Image is the format that converts your report to an image file. You can use the ImageRenderingExtension to your render you report in this format. Make sure that you select an ImageType to any of the six different image formats available: BMP, EMF, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, and PNG.

The following steps provide an example of rendering a report in Image format.

1. Create a new Visual Studio project.
2. In the New Project dialog that appears, select ActiveReports 13 Page Report Application and specify a name for the project in the Name field.
3. Click OK to create a new ActiveReports 13 Page Report Application. By default a Page report is added to the project.
4. Add reference to GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Image.dll and GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Core.Rendering.dll assemblies in the project.
5. On the Form.cs or Form.vb that opens, double-click the title bar to create the Form_Load event.
6. Add the following code inside the Form_Load event.

' Provide the page report you want to render.
Dim report As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReport()
Dim reportDocument As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.PageDocument(report)

' Create an output directory.
Dim outputDirectory As New System.IO.DirectoryInfo("C:\MyImage")
outputDirectory.Create()

' Provide settings for your rendering output.
Dim imageSetting As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Image.Page.Settings()
Dim setting As GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Extensibility.Rendering.ISettings = imageSetting

' Set the rendering extension and render the report.
Dim imageRenderingExtension As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Image.Page.ImageRenderingExtension()
Dim outputProvider As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rendering.IO.FileStreamProvider(outputDirectory, System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(outputDirectory.Name))

' Overwrite output file if it already exists.
outputProvider.OverwriteOutputFile = True

reportDocument.Render(imageRenderingExtension, outputProvider, imageSetting)

// Provide the page report you want to render.
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReport report = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReport();
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.PageDocument reportDocument = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.PageDocument(report);

// Create an output directory.
System.IO.DirectoryInfo outputDirectory = new System.IO.DirectoryInfo(@"C:\MyImage");
outputDirectory.Create();

// Provide settings for your rendering output.
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Image.Page.Settings imageSetting = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Image.Page.Settings();
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Extensibility.Rendering.ISettings setting = imageSetting;

// Set the rendering extension and render the report.
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Image.Page.ImageRenderingExtension imageRenderingExtension = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Image.Page.ImageRenderingExtension();
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rendering.IO.FileStreamProvider outputProvider = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rendering.IO.FileStreamProvider(outputDirectory, System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(outputDirectory.Name));

// Overwrite output file if it already exists.
outputProvider.OverwriteOutputFile = true;

reportDocument.Render(imageRenderingExtension, outputProvider, imageSetting); 

Image Rendering Properties

ActiveReports offers several options to control how reports render to Image.

Interactivity

Reports rendered as images do not support any of the interactive features of Data Dynamics Reports. Any data hidden at the time of export is hidden in the image. To display all data in a drill-down report, expand all toggle items prior to exporting.