Reporting for ASP.NET MVC - How to print or export a report without showing a preview

This example demonstrates how to print or export a report in an ASP.NET MVC application without displaying this report's preview.

Follow the steps below to print or export a report:

• Call one of the report's ExportTo... methods to obtain an exported document.
• Call the Controller.File method to convert the exported document into a FileContentResult object.

Follow the steps below to print a report:

• Export the report to PDF.
• Return the exported PDF file as an action result with the Content-Disposition header set to inline.
• The returned PDF is opened by the browser's built-in PDF viewer. To avoid this, export the PDF to a separate iframe - only the print dialog is displayed.

Files to Review

• FilterConfig.cs (VB: FilterConfig.vb)
• RouteConfig.cs (VB: RouteConfig.vb)
• WebApiConfig.cs (VB: WebApiConfig.vb)
• HomeController.cs (VB: HomeController.vb)
• ExportModel.cs (VB: ExportModel.vb)
• Index.cshtml

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