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How to export the grid with customized background to excel in WinForms GridGroupingControl?
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Exporting
The customizing color elements such as borders, back color, etc., and data are exported from the GridGroupingControl into an Excel sheet for which you can use the GroupingGridToExcel method in the GroupingGridExcelConverterControl Class. The SaveFileDialog Class prompts you to select the location for saving a file.
C#
private void bt_export_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { SaveFileDialog saveFileDialog = new SaveFileDialog(); saveFileDialog.Filter = "Files(*.XLS)|*.XLS"; saveFileDialog.AddExtension = true; saveFileDialog.DefaultExt = ".XLS"; if(saveFileDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK && saveFileDialog.CheckPathExists) { GroupingGridExcelConverterControl converter = new GroupingGridExcelConverterControl(); //ExportStyle converter.ExportBorders = true; //set the backcolor of the header converter.HeaderBackColor = Color.Aqua; //set the backcolor of the caption converter.CaptionBackColor = Color.MistyRose; converter.ExportPreviewRows = true; //export the plus/minus icons converter.ExportGroupPlusMinus = true; converter.ExportRecordPlusMinus = true; ConverterOptions options = ConverterOptions.Default; converter.GroupingGridToExcel(this.gridGroupingControl1, saveFileDialog.FileName, options); converter.Dispose(); if(MessageBox.Show("Do you wish to open the xls file now?", "Export to Excel", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Question) == DialogResult.Yes) { System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process(); proc.StartInfo.FileName = saveFileDialog.FileName; proc.Start(); } } }
VB
Private Sub bt_export_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Dim saveFileDialog As New SaveFileDialog() saveFileDialog.Filter = "Files(*.XLS)|*.XLS" saveFileDialog.AddExtension = True saveFileDialog.DefaultExt = ".XLS" If saveFileDialog.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK AndAlso saveFileDialog.CheckPathExists Then Dim converter As New GroupingGridExcelConverterControl() 'ExportStyle converter.ExportBorders = True 'set the backcolor of the header converter.HeaderBackColor = Color.Aqua 'set the backcolor of the caption converter.CaptionBackColor = Color.MistyRose converter.ExportPreviewRows = True 'export the plus/minus icons converter.ExportGroupPlusMinus = True converter.ExportRecordPlusMinus = True Dim options As ConverterOptions = ConverterOptions.Default converter.GroupingGridToExcel(Me.gridGroupingControl1, saveFileDialog.FileName, options) converter.Dispose() If MessageBox.Show("Do you wish to open the xls file now?", "Export to Excel", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Question) = DialogResult.Yes Then Dim proc As New System.Diagnostics.Process() proc.StartInfo.FileName = saveFileDialog.FileName proc.Start() End If End If End Sub
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C#: Export
VB: Export