Sunday, December 2, 2012

How to create excel from data table

Use following function
Following code is used to create / generate excel sheet from data table. you not need to change anything just pass the data table and file name in function.


private static void ExporttoExcel(DataTable table, string reportName)
        {
            HttpContext.Current.Response.Clear();
            HttpContext.Current.Response.ClearContent();
            HttpContext.Current.Response.ClearHeaders();
            HttpContext.Current.Response.Buffer = true;
            HttpContext.Current.Response.ContentType = "application/ms-excel";
            HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(@"<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC ""-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"">");
            HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=" + reportName + "");

            HttpContext.Current.Response.Charset = "utf-8";
            HttpContext.Current.Response.ContentEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("windows-1250");
            //sets font
            HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("<font style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Calibri;'>");
            HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("<BR><BR><BR>");
            //sets the table border, cell spacing, border color, font of the text, background, foreground, font height
            HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("<Table border='1' bgColor='#ffffff' " +
              "borderColor='#000000' cellSpacing='0' cellPadding='0' " +
              "style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Calibri; background:white;'> <TR>");
            //am getting my grid's column headers
            int columnscount = table.Columns.Count; //table.Rows.Count - 1;// GridView_Result.Columns.Count;

            for (int j = 0; j < columnscount; j++)
            {      //write in new column
                HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("<Td>");
                //Get column headers  and make it as bold in excel columns
                HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("<B>");
                HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(table.Columns[j].ColumnName));
                HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("</B>");
                HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("</Td>");
            }
            HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("</TR>");
            foreach (DataRow row in table.Rows)
            {//write in new row
                HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("<TR>");
                for (int i = 0; i < table.Columns.Count; i++)
                {
                    HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("<Td>");
                    HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(Convert.ToString(row[i].ToString())));
                    HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("</Td>");
                }

                HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("</TR>");
            }
            HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("</Table>");
            HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("</font>");
            HttpContext.Current.Response.Flush();
            HttpContext.Current.Response.End();
        }

Thanks
Mahesh Kumar Sharma