View.Export Method (Microsoft.Office.InfoPath)

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06/23/2010

Exports the view to a file of the specified format.

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

Syntax

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

instance.Export(fileLocation, format)

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.

Exceptions

Exception type	Condition
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.

Remarks

Note

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.

Example

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.

this.CurrentView.Export(@"C:\MyView.pdf", ExportFormat.Pdf);

Me.CurrentView.Export("C:\MyView.pdf", ExportFormat.Pdf)

.NET Framework Security

FileIOPermission for writing the exported file to the file system. Associated enumerations: System.Security.FileIOPermissionAccess.Append, System.Security.FileIOPermissionAccess.Read, System.Security.FileIOPermissionAccess.Write