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Microsoft Visual Studio 2005/.NET Framework 2.0

Other versions are also available for the following:
View.Export Method (Microsoft.Office.InfoPath)
Exports the view to a file of the specified format.

Namespace: Microsoft.Office.InfoPath
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.InfoPath (in microsoft.office.infopath.dll)

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public MustOverride Sub Export ( _
    fileLocation As String, _
    format As ExportFormat _
)
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As View
Dim fileLocation As String
Dim format As ExportFormat

instance.Export(fileLocation, format)
C#
public abstract void Export (
    string fileLocation,
    ExportFormat format
)

Parameters

fileLocation

The directory location that the exported view file will be written to.

format

A ExportFormat enumeration that specifies the type of file format to export to.

Exception typeCondition

InvalidOperationException

The Export method was called from an event handler for the Loading event.

ArgumentNullException

The parameters passed to this method are null.

ArgumentException

The parameters passed to this method arenot valid. For example, they are of the wrong type or format.

SecurityException

The form template is not configured for Full Trust using the Security and Trust category of the Form Options dialog box.

NoteNote:

You can save as a PDF or XPS file from a 2007 Microsoft Office system program only after you install an add-in. For more information, search for "Enable support for other file formats, such as PDF and XPS" on Office Online.

This member can be accessed only by forms opened from a form template that as been configured to run with full trust using the Security and Trust category of the Form Options dialog box. This member requires full trust for the immediate caller and cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see "Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code" on MSDN.

This type or member can be accessed only from code running in forms opened in Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007.

In the following example, the Export method of the View class is used to export the current view to the Portable Document Format file (.pdf) format.

C#
this.CurrentView.Export(@"C:\MyView.pdf", ExportFormat.Pdf);
Visual Basic
Me.CurrentView.Export("C:\MyView.pdf", ExportFormat.Pdf)
  • FileIOPermission  for writing the exported file to the file system. Associated enumerations: System.Security.FileIOPermissionAccess.Append, System.Security.FileIOPermissionAccess.Read, System.Security.FileIOPermissionAccess.Write
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Function Available only in InfoPath Smart Client      mnigbor   |   Edit   |   Show History

When creating browser-compatible forms, you will not be able to use this function. This appears to be true regardless of whether or not the form is set to full trust.

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