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WP_Insane
WP_Insane

Reputation: 127

Is it possible to create a excel or csv from a windows phone application?

I have DataContext in my windows phone application.

I want to generate a excel spreadsheet or csv file from the dataset.

Is it possible to create a csv or excel spreadsheet from the Windows Phone application ?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 184

Answers (1)

Belogix
Belogix

Reputation: 8147

A CSV file is simply a text file with fields separated by commas. They can store arbitrary data. You can either use a library to catch edge cases or simply write your values into a text file separated by commas if you want something quick and dirty.

A typical CSV file would look like this:

"Name","Age","Gender"
"Jenny",21,"Female"
"Bloggs, Fred",25,"Male"

Note, that strings are often stored in double-quotes and this is to help with things like "Bloggs, Fred" that contains a comma. This is where using a library comes in handy but you can hand crank yourself if you want.

Re Excel - assuming your CSV was well formed it would open it just fine. That doesn't mean it is an Excel file but just a file that Excel understands. Writing Excel files (depending on version of Excel) is more complicated but possible.

Upvotes: 1

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