MVC - Is it possible to save .mdc file in the viewer without it downloading

[vapour.drops]

Hello

I want to save an edited version of the mdc file from the viewer. I can see that with the save button I can enable it export documents, however I do not want it to download onto the client's machine. Is there a way to stop this? Or can i create a custom button in the toolbar which will return me the StiReport object?

Thanks

[Lech Kulikowski]

Hello,

You can use the export event in which save the report as you needed:
https://www.stimulsoft.com/en/documenta ... export.htm

Thank you.

[vapour.drops]

When i return StiMvcViewer.ExportReportResult(); this still exports/downloads the document to the client machine.

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   public ActionResult ExportReport(string filename)
        {
            StiReport report = StiMvcViewer.GetReportObject();

            var result = StiMvcViewer.ViewerEventResult();

            if (report != null)
            {
                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(filename))
                {
                    report.SaveDocument(filename);
                }
            }

         return StiMvcViewer.ExportReportResult();
        }

Also I only want the user to hit save and not need to select the one option in the dropdownlist (one too many clicks). Is this possible?
Thanks in advance

[Lech Kulikowski]

Hello,

You need to redefine the postExport JavaScript method for the viewer component so as not to send a POST request when exporting a document. This can be done with the following code:
viewer:

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<script>
    jsMvcViewer._postExport = jsMvcViewer.postExport;
    jsMvcViewer.postExport = function (format, settings) {
        if (format == "Document") {
            var data = {
                action: "ExportReport",
                exportFormat: format,
                exportSettings: settings
            };

            jsMvcViewer.postAjax(jsMvcViewer.options.requestUrl.replace("{action}", jsMvcViewer.options.actions.exportReport), data, jsMvcViewer.postExportDone);
        }
        else {
            jsMvcViewer._postExport(format, settings);
        }
    }

    jsMvcViewer.postExportDone = function (data) {
        alert("The document file is saved, the server returned: " + data);
    }
</script>

Controller:

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public ActionResult ExportReport()
{
    var requestParams = StiMvcViewer.GetRequestParams();
    var report = StiMvcViewer.GetReportObject();
    if (requestParams.ExportFormat == StiExportFormat.Document && report != null)
    {
        //report.SaveDocument(filename);
        return Content("SaveOK");
    }
            
    return StiMvcViewer.ExportReportResult();
}

Thank you.

[vapour.drops]

Great thank you that worked however it was still 2 clicks to save one format (mdf) option. In the end we needed to save the mdc file from a button external to the viewer.

[Lech Kulikowski]

Hello,

You can call saving in MDC format with the following JavaScript method:
jsMvcViewer.postExport("Document", jsMvcViewer.getDefaultExportSettings("Document"));

Thank you.