How can I export a DataTable to Excel in C#? I am using Windows Forms. The DataTable is associated with a DataGridView control. I have
This solution is basically pushing
Listdata to Excel, It uses DataTable to achieve this, I implemented an extension method, so basically there are two things needed. 1. An Extension Method.
public static class ReportHelper
{
public static string ToExcel(this IList 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);
if (prop.Attributes[typeof(FGMS.Entity.Extensions.ReportHeaderAttribute)] != null)
{
table.Columns.Add(GetColumnHeader(prop), Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(prop.PropertyType) ?? prop.PropertyType);
}
}
//So it seems like when there is only one row of data the headers do not appear
//so adding a dummy blank row which fixed the issues
//Add a blank Row - Issue # 1471
DataRow blankRow = table.NewRow();
table.Rows.Add(blankRow);
foreach (T item in data)
{
DataRow row = table.NewRow();
foreach (PropertyDescriptor prop in properties)
//row[prop.Name] = prop.GetValue(item) ?? DBNull.Value;
if (prop.Attributes[typeof(FGMS.Entity.Extensions.ReportHeaderAttribute)] != null)
{
row[GetColumnHeader(prop)] = prop.GetValue(item) ?? DBNull.Value;
}
table.Rows.Add(row);
}
table.TableName = "Results";
var filePath = System.IO.Path.GetTempPath() + "\\" + System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString() + ".xls";
table.WriteXml(filePath);
return filePath;
}
private static string GetColumnHeader(PropertyDescriptor prop)
{
return ((FGMS.Entity.Extensions.ReportHeaderAttribute)(prop.Attributes[typeof(FGMS.Entity.Extensions.ReportHeaderAttribute)])).ReportHeaderText;
}
}
- Decorate your DTO classes with the Attribute
[ReportHeaderAttribute("Column Name")]
public class UserDTO
{
public int Id { get; set; }
public int SourceId { get; set; }
public string SourceName { get; set; }
[ReportHeaderAttribute("User Type")]
public string UsereType { get; set; }
[ReportHeaderAttribute("Address")]
public string Address{ get; set; }
[ReportHeaderAttribute("Age")]
public int Age{ get; set; }
public bool IsActive { get; set; }
[ReportHeaderAttribute("Active")]
public string IsActiveString
{
get
{
return IsActive ? "Yes" : "No";
}
}}
Everything that needs to be a column in the Excel has to be decorated with [ReportHeaderAttribute("Column Name")]
Then Simply
Var userList = Service.GetUsers() //Returns List of UserDTO;
var excelFilePath = userList.ToExcel();
HttpResponseMessage result = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK);
var stream = new FileStream(excelFilePath, FileMode.Open);
result.Content = new StreamContent(stream);
result.Content.Headers.ContentType =
new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/vnd.ms-excel");
result.Content.Headers.ContentDisposition = new ContentDispositionHeaderValue("attachment") { FileName = "UserList.xls" };
return result;