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Change the Exported Content before Export

This article demonstrates how you can change the exported content just before the export starts.

The k-pdf-export CSS class is applied to the exported DOM element before the export starts and is removed after the element is exported. This makes possible applying styles to the element, the effect of which would be visible in the exported .PDF file, but they would not affect the element's appearance in the browser.

Example 1: In the following example we are using the k-pdf-export class in the selector to apply several styles to a <div> element, changing its appearance in the exported .PDF file and keeping it unchanged in the browser.

The <div> before export:

<div class="exported-div">Exported div</div>
.exported-div {
    width: 100px;
    border: 1px solid black;
}

Div Before Export

The styles we want to apply to the exported <div>:

.k-pdf-export.exported-div {
    width: 200px;
    height: 100px;
    text-align: center;
    background-color: blue;
    color: red;
    border: 2px solid grey;       
}

This is how the exported <div> would look like in the .PDF file:

Div After Export

Example 2: Exporting all the columns of a RadPivotGrid

Another common scenario, where changing the exported content could be needed, is when you want to export all the data displayed by a data summarization control such as the RadPivotGrid. If the total width of its columns exceeds the width of the RadPivotGrid a horizontal scrollbar will be displayed and exporting will be limited to the visible columns of the control. The k-pdf-export CSS class allows you to export all the data, you just have to add it to the selectors in the CSS rules responsible for removing the scrollbars. This way the RadPivotGrid would keep its scrollbars in the browser but the exported .PDF file would contain all the columns including those that are not visible in the browser at the moment of export.

RadPivotGrid before the export:

PivotGrid Before

<div class="foo">
    <telerik:RadPivotGrid RenderMode="Lightweight" IgnorePaging="true" Width="700" Height="100%" runat="server" ID="RadPivotGrid1" OnNeedDataSource="RadPivotGrid1_NeedDataSource"
        AllowSorting="true" AllowFiltering="false" ShowFilterHeaderZone="false" RowTableLayout="Compact">
        <Fields>
            <telerik:PivotGridRowField DataField="Company">
            </telerik:PivotGridRowField>
            <telerik:PivotGridRowField DataField="TransportType">
            </telerik:PivotGridRowField>
            <telerik:PivotGridColumnField DataField="Country">
            </telerik:PivotGridColumnField>
            <telerik:PivotGridColumnField DataField="City">
            </telerik:PivotGridColumnField>
            <telerik:PivotGridAggregateField DataField="Profit" Aggregate="Sum" DataFormatString="{0:C}">
            </telerik:PivotGridAggregateField>
            <telerik:PivotGridAggregateField IsHidden="true" DataField="Expenses" Aggregate="Sum">
            </telerik:PivotGridAggregateField>
        </Fields>
        <ClientSettings>
            <Scrolling AllowVerticalScroll="true" SaveScrollPosition="true"></Scrolling>
        </ClientSettings>
    </telerik:RadPivotGrid>
</div>

CSS rules to remove the scrollbars and display all columns with k-pdf-export added to the selectors:

.k-pdf-export .rpgVerticalScrollDiv,
.k-pdf-export .rpgHorizontalScroll > div {
    display: none;
}

.k-pdf-export .RadPivotGrid {
    display: inline-block;
}

.k-pdf-export .rpgColumnHeaderDiv {
    width: auto !important;
}

.k-pdf-export .RadPivotGrid,
.k-pdf-export .rpgContentZoneDiv {
    width: auto !important;
    height: auto !important;
}

.k-pdf-export .rpgRowHeaderZoneDiv {
    height: auto !important;
}

RadClientExportManager exporting the <div> element with class ".foo", which contains the RadPivotGrid:

<telerik:RadClientExportManager runat="server" ID="RadClientExportManager1">               
    <PdfSettings FileName="MyFile.pdf" />
</telerik:RadClientExportManager>
<telerik:RadCodeBlock runat="server">
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function exportElement() {
            var exp = $find("<%= RadClientExportManager1.ClientID %>");
            var pivotGrid = $find("<%= RadPivotGrid1.ClientID %>");
            exp.exportPDF($telerik.$(".foo"));
        }
    </script>
</telerik:RadCodeBlock>

This is how the exported RadPivotGrid looks like in the .PDF file:

PivotGrid After

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