The Basic algorithm behind the scene is,when i click to "Export to word file" button then GridView Data pass into word.So what steps can i take for pass data to word file.
Step-1: First bind GridView control from DataSource.
Step-2: Take a one button control for passing data from GridView control to word file.
Step-3: For passing GridView data to word file then we must should take response object, Because if we want to get client computer cookies then we can take response object so here we use response object.
Step-4: Clear all content from response buffer using response object.
Response.ClearContent();
Step-5: Specify the word file name using Add herader method of response object with content-disposition
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition",
"attachment;filename=tarun.doc");
Step-6: The next thing to do set the content type using response object.
Response.ContentType = "application/word";
Step-7: Use two class first one is StringWriter class and second one is HtmlTextWriter class. Here StringWriter class available in System.IO namespace and inherited from TextWritter class.
Step-8: Pass object of the StringWriter class to HtmlTextWriter class
StringWriter sw = new
StringWriter();
HtmlTextWriter htw = new
HtmlTextWriter(sw);
Step-9 : Invoke RenderControl method of the GridView class.
GridView1.RenderControl(htw);
Step-10: Pass HtmlTextWriter class object to RenderControl method. Here HtmlTextWriter class object contain Text as well as Html content( table control).
Step-11 : Invoke Write method of Response object for writing text to the word file.
Step-12 : Invoke End method of the Response object.
Response.Write(sw);
Response.End();
Step-13 : Handle "'GridView' must be placed inside a form tag with runat=server" using Override mwethod.
Complete code with output
Source code:
<%@ Page
Language="C#"
AutoEventWireup="true"
CodeFile="binding.aspx.cs"
Inherits="binding"
%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD
XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:Button ID="Button1"
runat="server"
onclick="Button1_Click"
Text="GetData"
Width="123px"
/>
<br />
<div>
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1"
runat="server">
</asp:GridView>
<br />
<asp:Button ID="Button2"
runat="server"
onclick="Button2_Click"
Text="Export to word file" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Codebehind Code
Codebehind Code
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.IO;
public partial class binding : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection();
con.ConnectionString =ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings ["ConnectionString"].ToString ();
con.Open ();
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand();
cmd.CommandText = "select * from deltable";
cmd.Connection = con;
SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
da.Fill(ds, "deltable");
GridView1.DataSource = ds;
GridView1.DataBind();
}
protected void Button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.ClearContent();
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=tarun.doc");
Response.ContentType = "application/word";
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
HtmlTextWriter htw = new HtmlTextWriter(sw);
GridView1.RenderControl(htw);
Response.Write(sw);
Response.End();
}
public override void VerifyRenderingInServerForm(Control control)
{
}
{
}
}
