Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Convert gridview to excel sheet.

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Data.SqlClient;

public partial class ExportGridView : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!Page.IsPostBack)
{
GridView1.DataSource = BindData();
GridView1.DataBind();
}
}



private string ConnectionString
{

get { return @"Server=localhost;Database=Northwind;
Trusted_Connection=true"; }

}



private DataSet BindData()
{
// make the query
string query = "SELECT * FROM Categories";
SqlConnection myConnection =
new SqlConnection(ConnectionString);
SqlDataAdapter ad =
new SqlDataAdapter(query, myConnection);
DataSet ds =
new DataSet();
ad.Fill(ds, "Categories");
return ds;

}




protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Clear();

Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;
filename=FileName.xls");

Response.Charset = "";

// If you want the option to open the Excel file without saving than

// comment out the line below

// Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);

Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.xls";

System.IO.StringWriter stringWrite =
new System.IO.StringWriter();

System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter htmlWrite =
new HtmlTextWriter(stringWrite);

GridView1.RenderControl(htmlWrite);

Response.Write(stringWrite.ToString());

Response.End();

}

public override void VerifyRenderingInServerForm(Control control)
{

// Confirms that an HtmlForm control is rendered for the
specified ASP.NET server control at run time.

}
}