Export Data to Excel (Not HTML Table) in C# .NET

In my previous post - Export Data to Excel (Not HTML Tables), I had shown you how to export to excel in VB .NET.

In this post, I will use a C# .NET example instead.

Of cause first thing that you need to do is to add Excel.dll (Microsoft excel 11.0 Object Library) into your .NET project references.

Here is the codes:

private void ExportToExcelFile(System.Data.DataTable dt)
{
   Excel.Application xlsApp = new Excel.ApplicationClass();
   Excel.Workbook xlsWorkbook;
   Excel.Worksheet xlsWorksheet;
   string strhdr;
   int row;
   string strFile = "file1.xls";
   string filename = Server.MapPath(strFile);

   if (dt.Rows.Count > 0)
   {
      //Create new workbook
      xlsWorkbook = xlsApp.Workbooks.Add(true);

      //Get the first worksheet
      xlsWorksheet = (Excel.Worksheet)(xlsWorkbook.Worksheets[1]);

      //Activate current worksheet
      xlsWorksheet.Activate();

      //Set header row to row 1
      row = 1;

      //Add table headers to worksheet
      xlsWorksheet.Cells[row, 1] = "Name";
      xlsWorksheet.Cells[row, 2] = "Gender";
      xlsWorksheet.Cells[row, 3] = "Age";

      //Format header row (bold, extra row height, autofit width)
      xlsWorksheet.get_Range("A" + row.ToString(), "C" + row.ToString()).Font.Bold = true;
      xlsWorksheet.get_Range("A" + row.ToString(), "C" + row.ToString()).Rows.RowHeight = 1.5 * xlsWorksheet.StandardHeight;
      xlsWorksheet.get_Range("A" + row.ToString(), "C" + row.ToString()).EntireRow.AutoFit();

      //Freeze the columm headers
      xlsWorksheet.get_Range("A" + (row + 1).ToString(), "C" + (row + 1).ToString()).Select();
      xlsApp.ActiveWindow.FreezePanes = true;

      //Write data to Excel worksheet
      foreach (DataRow dr in dt.Rows)
      {
         row += 1;
         if (dr["Name"] != null)
            xlsWorksheet.Cells[row, 1] = dr["Name"];
         if (dr["Gender"] != null)
            xlsWorksheet.Cells[row, 2] = dr["Gender"];
         if (dr["Age"] != null)
            xlsWorksheet.Cells[row, 3] = dr["Age"];
      }

      //Format data rows (align to center and left, autofit width and height)
      xlsWorksheet.get_Range("A2", "C" + row.ToString()).VerticalAlignment = Excel.XlVAlign.xlVAlignCenter;
      xlsWorksheet.get_Range("A2", "C" + row.ToString()).HorizontalAlignment = Excel.XlHAlign.xlHAlignLeft;
      xlsWorksheet.get_Range("A2", "c" + row.ToString()).EntireColumn.AutoFit();
      xlsWorksheet.get_Range("A2", "c" + row.ToString()).EntireRow.AutoFit();

      //Make excel workbook visible to user after all data has been added to worksheet.
      xlsApp.DisplayAlerts = false;
      xlsWorkbook.Close(true, filename, null);

      //Export data to client machine
      strhdr = "attachment;filename=" + strFile;
      Response.Clear();
      Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel";
      Response.ContentEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.Default;
      Response.AppendHeader("Content-Disposition",strhdr);
      Response.WriteFile(filename);
      Response.Flush();
      Response.Clear();
      Response.Close();
   }
}

Cheers!