---
title: "how to create rdlc report in mvc"  
description: "how to create rdlc report in mvc"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2016-02-15  
updated: 2016-02-15  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33979/how-to-create-rdlc-report-in-mvc  
category: "reporting"  
tags: ["c#", "reporting", "mvc"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

---

# how to create rdlc report in mvc

we want to create rdlc [report in mvc](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33807/how-to-print-a-report-in-mvc-in-pdf-formate) how will do this please help me.

## Replies

### Reply by Anonymous User

```
Controllerusing System;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.Linq;using System.Web;using System.Web.Mvc;using System.Data.Entity;using System.Data;using Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms;using System.IO;using ForumMVC;using ForumMVC.Models;using System.ComponentModel;namespace ForumMVC.Controllers{    public class HomeController : Controller    {        forumEntities1 db = new forumEntities1();        public ActionResult Index()        {            return View();        }        public ActionResult PrintPDF()        {            LocalReport localReport = new LocalReport();            localReport.ReportPath = Server.MapPath("~/Graph.rdlc");            ReportDataSource reportDataSource = new ReportDataSource();            reportDataSource.Name = "DataSet1";            DataSet ds = new DataSet();            DataTable dt = new DataTable();            var Result = from c in db.CUSTOMER                         join o in db.ORDER on c.CUST_ID equals o.CUST_ID                         join p in db.PRODUCT on o.PRODUCT_ID equals p.PRODUCT_ID                         select new                         {                             Id = c.CUST_ID,                             Name = c.CUST_NAME,                             Date = o.ORD_DATE,                             Product = p.PRODUCT_NAME,                             Price = p.PRICE                         };            dt = ConvertToDataTable(Result.ToList());            ds.Tables.Add(dt);            reportDataSource.Value = ds.Tables[0];            localReport.DataSources.Add(reportDataSource);            string reportType = "PDF";            string mimeType;            string encoding;            string fileNameExtension;            string deviceInfo =            "<DeviceInfo>" +            "  <OutputFormat>PDF</OutputFormat>" +            "  <PageWidth>8.5in</PageWidth>" +            "  <PageHeight>11in</PageHeight>" +            "  <MarginTop>0.5in</MarginTop>" +            "  <MarginLeft>1in</MarginLeft>" +            "  <MarginRight>1in</MarginRight>" +            "  <MarginBottom>0.5in</MarginBottom>" +            "</DeviceInfo>";            Warning[] warnings;            string[] streams;            byte[] renderedBytes;            renderedBytes = localReport.Render(                reportType,                deviceInfo,                out mimeType,                out encoding,                out fileNameExtension,                out streams,                out warnings);            //Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=Data." + fileNameExtension);                      Response.ContentType = "application/pdf";            Response.AddHeader("Content-length", renderedBytes.Length.ToString());            Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "inline;filename=Data." + fileNameExtension);            Response.BinaryWrite(renderedBytes);            return null;        }        public DataTable ConvertToDataTable<T>(IList<T> data)        {            PropertyDescriptorCollection properties =               TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(typeof(T));            DataTable table = new DataTable();            foreach (PropertyDescriptor prop in properties)                table.Columns.Add(prop.Name, Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(prop.PropertyType) ?? prop.PropertyType);            foreach (T item in data)            {                DataRow row = table.NewRow();                foreach (PropertyDescriptor prop in properties)                    row[prop.Name] = prop.GetValue(item) ?? DBNull.Value;                table.Rows.Add(row);            }            return table;        }    }}
```

```
index view <!DOCTYPE html><html><head>    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />    <title>Index</title>    <script src="~/Scripts/jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script>    <script>        $(document).on('click', '.PrintPDF', function (e) {            var win = window.open('../Home/PrintPDF/', '_blank');            console.log('click');            if (win) {                win.focus();            } else {                alert('Please allow popups for this site');            }        });    </script></head><body>    <input id="btnreportmvc" type="button" value="Generate report" class="btn btn-info PrintPDF" style="margin-right: 10px;" /></body></html>
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