Create a windows project
add a class named as ExcelExportUtility:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Data;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
namespace ExcelExport
{
///
/// Summary description for ExcelExportUtility.
///
public class ExcelExportUtility
{
private int sheetNameColumnOrdinal = -1;
private string defaultFilename = "ExcelExportRequest";
private string mFilePath = "";
public ExcelExportUtility(string fileName, string filePath)
{
mFilePath = filePath;
defaultFilename = fileName;
}
///
/// Main method for exporting to Excel.
///
///
public void Export(DataSet data)
{
string outputFile;
outputFile = mFilePath + defaultFilename + ".xls";
XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
settings.Indent = true;
using (XmlWriter xw = XmlWriter.Create(outputFile,settings))
{
//Required namespaces used for SpreadsheetML standard.
xw.WriteStartDocument();
xw.WriteProcessingInstruction("mso-application", "Excel.Sheet");
xw.WriteStartElement("Workbook", "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:Spreadsheet");
xw.WriteAttributeString("xmlns", "o", null, "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office");
xw.WriteAttributeString("xmlns", "x", null, "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel");
xw.WriteAttributeString("xmlns", "ss", null, "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:Spreadsheet");
xw.WriteAttributeString("xmlns", "html", null, "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40");
WriteHeaderInfo(xw);
//Iterate the tables in the dataset.
//Each table will become a tab or sheet in the workbook.
foreach (DataTable dt in data.Tables)
{
//Default the tab name to either the table name
//or pull tab name from first column of each resultset.
string sheetName;
if (dt.Rows.Count > 0)
sheetName = dt.Rows[0][sheetNameColumnOrdinal].ToString();
else
sheetName = dt.TableName;
//Start of a tab
xw.WriteStartElement("Worksheet");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Name", null, sheetName);
xw.WriteStartElement("Table");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "DefaultColumnWidth", null, "100");
//Write out header data
xw.WriteStartElement("Row");
//Format column headings
foreach (DataColumn dc in dt.Columns)
{
if (dc.Ordinal != sheetNameColumnOrdinal)
{
xw.WriteStartElement("Cell");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "StyleID", null, "Header");
xw.WriteStartElement("Data");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Type", null, "String");
xw.WriteString(dc.ColumnName);
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Data
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Cell
}
}
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Row
//Write out row data
foreach (DataRow dr in dt.Rows)
{
xw.WriteStartElement("Row");
foreach (DataColumn dc in dt.Columns)
{
if (dc.Ordinal != sheetNameColumnOrdinal)
{
string dataType;
string style;
string output;
//Set appropriate styling of each cell based on datatype
//This depends on how sql server ends up reporting the datatype.
switch (dc.DataType.ToString())
{
case "System.DateTime":
dataType = "DateTime";
style = "Date";
try
{
output = DateTime.Parse(dr[dc].ToString()).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");
}
catch (FormatException fe) //date is null or empty in dataset
{
output = "";
}
break;
case "System.Decimal":
case "System.Double":
case "System.Int16":
case "System.Int32":
case "System.Int64":
case "System.Byte":
dataType = "Number";
style = "Data";
output = dr[dc].ToString().Trim();
break;
default:
dataType = "String";
style = "Data";
output = dr[dc].ToString().Trim();
break;
}
//if no data then write empty cell node
xw.WriteStartElement("Cell");
xw.WriteStartAttribute("StyleID", "");
xw.WriteString(style);
xw.WriteEndAttribute(); //End Style Attribute
if (output != "")
{
xw.WriteStartElement("Data");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Type", null, dataType);
xw.WriteString(output);
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Data
}
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Cell
}
}
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Row
}
xw.Flush();
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Table
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Worksheet
}
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Workbook
xw.Flush();
}
}
///
/// Used to set up column headers and data type styling.
///
///
public void WriteHeaderInfo(XmlWriter xw)
{
xw.WriteStartElement("Styles");
//Default styling
xw.WriteStartElement("Style");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "ID", null, "Default");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Name", null, "Normal");
xw.WriteStartElement("Alignment");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Vertical", null, "Bottom");
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Alignment
xw.WriteElementString("Borders","");
xw.WriteElementString("Font", "");
xw.WriteElementString("Interior","");
xw.WriteElementString("NumberFormat","");
xw.WriteElementString("Protection", "");
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Style
//Header styling
xw.WriteStartElement("Style");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "ID", null, "Header");
xw.WriteStartElement("Borders");
xw.WriteStartElement("Border");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Position", null, "Bottom");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "LineStyle", null, "Continuous");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Weight", null, "2");
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Border
xw.WriteStartElement("Border");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Position", null, "Left");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "LineStyle", null, "Continuous");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Weight", null, "2");
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Border
xw.WriteStartElement("Border");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Position", null, "Right");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "LineStyle", null, "Continuous");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Weight", null, "2");
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Border
xw.WriteStartElement("Border");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Position", null, "Top");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "LineStyle", null, "Continuous");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Weight", null, "2");
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Border
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Borders
xw.WriteStartElement("Font");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Bold",null,"1");
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Font
xw.WriteStartElement("Interior");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Color", null, "#C0C0C0");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Pattern", null, "Solid");
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Interior
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Style
//Data styling
xw.WriteStartElement("Style");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "ID", null, "Data");
xw.WriteStartElement("Alignment");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Vertical",null,"Bottom");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "WrapText", null, "0");
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Alignment
xw.WriteStartElement("Borders");
xw.WriteStartElement("Border");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Position", null, "Bottom");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "LineStyle", null, "Continuous");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Weight", null, "1");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Color", null, "#000000");
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Border
xw.WriteStartElement("Border");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Position", null, "Left");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "LineStyle", null, "Continuous");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Weight", null, "1");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Color", null, "#000000");
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Border
xw.WriteStartElement("Border");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Position", null, "Right");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "LineStyle", null, "Continuous");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Weight", null, "1");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Color", null, "#000000");
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Border
xw.WriteStartElement("Border");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Position", null, "Top");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "LineStyle", null, "Continuous");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Weight", null, "1");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Color", null, "#000000");
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Border
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Borders
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Style
//Date styling
xw.WriteStartElement("Style");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "ID", null, "Date");
xw.WriteStartElement("Alignment");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Vertical", null, "Bottom");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "WrapText", null, "1");
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Alignment
xw.WriteStartElement("NumberFormat");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Format", null, "Short Date");
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End NumberFormat
xw.WriteStartElement("Borders");
xw.WriteStartElement("Border");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Position", null, "Bottom");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "LineStyle", null, "Continuous");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Weight", null, "1");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Color", null, "#000000");
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Border
xw.WriteStartElement("Border");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Position", null, "Left");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "LineStyle", null, "Continuous");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Weight", null, "1");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Color", null, "#000000");
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Border
xw.WriteStartElement("Border");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Position", null, "Right");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "LineStyle", null, "Continuous");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Weight", null, "1");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Color", null, "#000000");
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Border
xw.WriteStartElement("Border");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Position", null, "Top");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "LineStyle", null, "Continuous");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Weight", null, "1");
xw.WriteAttributeString("ss", "Color", null, "#000000");
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Border
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Borders
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Style
xw.WriteEndElement(); //End Styles
xw.Flush();
}
///
/// Provides the column. ordinal number to use for the sheet name.
/// If not set then the default table names are used.
///
public int SheetNameColumnOrdinal
{
get
{
return sheetNameColumnOrdinal;
}
set
{
sheetNameColumnOrdinal = value;
}
}
///
/// Set default filename. Do not specify extension.
///
public string DefaultFilename
{
get
{
return defaultFilename;
}
set
{
defaultFilename = value;
}
}
public string FilePath
{
get
{
return mFilePath;
}
set
{
mFilePath = value;
}
}
}
}
now open the default form1 and rename as "frmExcelExp". Put two text boxes and one for filename and other for folder path. put the folderbrowserpath control and set the selected path for the folderpath text.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Data.SqlTypes;
using ExcelExport;
using System.Configuration;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class frmExcelExp : Form
{
public frmExcelExp()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
if (txtfilename.Text.Trim() == "")
{
MessageBox.Show("");
return;
}
if (txtfilepath.Text.Trim() == "")
{
MessageBox.Show("");
return;
}
string constring = Properties.Settings.Default.connstr;
DataSet exportData = new DataSet();
SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(constring);
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand();
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
cmd.Connection = conn;
cmd.CommandText = "MyExcelDemo";
cmd.Parameters.Add("@DateIn", SqlDbType.VarChar);
cmd.Parameters.Add("@DateOut", SqlDbType.VarChar);
cmd.Parameters["@DateIn"].Value = "01/01/2006";
cmd.Parameters["@DateOut"].Value = "01/01/2009";
SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
da.Fill(exportData);
ExcelExportUtility exportUtil = new ExcelExportUtility(txtfilename.Text.Trim(), txtfilepath.Text.Trim());
//This allows for flexible naming of the tabs in the workbook
exportUtil.SheetNameColumnOrdinal = 0;
exportUtil.Export(exportData);
conn.Close();
}
catch (Exception oe)
{
MessageBox.Show(oe.Message);
}
}
private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
folderBrowserDialog1.ShowDialog( );
txtfilepath.Text = folderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath;
}
}
}
now create the sql storedprocedure
CREATE PROCEDURE MyExcelDemo(@DateIn varchar(10),@DateOut varchar(10))
AS
BEGIN
SET DATEFORMAT dmy
--HERE 'SheetTest' IS THE EXCEL TAB NAME
SELECT 'SheetTest',* FROM yourtable WHERE convert(datetime,[DateTime],103) BETWEEN convert(datetime,@DateIn,103) AND convert(datetime,@DateOut,103)
END
Now build the project and run it
