ------- | ---------- | ----------- |
| Image | Monochrome | Exports the image in black and white only |
| | Resolution | Allows user to sets the image quality. The resolution range is 0-300 |
Export also supports **Output Range** option for BMP, PNG, JPEG, and GIF images.
## **Export FlexReport Programmatically**
Besides exporting FlexReport to different file formats at runtime, you can also export them programmatically. For exporting reports into different file formats, you need the respective classes available in the **C1.Document** API. The following example for exporting a report uses a sample created in **Load Documents**.
**Render FlexReport using HTMLFilter class**
**FlexReport** allows you to export a report to HTML format using the **HtmlFilter** class, which renders the report into HTML streams or files as showcased in the following code.
```csharp
private void myButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
HtmlFilter f = new HtmlFilter();
f.FileName = @"D:\Reports\ProductReport.html";
flexReport.RenderToFilter(f);
}
```
Similarly, the reports or PDF documents can be export in different formats using their respective classes and the **RenderToFilter** method, which renders the report or PDF into the ExportFilter object.