Export to PDF (Page Break)

[Richard]

Is there a way to have the system create automatic page breaks as opposed to creating a single paged PDF document.  I was hoping to maybe use this as an option to export a page to a PDF report but the text cuts off because it's larger than a single A4 page.  I'm guessing that is beyond the scope of this but thought it was worth asking.

Thanks,

Richard

[Jer]

I was just going to post the same thing! Please give us a way to set page breaks.

[Peter Filipov]

Hello,

This feature will be included for the next release. We are based on the Kendo Drawing and they will include it for their release. 

Regards,
Peter Filipov
Telerik

 

 

[Richard]

Peter - just to clarify.  It's coming to Kendo and the ASP.NET tools in the Q2 release (at least that is the plan of record - things can change).

Thanks,

Richard

[Peter Filipov]

Hello Richard,

Yes, that is the plan. 

Regards,
Peter Filipov
Telerik

 

 

[chrisL]

A big +1 from me for this feature too. Thanks.

[David]

And for further clarification, will the Q2 release include resizing the export to a specified page size?

Example, the page displays a metrics dashboard and I want it to print out on a single page.

[Peter Filipov]

Hello David,

The exported PDF could be scaled, so when your page is exported you could print it on every page size. You do not need to set paper size in the export settings. Before you print it e.g. in the Adobe reader you need to specify the size.

Regards,
Peter Filipov
Telerik

 

 

[David]

Roger.

 

 I have quite a few non-technical folks in my customer pool and expect to have many tech-support calls asking why the PDF doesn't print right :(

It looks like I will have to play with the RadDocument and iTextSharp options for setting up the print/size options.

 

Thanks

 

[Jer]

Can we get an update on this feature? Q2 is almost over, i just wanted to make sure it's going to make it into the next release. Also when is the next release date?

Thanks

[Jer]

Looks like its in the beta version! 

http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax-beta/client-export-manager/functionality/pdf-multi-page-export/defaultvb.aspx

When can we expect this to be released? thanks!

[Peter Filipov]

Hi Jer,

The Q2 will be next week. In case that you want to review the feature before that, here is a link to our beta demos.

Regards,
Peter Filipov
Telerik

[Jer]

Thanks Peter,

I've messed around with the beta a bit and have a couple questions.

When setting a papersize how can i scale the content to fit? it just cuts off the content if it doesn't fit.

How can I set a pagebreak in long radgrid list? for example say i have 25 items in a radgrid, but only 20 will fit on a printed page, how would i set a pagebreak before the 21st item?

[Peter Filipov]

Hi Jeremy,

Please review the attached project and let me know if you have any other questions.

Regards,
Peter Filipov
Telerik

[Dan]

Are their plans to provide auto page breaking?  

Alternately - is it possible to print the HTML into a PDF using the PDFProcessing engine? 

[David]

Jer asked:  "When setting a papersize, how can I scale the content to fit? it just cuts off the content if it doesn't fit."

Peter's previous response was "You do not need to set paper size in the export settings. Before you print it e.g. in the Adobe reader, you need to specify the size."

 

Jer asked: "How can I set a pagebreak in a long radgrid list?"

Dan asked: "Are their plans to provide auto page breaking?"

 

I cannot answer for telerik, but Peters' response to Jer's question and some of my ticket traffic lead to to beleive that the answer lies in a convoluted css styling where you set the css class for the Radgrids footer to the RadClientExportManagers PageBreakSelector class. Then print out only one page at a time with the user navigating to the next page and exporting that next page.

I have posted a Feedback item requesting integration of the RadClientExportManager with PDF processing so there can be some server side modifications of the resulting PDF {like scaling it to a specific page size}. Please comment/like at http://feedback.telerik.com/Project/108

 

[Richard]

In terms of features/requests for this export - does anyone know if it's possible to automatically put in page numbers (bottom, top, somewhere) when you export to PDF.  I've got it all working well for my situation but lack of page numbers on the export is my last hurdle.

Thanks,

Richard

[Jer]

[quote]Richard said:

In terms of features/requests for this export - does anyone know if it's possible to automatically put in page numbers (bottom, top, somewhere) when you export to PDF.  I've got it all working well for my situation but lack of page numbers on the export is my last hurdle.

Thanks,

Richard

[/quote]

Richard,

I ended up using jquery for the page numbers.

Before exportPDF I use this:

$(".pageBreak").each(function (i) {
div = $("<div>").addClass("pageNumber").text(i + 1);
$(this).before(div);
});

and then after exportPDF:

$(".pageNumber").remove();

This will do all the page numbers except the final page number, which I just have an html element that I show then hide during printing.

[Dan]

In my scenario, I have an HTML rendering of a contract - which may include long text blocks and multiple tables - followed by a signature area.  I am currently wrestling with how I would figure out where to insert page-break classes into the code.  The HTML was generated previously (in another system) and I am reading it in from the database - and displaying it for signature.

Just to clarify, I am not trying to add page breaks to a single grid.  I don't mean to thread-jack - I believe the desired functionality is very similar to the OP's - but the work around for a large grid wouldn't work in my case

[Ivan Danchev]

Hello,

Since the ClientExportManager does not place page breaks automatically you will have to manually do this and it could be a tedious task for a contract spanning multiple pages. Exporting page by page will show where the page break has to be placed and as an alternative there are custom solutions, for instance in this thread on stackoverflow, that could help you split the content.

Regards,
Ivan Danchev
Telerik

[Dan]

Thanks Ivan.  We had to go with another 3rd party tool to do this for now.  Would love to bring this back to Telerik when auto-paging is implemented.

[Ivan Danchev]

Hello Dan,

I can suggest logging auto-paging as a ClientExportmanager feature request on our Feedback Portal.

Regards,
Ivan Danchev
Telerik

[Han Zhao]

Hi Ivan! Is auto page break included in the latest release?

[Ivan Danchev]

Hello Han Zhao,

An auto page break functionality has not been implemented yet and the control still relies on the PageBreakSelector property.

Regards,
Ivan Danchev
Telerik

[michael]

Its now 2018. Any updated to this? Is there now an auto page break feature or must we switch to another company control like Aspose to get that sort of functionality? Would love to stick with Telerik but need that feature.

[Rumen]

Hello Michael,

I am afraid that the requested functionality is still not offered built-in by the ClientExportManager, but let me propose a solution based on the Kendo Drawing API and this article Multi-Page PDF Output. Here it is https://dojo.telerik.com/ayeRE/3.

Another approach is to use this advice https://www.telerik.com/forums/export-to-pdf-(page-break)#15bzvOjgc0qGzq1XGGxgcg and https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27142775/divide-one-html-page-into-multiple-pages-of-a4.

Best regards,
Rumen
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