gridview data export to excel in asp.net

Question

i tried to transfer grid view data to excel .... But the output is a blank excel sheet.How to solve this problem?Is there any code to transfer grid view value to excel sheet with data base?

protected void btnexcel_Click1(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Response.Clear();
    Response.Buffer = true;
    Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=GridViewExport.xls");
    Response.Charset = "";
    Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel";

    StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
    HtmlTextWriter hw = new HtmlTextWriter(sw);

    gvdetails.AllowPaging = false;
    gvdetails.DataBind(); 
    gvdetails.HeaderRow.Style.Add("background-color", "#FFFFFF");
    gvdetails.HeaderRow.Cells[0].Style.Add("background-color", "green");
    gvdetails.HeaderRow.Cells[1].Style.Add("background-color", "green");
    gvdetails.HeaderRow.Cells[2].Style.Add("background-color", "green");
    for (int i = 0; i < gvdetails.Rows.Count;i++ )
    {
        GridViewRow row = gvdetails.Rows[i];
        row.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.White;
        row.Attributes.Add("class", "textmode");
        if (i % 2 != 0)
        {
            row.Cells[0].Style.Add("background-color", "#C2D69B");
            row.Cells[1].Style.Add("background-color", "#C2D69B");
            row.Cells[2].Style.Add("background-color", "#C2D69B");
        }
    }

    string style = @"<style> .textmode { mso-number-format:\@; } </style>"; 
    Response.Write(style); 

    Response.Output.Write(sw.ToString());
    Response.End();
}

Answer 1

Your sheet is blank because your string writer in null. Here is what may help

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

    GridView1.RenderControl(htmlWrite);

Here is the full code

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

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


    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();

}

Answer 2

may be problem in data binding in export excel . check that data properly bin to a gridview or not.

Use this code for export grid view in excel sheet and note that you must add iTextSharp dll in you project.

protected void btnExportExcel_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Response.Clear();
        Response.Buffer = true;
        Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=GridViewExport.xls");
        Response.Charset = "";
        Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel";

        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
        HtmlTextWriter hw = new HtmlTextWriter(sw);
        GridView1.AllowPaging = false;

        // Re-Bind data to GridView 

        using (CompMSEntities1 CompObj = new CompMSEntities1())
        {
            Start = Convert.ToDateTime(txtStart.Text);
            End = Convert.ToDateTime(txtEnd.Text);

            GridViewSummaryReportCategory.DataSource = CompObj.SP_Category_Summary(Start, End);
            SP_Category_Summary_Result obj1 = new SP_Category_Summary_Result();
            GridView1.DataBind();
           GridView1.Visible = true;
            ExportTable.Visible = true;
        }

        //Change the Header Row back to white color

        GridView1.HeaderRow.Style.Add("background-color", "#FFFFFF");


       GridView1.Style.Add(" font-size", "10px");




        //Apply style to Individual Cells

        GridView1.HeaderRow.Cells[0].Style.Add("background-color", "green");
        GGridView1.HeaderRow.Cells[1].Style.Add("background-color", "green");
        GridView1.HeaderRow.Cells[2].Style.Add("background-color", "green");
        GridView1.HeaderRow.Cells[3].Style.Add("background-color", "green");
        GridView1.HeaderRow.Cells[4].Style.Add("background-color", "green");

        for (int i = 1; i < GridView1.Rows.Count; i++)
        {
            GridViewRow row = GridView1.Rows[i];

            //Change Color back to white

            row.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.White;

            //Apply text style to each Row

        //    row.Attributes.Add("class", "textmode");

            //Apply style to Individual Cells of Alternating Row

            if (i % 2 != 0)
            {
                row.Cells[0].Style.Add("background-color", "#C2D69B");
                row.Cells[1].Style.Add("background-color", "#C2D69B");
                row.Cells[2].Style.Add("background-color", "#C2D69B");
                row.Cells[3].Style.Add("background-color", "#C2D69B");
                row.Cells[4].Style.Add("background-color", "#C2D69B");
            }
        }
        GridView1.RenderControl(hw);

        //style to format numbers to string

        string style = @"<style> .textmode { mso-number-format:\@; } </style>";

        Response.Write(style);
        Response.Output.Write(sw.ToString());
        Response.Flush();
        Response.End();
    }

Answer 3

I think it will help you

string filename = String.Format("Results_{0}_{1}.xls", DateTime.Today.Month.ToString(), DateTime.Today.Year.ToString());
        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(GRIDVIEWNAME.Page.Title))
            filename = GRIDVIEWNAME.Page.Title + ".xls";

        HttpContext.Current.Response.Clear();

        HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=" + filename);


        HttpContext.Current.Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel";
        HttpContext.Current.Response.Charset = "";

        System.IO.StringWriter stringWriter = new System.IO.StringWriter();
        System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter htmlWriter = new HtmlTextWriter(stringWriter);



        System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlForm form = new System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlForm();
        GRIDVIEWNAME.Parent.Controls.Add(form);
        form.Controls.Add(GRIDVIEWNAME);
        form.RenderControl(htmlWriter);

        HttpContext.Current.Response.Write("<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />");
        HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(stringWriter.ToString());
        HttpContext.Current.Response.End();