How to export the grid to excel with formatted text in WinForms GridGroupingControl?
Export the grid to excel with formatted text
In order to export the number or text format in WinForms GridGroupingControl as same in grid to excel, ExportMode property of GridGroupingExcelConverterControl can be set to Text mode.
C#
this.gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.Columns["CategoryID"].Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.Format = "##.##";
private void btnExport_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
ExcelEngine engine = new ExcelEngine();
IApplication app = engine.Excel.Application;
IWorkbook book = app.Workbooks.Create();
book.Version = ExcelVersion.Excel2013;
app.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013;
IWorksheet sheets = book.Worksheets[0];
ExcelExportingOptions options = new ExcelExportingOptions();
excelConverter.ExportStyle = true;
excelConverter.ExportMode = GridGroupingExcelConverterBase.ExportingMode.Text;
excelConverter.ExportToExcel(this.gridGroupingControl1, sheets, options);
book.SaveAs("Sample.xlsx");
Process.Start("Sample.xlsx");
}
VB
Me.gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.Columns("CategoryID").Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.Format = "##.##"
Private Sub btnExport_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
Dim engine As New ExcelEngine()
Dim app As IApplication = engine.Excel.Application
Dim book As IWorkbook = app.Workbooks.Create()
book.Version = ExcelVersion.Excel2013
app.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013
Dim sheets As IWorksheet = book.Worksheets(0)
Dim options As New ExcelExportingOptions()
excelConverter.ExportStyle = True
excelConverter.ExportMode = GridGroupingExcelConverterBase.ExportingMode.Text
excelConverter.ExportToExcel(Me.gridGroupingControl1, sheets, options)
book.SaveAs("Sample.xlsx")
Process.Start("Sample.xlsx")
End Sub
Samples:
C#: Format_Export_CS
VB: Format_Export_VB
Conclusion
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