How to export DataTable to Excel

Question

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

Answer 1

With the EPPlus NuGet package, it's very easy.

public class TestObject
{
    public int Col1 { get; set; }
    public int Col2 { get; set; }
    public string Col3 { get; set; }
    public DateTime Col4 { get; set; }
}

[TestMethod]
public void LoadFromCollection_MemberList_Test()
{
    //https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32587834/epplus-loadfromcollection-text-converted-to-number/32590626#32590626

    var TestObjectList = new List();
    for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
        TestObjectList.Add(new TestObject {Col1 = i, Col2 = i*10, Col3 = (i*10) + "E4"});

    //Create a test file
    var fi = new FileInfo(@"c:\temp\LoadFromCollection_MemberList_Test.xlsx");
    if (fi.Exists)
        fi.Delete();

    using (var pck = new ExcelPackage(fi))
    {
        //Do NOT include Col1
        var mi = typeof (TestObject)
            .GetProperties()
            .Where(pi => pi.Name != "Col1")
            .Select(pi => (MemberInfo)pi)
            .ToArray();

        var worksheet = pck.Workbook.Worksheets.Add("Sheet1");
        worksheet.Cells.LoadFromCollection(
            TestObjectList
            , true
            , TableStyles.Dark1
            , BindingFlags.Public| BindingFlags.Instance
            , mi);

        pck.Save();
    }
}

Notice that Col1 is NOT in the output: