GridView / ExportToPdf - Why does GridViewSettings have to be created in code in Controller (.cs) instead of in View (.ascx)?

In your Exporting example - http://mvc.devexpress.com/GridView/Export - the GridViewSettings have to be created in C# code in the controller.
BUT in every other example the grid view is created in the View (.ascx)
Why do we have to do it in C# for exporting?
There are two main problems with using C# instead of the View to create the grid settings:

1. Some of the features we us do not seem to be possible when creating the grid in C#, eg hyperlinked columns that load the detail page: Doesnt seem to be possible in C# but in the View we can simply do this:
                   settings.Columns.Add(column =>
                   {
                       column.Caption = "Order No.";
                       column.SetDataItemTemplateContent(c =>
                           ViewContext.Writer.Write(
                               Html.ActionLink(DataBinder.Eval(c.DataItem, "OrderNumber").ToString(), "Update", "PurchaseOrder", new { id = DataBinder.Eval(c.DataItem, "Id") }, null)
                           ));
                       column.SetEditItemTemplateContent(c =>
                           ViewContext.Writer.Write(
                               DataBinder.Eval(c.DataItem, "OrderNumber").ToString()
                           ));
                       column.Width = 100; column.CellStyle.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Left; column.EditCellStyle.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Left; column.EditFormSettings.Visible = DefaultBoolean.False;
                   });
2. Code duplication. Because we need the View for adding custom columns and the C# code for exporting we have to create the view settings twice. This is a bad idea because if we change one we can easily forget to change the other.