Save RDLC Report as PDF at Run Time in C#

Ck Nitin

C#create a .rdlc reportPDF at Run TimePDF ReportSave Report.rdlc

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Larry Rouse7y ago
This is brilliant! Works like a charm and solved a major problem for me. Thanks
- Ck Nitin7y ago
  Great, Thank you
Luai Maane7y ago
Dear can i print the rendering PDF direct without saving on drive ,if yes please the code .
- Ck Nitin7y ago
  Yes you can print without saving it, Just open the report in report viewer and use print options of RDLC report viewer.
Daniel Picker8y ago
Hello ck! I have this issue : An unhandled exception of type 'System.UnauthorizedAccessException' occurred in mscorlib.dllAccess to the path'D:\Aqueduc\RapportsAqueduc' is denied. You have an idea?
stylesmylez smylez8y ago
This is awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jyoti Jodha9y ago
Hello Sir,Can we set font color , Back color, Left Margin,Right Margin,Top Margin,Bottom margin,Logo etc to ssrs local report from c#
- Ck Nitin9y ago
  Yes you can add all these stuffs.
- Jyoti Jodha9y ago
  How add all these stuffs. Any Article ya Example .... Can you provide
karthi pm11y ago
this is not working waste of time
- stylesmylez smylez8y ago
  It works GREAT!!!!!!!!!!, obviously your not good at coding why you say its a waste of time! SavePDF(ReportViewer1, MapPath("folder-filename.pdf")); } public void SavePDF(ReportViewer viewer, string savePath) { byte[] Bytes = viewer.LocalReport.Render(format: "PDF", deviceInfo: ""); using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(savePath, FileMode.Create)) { stream.Write(Bytes, 0, Bytes.Length); } }
shiju kv11y ago
it shows an exception the sourse is not defined.what is the device info
Freddy Corleon11y ago
How to save as Word and call from page load?

Introduction

In my previous article I described how to create a RDLC report.

Now I show how to save a RDLC report as a PDF at run time.

I am creating a method for that named "SAVEPDF" with the two arguments:

Path (Location) as string type where we want to save that PDF file.

Example: C:\MyFile\
Another is ReportViewer that is the instance of the ReportViewer Class

On which we will perform the action to convert the report to a PDF; but not just PDF, we can save the file in another format, such as Word or Excel.

Here is the sample code:

public void SavePDF(ReportViewer viewer, string savePath)
{
byte[] Bytes = viewer.LocalReport.Render(format:"PDF",deviceInfo:"");
using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(savePath, FileMode.Create))
{
stream.Write(Bytes, 0, Bytes.Length);
}
}

We can save the RDLC report in another format like Word or Excel; not just in PDF.