Is there any way to export html table into Excel working in all browsers?

Question

I used below code for that but its works only in Firefox. It also not allow customize exported file name. It takes a random file name.

 var tableToExcel = (f         


        

Answer 1

The following code worked perfect for me with IE8+, Chrome and Firefox! It´s the easiest way to Export HTML tables to Excel without using a blob, ActiveX-Elements or downloadify:

Just insert an empty Iframe in your HTML document:

Add the following function to your Script section and replace the table id:

function fnExcelReport()
        {
              var tab_text="";
              var textRange; var j=0;
              tab = document.getElementById('headerTable'); // id of table


              for(j = 0 ; j < tab.rows.length ; j++) 
              {     
                    tab_text=tab_text+tab.rows[j].innerHTML+"";
                    //tab_text=tab_text+"";
              }

              tab_text=tab_text+"";
              tab_text= tab_text.replace(/]*>|<\/A>/g, "");//remove if u want links in your table
              tab_text= tab_text.replace(/]*>/gi,""); // remove if u want images in your table
                          tab_text= tab_text.replace(/]*>|<\/input>/gi, ""); // reomves input params

                   var ua = window.navigator.userAgent;
                  var msie = ua.indexOf("MSIE "); 

                     if (msie > 0 || !!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv\:11\./))      // If Internet Explorer
                        {
                               txtArea1.document.open("txt/html","replace");
                               txtArea1.document.write(tab_text);
                               txtArea1.document.close();
                               txtArea1.focus(); 
                                sa=txtArea1.document.execCommand("SaveAs",true,"Say Thanks to Sumit.xls");
                              }  
                      else                 //other browser not tested on IE 11
                          sa = window.open('data:application/vnd.ms-excel,' + encodeURIComponent(tab_text));  


                          return (sa);
          }

and finally call the function:

 EXPORT 

or with JQuery:

$("#btnExport").click(function () {

            fnExcelReport();
        });