Create Excel workbook in asp.net
I need to create an excel file for the user when a button is clicked. I used Netoffice which worked great for desktop applications. But now I want to do the same with an asp.net application. So my server code doesn't have access to the client copy of excel. Which approach should I take?
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Use EPPlus . It allows you to create Excel spreadsheets on the server. I used it and it worked great. It supports advanced features.
using (ExcelPackage pck = new ExcelPackage())
{
//Create the worksheet
ExcelWorksheet ws = pck.Workbook.Worksheets.Add("Demo");
//Load the datatable into the sheet, starting from cell A1. Print the column names on row 1
ws.Cells["A1"].LoadFromDataTable(tbl, true);
//Format the header for column 1-3
using (ExcelRange rng = ws.Cells["A1:C1"])
{
rng.Style.Font.Bold = true;
rng.Style.Fill.PatternType = ExcelFillStyle.Solid;
//Set Pattern for the background to Solid
rng.Style.Fill.BackgroundColor.SetColor(Color.FromArgb(79, 129, 189));
//Set color to dark blue
rng.Style.Font.Color.SetColor(Color.White);
}
//Example how to Format Column 1 as numeric
using (ExcelRange col = ws.Cells[2, 1, 2 + tbl.Rows.Count, 1])
{
col.Style.Numberformat.Format = "#,##0.00";
col.Style.HorizontalAlignment = ExcelHorizontalAlignment.Right;
}
//Write it back to the client
Response.Clear();
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=file.xlsx");
Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet";
Response.BinaryWrite(pck.GetAsByteArray());
Response.End();
}
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You can use DataGrid to create Excel files on the fly. It doesn't require Excel.
public static void ExportDataSetToExcel(DataSet ds, string filename)
{
HttpResponse response = HttpContext.Current.Response;
// first let clean up the response.object
response.Clear();
response.Charset = "";
// set the response mime type for excel
response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel";
response.AddHeader(
"Content-Disposition",
"attachment;filename=\"" + filename + "\""
);
// create a string writer
using (StringWriter sw = new StringWriter())
{
using (HtmlTextWriter htw = new HtmlTextWriter(sw))
{
// instantiate a datagrid
DataGrid dg = new DataGrid();
dg.DataSource = ds.Tables[0];
dg.DataBind();
dg.RenderControl(htw);
response.Write(sw.ToString());
dg.Dispose();
ds.Dispose();
response.End();
}
}
}
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