Export to excel attachment not working
Hi All,
I have got stuck with some issue with export option of gridview to excel sheet. Kindly help me is sloving the porblem. Attachments are not coming in the excel exported.
Thank you.
Here is code
Code:
public void Export(string fileName, GridView gv)
{
HttpContext.Current.Response.Clear();
HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", string.Format("attachment; filename={0}", fileName));
HttpContext.Current.Response.ContentType = "application/ms-excel";
using (StringWriter sw = new StringWriter())
{
using (HtmlTextWriter htw = new HtmlTextWriter(sw))
{
// Create a form to contain the grid
Table table = new Table();
table.GridLines = GridLines.Both;
// add the header row to the table
if (gv.HeaderRow != null)
{
PrepareControlForExport(gv.HeaderRow);
table.Rows.Add(getheader());
table.Rows.Add(gv.HeaderRow);
table.Rows[0].BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(37, 96, 133);
}
// add each of the data rows to the table
foreach (GridViewRow row in gv.Rows)
{
PrepareControlForExport(row);
table.Rows.Add(row);
}
// add the footer row to the table
if (gv.FooterRow != null)
{
PrepareControlForExport(gv.FooterRow);
table.Rows.Add(gv.FooterRow);
}
// render the table into the htmlwriter
table.RenderControl(htw);
// render the htmlwriter into the response
HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(sw.ToString());
HttpContext.Current.Response.End();
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Replace any of the contained controls with literals
/// </summary>
/// <param name="control"></param>
private static void PrepareControlForExport(Control control)
{
for (int i = 0; i < control.Controls.Count; i++)
{
Control current = control.Controls[i];
if (current is LinkButton)
{
control.Controls.Remove(current);
control.Controls.AddAt(i, new LiteralControl((current as LinkButton).Text));
}
else if (current is ImageButton)
{
control.Controls.Remove(current);
control.Controls.AddAt(i, new LiteralControl((current as ImageButton).AlternateText));
}
else if (current is HyperLink)
{
control.Controls.Remove(current);
control.Controls.AddAt(i, new LiteralControl((current as HyperLink).Text));
}
else if (current is DropDownList)
{
control.Controls.Remove(current);
control.Controls.AddAt(i, new LiteralControl((current as DropDownList).SelectedItem.Text));
}
else if (current is CheckBox)
{
control.Controls.Remove(current);
control.Controls.AddAt(i, new LiteralControl((current as CheckBox).Checked ? "True" : "False"));
}
if (current.HasControls())
{
PrepareControlForExport(current);
}
}
}