Monday 2 June 2014

OpenXML - ASP.NET - how to create Excel document with multiple sheets on fly - Step by step

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Here is ready for copy and paste code:

         MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
            SpreadsheetDocument xl = SpreadsheetDocument.Create(ms, SpreadsheetDocumentType.Workbook);
            WorkbookPart wbp = xl.AddWorkbookPart();
            wbp.Workbook = new Workbook();
            Sheets sheets = xl.WorkbookPart.Workbook.AppendChild<Sheets>(new Sheets());

           //First Sheet
            WorksheetPart wsp = wbp.AddNewPart<WorksheetPart>();
            Worksheet ws = new Worksheet();
            SheetData sd = new SheetData();
            ws.Append(sd);
            wsp.Worksheet = ws;
            wsp.Worksheet.Save();
            Sheet sheet = new Sheet();
            sheet.Name = "One";
            sheet.SheetId = 1;
            sheet.Id = wbp.GetIdOfPart(wsp);
            sheets.Append(sheet);

            //Second Sheet
            WorksheetPart wsp2 = wbp.AddNewPart<WorksheetPart>();
            Worksheet ws2 = new Worksheet();
            SheetData sd2 = new SheetData();
            ws2.AppendChild(sd2);
            wsp2.Worksheet = ws2;
            wsp2.Worksheet.Save();
            Sheet sheet2 = new Sheet();
            sheet2.Name = "Two";
            sheet2.SheetId = 2;
            sheet2.Id = wbp.GetIdOfPart(wsp2);
            sheets.Append(sheet2);

            xl.Close();
            Response.Clear();
            byte[] someData = ms.ToArray();
            string filename = "myexcel.xlsx";
            Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet";
            Response.AddHeader("Content-Dispostion", string.Format("attachment; filename={0}", filename));
            Response.BinaryWrite(someData);
            Response.End();

5 comments:

  1. To an Existing Excel template how can we add multiple Sheets

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  2. How do I add a new sheet to an Excel.xlsx file??

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    1. I think this video shows how to add new sheet(s):
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaYxwKUnw0U

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  3. how to add data to multiple sheets

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