Xcelsius - Export to PDF

Hi All,
Is it possible to have the dasboard exported in a landscape view?.
It is getting exported only to the potrait view. Thought i can rotate angle in the pdf, Still it would be better to have it exported as landscape view itself. Any suggestion.?
Regards,
Jeevitha

Jeevitha,
The only option I could see is to provide an option to print using print button from the components and use a web PDF printer/converter. The print option at run time allows u to set up landscape andseveral other formats.
Thanks,
Karthik

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