Excel
Creating Worksheets
Features
Sample
Description
With ComponentOne Excel for .NET you can create Microsoft Excel files directly from your application's code. The possibilities are endless with an easy-to-manipulate Excel object model exposed in your code. Create Excel files from data that does not directly support Excel exportation like any grid, schedule or chart. Excel for .NET supports formulas, cell styles and Excel formatting. This sample creates a workbook with NorthWind product information using the C1XLBook control. Each product category is placed on a separate worksheet.
Source
IndexController.cs
using C1.C1Excel;
using MvcExplorer.Models;
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
namespace MvcExplorer.Controllers.Excel
{
public partial class ExcelController : Controller
{
//
// GET: /Excel/
public ActionResult Index()
{
return View();
}
private C1NWindEntities db = new C1NWindEntities();
XLStyle _styTitle;
XLStyle _styHeader;
XLStyle _styMoney;
XLStyle _styOrder;
C1XLBook _c1xl = new C1.C1Excel.C1XLBook();
protected static string TEMP_DIR;
public ActionResult GenerateExcel()
{
TEMP_DIR = Server.MapPath("~") + "\\Temp";
if (Directory.Exists(TEMP_DIR))
{
}
else
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(TEMP_DIR);
}
string filename = CreateExcelFile();
try
{
Response.Clear();
Response.Charset = "UTF-8";
Response.ContentEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8;
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + filename);
Response.ContentType = "application/ms-excel";
Response.TransmitFile(filename);
Response.Flush();
System.IO.File.Delete(filename);
Response.End();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Response.Write(ex.Message);
}
return View();
}
private string CreateExcelFile()
{
//clear Excel book, remove the single blank sheet
_c1xl.Clear();
_c1xl.Sheets.Clear();
_c1xl.DefaultFont = new Font("Tahoma", 8);
//create Excel styles
_styTitle = new XLStyle(_c1xl);
_styHeader = new XLStyle(_c1xl);
_styMoney = new XLStyle(_c1xl);
_styOrder = new XLStyle(_c1xl);
//set up styles
_styTitle.Font = new Font(_c1xl.DefaultFont.Name, 15, FontStyle.Bold);
_styTitle.ForeColor = Color.Blue;
_styHeader.Font = new Font(_c1xl.DefaultFont, FontStyle.Bold);
_styHeader.ForeColor = Color.White;
_styHeader.BackColor = Color.DarkGray;
_styMoney.Format = XLStyle.FormatDotNetToXL("c");
_styOrder.Font = _styHeader.Font;
_styOrder.ForeColor = Color.Red;
//create report with one sheet per category
List<Category> categories = db.Categories.ToList<Category>();
foreach (Category category in categories)
{
CreateSheet(category);
}
//save xls file
string uid = System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
string filename = Server.MapPath("~") + "\\Temp\\testexcel" + uid + ".xls";
_c1xl.Save(filename);
return filename;
}
private void CreateSheet(Category category)
{
//get current category name
string catName = category.CategoryName;
//add a new worksheet to the workbook
//('/' is invalid in sheet names, so replace it with '+')
string sheetName = catName.Replace("/", " + ");
XLSheet sheet = _c1xl.Sheets.Add(sheetName);
//add title to worksheet
sheet[0, 0].Value = catName;
sheet.Rows[0].Style = _styTitle;
// set column widths (in twips)
sheet.Columns[0].Width = 300;
sheet.Columns[1].Width = 2200;
sheet.Columns[2].Width = 1000;
sheet.Columns[3].Width = 1600;
sheet.Columns[4].Width = 1000;
sheet.Columns[5].Width = 1000;
sheet.Columns[6].Width = 1000;
//add column headers
int row = 2;
sheet.Rows[row].Style = _styHeader;
sheet[row, 1].Value = "Product Name";
sheet[row, 2].Value = "Unit Price";
sheet[row, 3].Value = "Qty/Unit";
sheet[row, 4].Value = "Stock Units";
sheet[row, 5].Value = "Stock Value";
sheet[row, 6].Value = "Reorder";
//loop through products in this category
//DataRow[] products = category.GetChildRows("Categories_Products");
List<Product> products = db.Products.Where(pro => pro.CategoryID == category.CategoryID).ToList<Product>();
foreach (Product product in products)
{
//move on to next row
row++;
//add row with some data
sheet[row, 1].Value = product.ProductName;
sheet[row, 2].Value = product.UnitPrice;
sheet[row, 3].Value = product.QuantityPerUnit;
sheet[row, 4].Value = product.UnitsInStock;
//calculate value in stock
double valueInStock =
Convert.ToDouble(product.UnitPrice) *
Convert.ToInt32(product.UnitsInStock);
sheet[row, 5].Value = valueInStock;
//check reorder level
if (Convert.ToInt32(product.UnitsInStock) <=
Convert.ToInt32(product.ReorderLevel))
{
sheet[row, 6].Value = "<<<";
sheet[row, 6].Style = _styOrder;
}
//format money cells
sheet[row, 2].Style = _styMoney;
sheet[row, 5].Style = _styMoney;
}
if (products.Count == 0)
{
row++;
sheet[row, 1].Value = "No products in this category";
}
}
}
}
Index.cshtml
@Html.ActionLink(Resources.Excel.Index_GenerateExcel, "GenerateExcel")
<br />
<img src="~/Content/images/excelWorkSheets.PNG" />
@section Description{
<p>@Html.Raw(Resources.Excel.Index_Text0)</p>
}
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