Export2 Method

The Export2 method exports the document to a specified graphics file. Returns a Boolean.

object.Export2( file, selected, options, showProgress, filterID )

Parameter	Type	Description
file	String	required, path and complete file name including extension
selected	Variant	optional, export selected objects only, default = false
options	Variant	optional, default = ""
showProgress	Boolean	optional, false means do not display export progress bar
filterID	String	conditional, filterID is required for file types that have more than one possible internal format

Include the file extension in the file parameter to indicate the file type. See the following links for more details on options.

FilterId is required if no recognized file extension is used in FileName, or if the file extension supplied can be used by more than one file format.
FilterId is case-sensitive. File extensions are case-insensitive.
If FilterId is used the file extension is optional.
The following table shows two common export options. These options apply to all filters.

Option	Action	Default	Description
Defaults	0 = No, use previously saved options 1 = Yes, set all options to defaults	0	Set all options to their default values. Any additional options specified in the option string are applied after the previously saved or default values are set.
ForgetOptions	0 = No, save the options for later use 1 = Yes, don't save options for later use	0	Don't remember options for later use. If set to 0, any previously saved options are overwritten with any new values specified in the option string.

This example demonstrates how to export a document as a PDF using bitmap export options.

Set Plot = GrapherApp.Documents.Open(GrapherApp.Path+"\Samples\line scatter plot.gpj")

Plot.Export2(GrapherApp.Path+"\Samples\line scatter plot.pdf",,,,"pdfi")