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newbie_86
newbie_86

Reputation: 4610

Export Html Table to excel and keep css styles

I'm using excel web queries to export an html table (mvc view) to excel. How do I get it to carry across the css styles? If I set class="redLabel" it doesn't interpret that and make the label red. I have to use inline styles in my table for this to work. Any ideas?

Upvotes: 10

Views: 30651

Answers (3)

rdabrowski
rdabrowski

Reputation: 404

You can export table with outer css style. Here is my solution declare a document template:

var e = this;
var style = "<style></style"; //You can write css or get content of .css file

e.template = {
            head: "<html xmlns:o=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" xmlns:x=\"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40\"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><x:ExcelWorkbook><x:ExcelWorksheets>",
            sheet: {
                head: "<x:ExcelWorksheet><x:Name>",
                tail: "</x:Name><x:WorksheetOptions><x:DisplayGridlines/></x:WorksheetOptions></x:ExcelWorksheet>"
            },
            mid: "</x:ExcelWorksheets></x:ExcelWorkbook></xml><![endif]-->>"+style+"</head><body>",
            table: {
                head: "<table>",
                tail: "</table>"
            },
            foot: "</body></html>"
        };

Upvotes: 1

Homer
Homer

Reputation: 7806

Excel does support using css styling, but only if there is one class on the element. If there are multiple classes then it will not do any style on the element, see CSS style class not combining in Excel

Having said that, this is the code I put together to grab all the styles on a page and export an HTML table. It's a brute force, grab everything approach, but you could probably pair it down if you know the specifics. The function returns a jQuery Promise. From that you can do whatever with the result.

function excelExportHtml(table, includeCss) {

    if (includeCss) {
        var styles = [];

        //grab all styles defined on the page
        $("style").each(function (index, domEle) {
            styles.push($(domEle).html());
        });

        //grab all styles referenced by stylesheet links on the page
        var ajaxCalls = [];
        $("[rel=stylesheet]").each(function () {
            ajaxCalls.push($.get(this.href, '', function (data) {
                styles.push(data);
            }));
        });

        return $.when.apply(null, ajaxCalls)
                .then(function () {
                    return "<html><style type='text/css'>" + styles.join("\n") + "</style>\n" + table.outerHTML + "</html>";
                });
    }
    else {
        return $.when({ owcHtml: table.outerHTML })
                .then(function (result) {
                    return "<html>" + result.owcHtml + "</html>";
                });
    }
}

Upvotes: 2

Madara&#39;s Ghost
Madara&#39;s Ghost

Reputation: 174967

As far as I know, most Office programs do NOT support included styling, but only inline styling.

It's likely that you'll be required to include your styling inline (exporting sucks, almost like mail styling).

Upvotes: 6

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