Custom actions

To add custom actions to the Bold Reports® Angular Report Viewer, add user-defined buttons to the toolbar and invoke custom actions. For example, you can create a custom email button that sends the rendered report to users.

How do I send the report as an email attachment?

To send a report from the Angular Report Viewer as an email attachment, create a custom email button in the toolbar and a custom email action in the Web API service.

How do I add an email button to the Report Viewer toolbar?

To add an email button to the Angular Report Viewer toolbar, define a custom toolbar item with the customItems property and handle the toolBarItemClick event.

  1. Create an email button in the toolbar using the customItems property with the values such as groupIndex, index, itemType, cssClass, and tooltip. The toolBarItemClick event triggers when you click the email button.

  2. Access the Report Viewer model and create a JSON array for sending requests to the Web API server. Use the following code to create an event with a custom action.

        <script type="text/javascript">
        $(function () {
            $("#viewer").boldReportViewer({
                reportServiceUrl: "/api/ReportsWebApi",
                reportPath: '~/App_Data/Sales Order Detail.rdl',
                toolbarSettings: {
                    showToolbar: true,
                    items: ej.ReportViewer.ToolbarItems.All & ~ej.ReportViewer.ToolbarItems.Print,
                    customItems: [{
                        groupIndex: 1,
                        index: 1,
                        type: 'Default',
                        cssClass: "e-icon e-mail e-reportviewer-icon",
                        id: 'E-Mail',
                        tooltip: {
                            header: 'E-Mail',
                            content: 'Send rendered report as mail attachment'
                        }
                    }]
                },
                toolBarItemClick: 'ontoolBarItemClick'
            });
        });

        //Toolbar click event handler
        function ontoolBarItemClick(args) {
            if (args.value == "E-Mail") {
                var proxy = $('#viewer').data('boldReportViewer');
                var Report = proxy.model.reportPath;
                var lastsIndex = Report.lastIndexOf("/");
                var reportName = Report.substring(lastsIndex + 1);
                var requrl = proxy.model.reportServiceUrl + '/SendEmail';
                var _json = {
                    exportType: "PDF", reportViewerToken: proxy._reportViewerToken, ReportName: reportName
                };
                $.ajax({
                    type: "POST",
                    contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                    url: requrl,
                    data: JSON.stringify(_json),
                    dataType: "json",
                    crossDomain: true
                })
            }
        }
    </script>

How do I create a custom email action?

To create a custom email action for the Angular Report Viewer, follow these steps:

  1. Create a new action method SendEmail in the Web API service.
  2. Export the report to the required type using the ReportHelper.GetReport method to send a report stream as an attachment.

The following code sample exports the report to a stream and sends it as an attachment to a specified mail address. In the code, the SmtpClient method is used to send the report as an email attachment.

```csharp
    public object SendEmail(Dictionary<string, object> jsonResult)
    {
        string _token = jsonResult["reportViewerToken"].ToString();
        var stream = ReportHelper.GetReport(_token, jsonResult["exportType"].ToString());
        stream.Position = 0;

        if (!ComposeEmail(stream, jsonResult["reportName"].ToString()))
        {
            return "Mail not sent !!!";
        }

        return "Mail Sent !!!";
    }

    public bool ComposeEmail(Stream stream, string reportName)
    {
        try
        {
            MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
            SmtpClient SmtpServer = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com");
            mail.IsBodyHtml = true;
            mail.From = new MailAddress("[email protected]");
            mail.To.Add("[email protected]");
            mail.Subject = "Report Name : " + reportName;
            stream.Position = 0;

            if (stream != null)
            {
                ContentType ct = new ContentType();
                ct.Name = reportName + DateTime.Now.ToString() + ".pdf";
                System.Net.Mail.Attachment attachment = new System.Net.Mail.Attachment(stream, ct);
                mail.Attachments.Add(attachment);
            }

            SmtpServer.Port = 587;
            SmtpServer.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("[email protected]", "xx");
            SmtpServer.EnableSsl = true;
            SmtpServer.Send(mail);

            return true;
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            return ex.ToString();
        }

        return false;
    }
```

> In the preceding code sample, the report is exported to PDF format and sent to users using the `SmptClient` method.
  1. Build and run the application.

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