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I have a SharePoint list and I need to convert it to a document (any type) and export it to PDF. Do you have any tips on the best way to do this? I have Crystal Reports, but not sure if this is the correct use case.

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You can programmatically access a document library using the object model or through web services.

If you are using an object model. You can use the SPContext object to get the current site / list. From there, you can iterate over the elements, or you can use the SPList object method to turn it into a dataset, which you can then use to create a PDF file using some PDF library (for example, PDF4NET). If you go this route, the best way to deploy it is to package it as a function in a solution file (.WSP) that you can deploy to your farm. In this case, the code will work in a sharepoint environment. You can enjoy it and have something like the “Print PDF” option in the action menu for all lists.

On the other hand, you can also access the list remotely using web services. In this case, you can simply use this as a data provider for your report package.

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The PDFsharepoint tool ( http://www.pdfsharepoint.com ) can be used to generate PDF output. The good thing about this tool is that you will “create” or “import” a template using the WYSIWYG editor and display only the data. No mess coding your own PDF generator. This is not a free tool, though ...

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There is a third-party product that automates this. i-PMO "Data Data Miner" can be used to create an RS report on any list data, and then use your SharePoint Viewer site and document publisher to output the report as a PDF to the document library.

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I have had great success using MS-Access to create PDF reports from SharePoint lists. You can even insert a report as a list in a list. When you select a presentation, it gives you access. In addition, you can join several lists and even other data from access.

Access 2007 will save the report as a PDF, or you can use a PDF printer adapter such as PDFCreator.

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The easiest way to export a SharePoint list to pdf is to export the list first as Excel . Then save the Excel file as a Pdf document.

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