Data Grid Export Service

Data Grid contents can be exported to Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, or a PDF document. The exporting is done by a separate export web service add-on.

Prerequisites

The following prerequisites are needed for installing the data grid export web service:

• .NET Framework 4.6.1 or later.
• Microsoft Internet Information Services.

Additionally, installation via Web Deploy has the following prerequisites:

• Microsoft Web Deploy 3.0 or later installed on the system - http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/web-deploy
• Microsoft PowerShell 2.0 or later running as an Administrator

Installing

Installation Using Web Deploy

1. Download the installation package.
2. Unzip the installation package to a temporary folder.
3. Open Configuration.ps1 into text editor and modify the values according to your system and desired installation type. With the $customAppPoolCredentials setting you can define whether the application pool will be run as a user defined in $appPoolUser setting (password for the account will be requested during the installation).
4. Launch Microsoft PowerShell as an Administrator and navigate to the folder containing the deployment files.
5. Run .\DeployGridExportService.ps1 and input the application pool user password when requested (if you chose to use custom credentials).

Manual Installation

1. Create the folder "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\SyncfusionGridExport"
2. Download the installation package.
3. Unzip the installation package to a temporary folder.
4. The unzipped install package contains the QprGridExportAddon.zip file. Unzip the contents of that file to a second temporary folder.
5. From the second temporary folder, copy the contents of the "Content\website\" folder to the "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\SyncfusionGridExport" folder. After this the C:\inetpub\wwwroot\SyncfusionGridExport folder should contain the following:
   • Folder named "bin"
   • Files named "Global.asx" and "Web.config"
6. Open Internet Information Service(IIS) manager.
7. Select Application Pools > Add Application Pool..., and give the application pool a name.
8. Under Sites, right-click Default Web Site and select Add Application...
   1. Type in "SyncfusionGridExport" as the Alias.
   2. Select the new created application pool from the Application Pool list.
   3. Define the Physical path as "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\SyncfusionGridExport".

After the installation, the export servers are available in the following URLs:

• Excel: http://<YourHostname>/SyncfusionGridExport/excelExport
• Word: http://<YourHostname>/SyncfusionGridExport/wordExport
• PDF: http://<YourHostname>/SyncfusionGridExport/pdfExport