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c#excelgridviewexportasp.net-2.0
Albert Laure
Albert Laure

Reputation: 1722

Exporting Gridview to excel without gridlines

I use this code to export datagridview to excel

HtmlForm form = new HtmlForm();
Response.Clear();
Response.Buffer = true;
string fileName = "TRAIL" + "[" + DatefromTxtBox.Text.Replace("/", "") + "_" + DatetoTxtBox.Text.Replace("/", "") + "]" + ".xls";
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=" + fileName);
Response.Charset = "";
Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel";
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
HtmlTextWriter hw = new HtmlTextWriter(sw);
AuditTrailGV.AllowPaging = false;
AuditTrailGV.DataSource = (DataSet)ViewState["audit"];
AuditTrailGV.DataBind();
form.Controls.Add(AuditTrailGV);
this.Controls.Add(form);
form.RenderControl(hw);
Response.Output.Write(sw.ToString());
Response.Flush();
Response.End();

the problem is this code also catches the formatting/borders of my gridview

here are the sample screen shots

This is my gridview in asp.net enter image description here

and this is what appears in my excell enter image description here

as you can see it transformed all of the lines like the gridview, i do not want it to happen, as much as possible if i can only retain the gridlines for the rows with data only, if its not possible, remove all the gridlines..

any help? i really do not like those gridlines in my excell

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1956

Answers (2)

Ray de la Garza
Ray de la Garza

Reputation: 11

VB

Public Overrides Sub VerifyRenderingInServerForm(control As Control)
    'base.VerifyRenderingInServerForm(control);
    'This remains empty
End Sub

Protected Sub btnExcel_Click(sender As Object, e As ImageClickEventArgs) Handles btnExcel.Click

    Response.Clear()
    Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=FileName.xls")
    Response.Charset = ""
    Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache)
    Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel"

    Dim stringWrite As New System.IO.StringWriter()
    Dim htmlWrite As System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter = New HtmlTextWriter(stringWrite)

    htmlWrite.Write("<html xmlns:o=""urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"" ")
    htmlWrite.Write("xmlns:x=""urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"" ")
    htmlWrite.Write("xmlns=""http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40""> ")
    htmlWrite.Write("<head> ")
    htmlWrite.Write("<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> ")
    htmlWrite.Write("<x:ExcelWorkbook> ")
    htmlWrite.Write("<x:ExcelWorksheets> ")
    htmlWrite.Write("<x:ExcelWorksheet> ")
    htmlWrite.Write("<x:Name>Sheet1</x:Name> ")
    htmlWrite.Write("<x:WorksheetOptions> ")
    htmlWrite.Write("<x:Selected/> ")
    htmlWrite.Write("<x:ProtectContents>False</x:ProtectContents> ")
    htmlWrite.Write("<x:ProtectObjects>False</x:ProtectObjects> ")
    htmlWrite.Write("<x:ProtectScenarios>False</x:ProtectScenarios> ")
    htmlWrite.Write("</x:WorksheetOptions> ")
    htmlWrite.Write("</x:ExcelWorksheet> ")
    htmlWrite.Write("</x:ExcelWorksheets> ")
    htmlWrite.Write("</x:ExcelWorkbook> ")
    htmlWrite.Write("</xml><![endif]--> ")
    htmlWrite.Write("</head>")
    htmlWrite.WriteLine("")

    gridView.HeaderStyle.Reset()
    gridView.FooterStyle.Reset()
    gridView.AlternatingRowStyle.Reset()
    gridView.RowStyle.Reset()

    gridView.BackColor = Color.Transparent
    gridView.GridLines = GridLines.None
    gridView.RenderControl(htmlWrite)

    Response.Write(stringWrite.ToString())
    Response.[End]()
End Sub

C#

public override void VerifyRenderingInServerForm(Control control)
{
    //base.VerifyRenderingInServerForm(control);
    //This remains empty
}


protected void btnExcel_Click(object sender, ImageClickEventArgs e)
{
    Response.Clear();
    Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=FileName.xls");
    Response.Charset = "";
    Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);
    Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel";
    System.IO.StringWriter stringWrite = new System.IO.StringWriter();
    System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter htmlWrite = new HtmlTextWriter(stringWrite);

    htmlWrite.Write("<html xmlns:o=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" ");
    htmlWrite.Write("xmlns:x=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel\" ");
    htmlWrite.Write("xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40\"> ");
    htmlWrite.Write("<head> ");
    htmlWrite.Write("<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> ");
    htmlWrite.Write("<x:ExcelWorkbook> ");
    htmlWrite.Write("<x:ExcelWorksheets> ");
    htmlWrite.Write("<x:ExcelWorksheet> ");
    htmlWrite.Write("<x:Name>Sheet1</x:Name> ");
    htmlWrite.Write("<x:WorksheetOptions> ");
    htmlWrite.Write("<x:Selected/> ");
    htmlWrite.Write("<x:ProtectContents>False</x:ProtectContents> ");
    htmlWrite.Write("<x:ProtectObjects>False</x:ProtectObjects> ");
    htmlWrite.Write("<x:ProtectScenarios>False</x:ProtectScenarios> ");
    htmlWrite.Write("</x:WorksheetOptions> ");
    htmlWrite.Write("</x:ExcelWorksheet> ");
    htmlWrite.Write("</x:ExcelWorksheets> ");
    htmlWrite.Write("</x:ExcelWorkbook> ");
    htmlWrite.Write("</xml><![endif]--> ");
    htmlWrite.Write("</head>");
    htmlWrite.WriteLine("");

    gridView.HeaderStyle.Reset();
    gridView.FooterStyle.Reset();
    gridView.AlternatingRowStyle.Reset();
    gridView.RowStyle.Reset();

    gridView.BackColor = Color.Transparent;
    gridView.GridLines = GridLines.None;
    gridView.RenderControl(htmlWrite);

    Response.Write(stringWrite.ToString());
    Response.End();

}

Upvotes: 1

CodeXerox
CodeXerox

Reputation: 95

You can try below code and custom the color of the downloaded data. It will also not color the Column and rows other then the data.

protected void DownloadExcel_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Response.ClearContent();
    Response.Buffer = true;
    Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", string.Format("attachment; filename={0}", "Report.xls"));
    Response.ContentType = "application/ms-excel";
    StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
    HtmlTextWriter htw = new HtmlTextWriter(sw);
    GridView1.AllowPaging = false;
    GridView1.DataBind();
    GridView1.HeaderRow.Style.Add("background-color", "#FFFFFF");

    for (int i = 0; i < GridView1.HeaderRow.Cells.Count; i++)
    {
        GridView1.HeaderRow.Cells[i].Style.Add("background-color", "#bfc2c7");
    }

    int j = 1;
    foreach (GridViewRow gvrow in GridView1.Rows)
    {           
        //gvrow.BackColor = color.White;
        if (j <= GridView1.Rows.Count)
        {
            if (j % 2 != 0)
            {
                for (int k = 0; k < gvrow.Cells.Count; k++)
                {
                    gvrow.Cells[k].Style.Add("background-color", "#EFF3FB");    
                }
            }
        }
        j++;
    }
    GridView1.RenderControl(htw);
    Response.Write(sw.ToString());
    Response.End();
}

Upvotes: 0

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