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EPPlus To Copy Worksheet From Workbook1 to Workbook2

I have a template workbook with a sheet called ProdData, I need to copy this worksheet to my current workbook.
Using C# and EPPlus, how can I copy a worksheet from one workbook to another? When I look at intellisense it seems to only show that I can copy from within the same workbook.
How do I copy the worksheet to a NEW workbook?

This works for me.
public static void CopySheetValues(string sourcePath, string sheetName, string destPath)
{
using (var src = new ExcelPackage(new FileInfo(sourcePath)))
using (var dest = new ExcelPackage(new FileInfo(destPath)))
{
var wsSrc = src.Workbook.Worksheets[1];
var wsDest = dest.Workbook.Worksheets[wsSrc.Name] ?? dest.Workbook.Worksheets.Add(wsSrc.Name);
for (var r = 1; r <= wsSrc.Dimension.Rows; r++)
{
Console.WriteLine("Row: " + r.ToString());
for (var c = 1; c <= wsSrc.Dimension.Columns; c++)
{
Console.WriteLine("Column: " + c.ToString());
var cellSrc = wsSrc.Cells[r, c];
var cellDest = wsDest.Cells[r, c];
if (cellDest.ToString() == "E10")
{
}
Console.WriteLine(cellDest.ToString());
// Copy value
cellDest.Value = cellSrc.Value;
// Copy cell properties
cellDest.Style.Numberformat = cellSrc.Style.Numberformat;
cellDest.Style.Font.Bold = cellSrc.Style.Font.Bold;
if (cellSrc.Style.Fill.BackgroundColor.Rgb != null)
{
if (cellSrc.Style.Fill.BackgroundColor.Rgb != "")
{
var color = cellSrc.Style.Fill.BackgroundColor.Rgb;
cellDest.Style.Fill.PatternType = ExcelFillStyle.Solid;
cellDest.Style.Fill.BackgroundColor.SetColor(ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#" + color));//.SetColor(color);
}
else
{
cellDest.Style.Fill.PatternType = ExcelFillStyle.Solid;
cellDest.Style.Fill.BackgroundColor.SetColor(ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#808080"));//.SetColor(color);
}
}// TODO... Add any additional properties that you may want to copy over
cellDest.Style.HorizontalAlignment =
cellSrc.Style.HorizontalAlignment;
cellDest.Style.VerticalAlignment =
cellSrc.Style.VerticalAlignment;
cellDest.Style.Border.Right.Style =
cellSrc.Style.Border.Right.Style;
cellDest.Style.Border.Left.Style =
cellSrc.Style.Border.Left.Style;
cellDest.Style.Border.Top.Style = cellSrc.Style.Border.Top.Style;
cellDest.Style.Border.Bottom.Style =
cellSrc.Style.Border.Bottom.Style;
cellDest.Style.WrapText = cellSrc.Style.WrapText;
}
}
dest.Save();
}
}

How to access csv file and insert data into csv

I am trying to insert data into csv file. I tried using XLWorkbook reference to access and insert data but I know that XLWorkbook can only support extension which are xlsx,xslm,xltx and xltm.
I am trying to find something similar to what I am trying to achieve through which I can insert data into specified column in csv file. I have used XLWorkbook for some other purpose but I am not aware to what I can use when I have to use csv.
//Accessing the csv file where I am trying to insert data.
string rootPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase);
string filelocation = #"\csv\TestData.csv";
string location = rootPath + filelocation;
XLWorkbook workbook = new XLWorkbook(pathfile);
IXLWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheet("Sheet1");
//Insert data after first row as first row contains column header
int lastrow = worksheet.LastRowUsed().RowNumber() + 1;
//through previous function I am trying get data from database and insert those data into csv cells
worksheet.Cell(String.Format("B{0}", lastrow)).Value = dummydata.FirstName;
worksheet.Cell(String.Format("C{0}", lastrow)).Value = dummydata.LastName;
worksheet.Cell(String.Format("D{0}", lastrow)).Value = dummydata.Address1;
worksheet.Cell(String.Format("E{0}", lastrow)).Value = dummydata.Address2;
worksheet.Cell(String.Format("F{0}", lastrow)).Value = dummydata.City;
worksheet.Cell(String.Format("G{0}", lastrow)).Value = dummydata.StateProvinceCode;
worksheet.Cell(String.Format("H{0}", lastrow)).Value = dummydata.ZipCode;
worksheet.Cell(String.Format("I{0}", lastrow)).Value = dummydata.Country;
worksheet.Cell(String.Format("J{0}", lastrow)).Value = dummydata.HomePhone;
worksheet.Cell(String.Format("L{0}", lastrow)).Value = dummydata.HomePhone;
worksheet.Cell(String.Format("M{0}", lastrow)).Value = dummydata.CellPhone;
worksheet.Cell(String.Format("T{0}", lastrow)).Value = dummydata.Email;
worksheet.Cell(String.Format("U{0}", lastrow)).Value = dummydata.Country;
//After inserting save the file
workbook.Save();

You can simply copy and use this code as is. It should resolve your issues.
Here's the class I developed to replace and/or add csv cells:
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
namespace CSVManager
{
public class CSVWorker
{
private string m_FileName = string.Empty;
public CSVWorker(string fileName)
{
m_FileName = fileName;
}
public void AddCells(int row, int column, string newValue)
{
var encoding = Encoding.GetEncoding("iso-8859-1");
var csvLines = File.ReadAllLines(m_FileName, encoding);
if (row < csvLines.Length)
{
ReplaceCells(row, column, newValue);
}
else
{
using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(m_FileName, FileMode.Create))
{
using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(stream, encoding))
{
foreach (var line in csvLines)
{
writer.WriteLine(line);
}
int blankLines = row - csvLines.Length - 1;
for (int i = 0; i < blankLines; i++)
{
writer.WriteLine("");
}
string blankCols = string.Empty;
for (int i = 0; i < column-1; i++)
{
blankCols += ',';
}
writer.WriteLine(blankCols + newValue);
}
}
}
}
public void ReplaceCells(int row, int column, string newValue)
{
var encoding = Encoding.GetEncoding("iso-8859-1");
var csvLines = File.ReadAllLines(m_FileName, encoding);
for (int i = 0; i < csvLines.Length; i++)
{
//var values = csvLines[i].Split(',');
List <string> values = csvLines[i].Split(',').ToList();
if (i == row)
{
if (column < values.Count)
{
values[column] = newValue;
}
else
{
while (values.Count < column - 1)
{
values.Append(",");
}
values.Append(newValue);
}
using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(m_FileName, FileMode.Create))
{
using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(stream, encoding))
{
for (int currentLine = 0; currentLine < csvLines.Length; ++currentLine)
{
if (currentLine == i)
{
writer.WriteLine(string.Join(",", values));
}
else
{
writer.WriteLine(csvLines[currentLine]);
}
}
writer.Close();
}
stream.Close();
break;
}
}
}
}
}
}
Here's how I used it:
namespace CSVManager
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string fileName = #"C:\Users\mklig\Documents\TestCsv.csv";
CSVWorker csvWorker = new CSVWorker(fileName);
int row = 4;
int col = 4;
string newVal = "success";
//csvWorker.ReplaceCells(row, col, newVal);
csvWorker.AddCells(row, col, newVal);
}
}
}

Html table convert as excel and send via email

I'm developing an app which can generate a excel file using html table. Up to now I developed html table download as excel file part. (This happens in client side with javascript). Now I need to send email with that attachment (The excel file) to particular person's email address. So I'm confuse how to do this, because up to now I generate excel in client side and need to send that file via email. In this case is it needed to copy client side excel to the server? If so how to do this?
Please give me a direction.
Update 1 (Adding codes)
This is the javascript, that I used to download html table as excel to client side.
var tablesToExcel = (function () {
var uri = 'data:application/vnd.ms-excel;base64,'
, tmplWorkbookXML = '<?xml version="1.0"?><?mso-application progid="Excel.Sheet"?><Workbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet">'
+ '<DocumentProperties xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><Author>Axel Richter</Author><Created>{created}</Created></DocumentProperties>'
+ '<Styles>'
+ '<Style ss:ID="Currency"><NumberFormat ss:Format="Currency"></NumberFormat></Style>'
+ '<Style ss:ID="Date"><NumberFormat ss:Format="Medium Date"></NumberFormat></Style>'
+ '</Styles>'
+ '{worksheets}</Workbook>'
, tmplWorksheetXML = '<Worksheet ss:Name="{nameWS}"><Table>{rows}</Table></Worksheet>'
, tmplCellXML = '<Cell{attributeStyleID}{attributeFormula}><Data ss:Type="{nameType}">{data}</Data></Cell>'
, base64 = function (s) { return window.btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(s))) }
, format = function (s, c) { return s.replace(/{(\w+)}/g, function (m, p) { return c[p]; }) }
return function (tables, wsnames, wbname, appname) {
var ctx = "";
var workbookXML = "";
var worksheetsXML = "";
var rowsXML = "";
for (var i = 0; i < tables.length; i++) {
if (!tables[i].nodeType) tables[i] = document.getElementById(tables[i]);
for (var j = 0; j < tables[i].rows.length; j++) {
rowsXML += '<Row>'
for (var k = 0; k < tables[i].rows[j].cells.length; k++) {
var dataType = tables[i].rows[j].cells[k].getAttribute("data-type");
var dataStyle = tables[i].rows[j].cells[k].getAttribute("data-style");
var dataValue = tables[i].rows[j].cells[k].getAttribute("data-value");
dataValue = (dataValue) ? dataValue : tables[i].rows[j].cells[k].innerHTML;
var dataFormula = tables[i].rows[j].cells[k].getAttribute("data-formula");
dataFormula = (dataFormula) ? dataFormula : (appname == 'Calc' && dataType == 'DateTime') ? dataValue : null;
ctx = {
attributeStyleID: (dataStyle == 'Currency' || dataStyle == 'Date') ? ' ss:StyleID="' + dataStyle + '"' : ''
, nameType: (dataType == 'Number' || dataType == 'DateTime' || dataType == 'Boolean' || dataType == 'Error') ? dataType : 'String'
, data: (dataFormula) ? '' : dataValue
, attributeFormula: (dataFormula) ? ' ss:Formula="' + dataFormula + '"' : ''
};
rowsXML += format(tmplCellXML, ctx);
}
rowsXML += '</Row>'
}
ctx = { rows: rowsXML, nameWS: wsnames[i] || 'Sheet' + i };
worksheetsXML += format(tmplWorksheetXML, ctx);
rowsXML = "";
}
ctx = { created: (new Date()).getTime(), worksheets: worksheetsXML };
workbookXML = format(tmplWorkbookXML, ctx);
var link = document.createElement("A");
link.href = uri + base64(workbookXML);
link.download = wbname || 'Workbook.xls';
link.target = '_blank';
document.body.appendChild(link);
link.click();
document.body.removeChild(link);
}
})();
Still I do not have idea to save generated excel to server and send it as email.

AS per our discussion:
1. you need to send data from client to server
you can use this code to do this sending headers and values to server using ajax and you can also filter columns as you want
function SaveToServer() {
var gov = GetHeaders('tbl');
$.ajax({
url: '#Url.Content("~/Home/ReciveData")',
data: { headers: JSON.stringify(gov.heasers), data: JSON.stringify(gov.data) },
success: function (data) {
// Success
},
error: function (xhr) {
}
});
}
function GetHeaders(tableName) {
table = document.getElementById(tableName);
var tbl_Hdata = [];
var tbl_Data = [];
for (var i = 0, row; row = table.rows[i]; i++) {
var rowData = [];
for (var j = 0, col; col = row.cells[j]; j++) {
// add column filter
if (i == 0) {
tbl_Hdata.push(col.innerHTML);
}
else {
rowData.push(col.innerHTML);
}
}
if (i > 0) {
tbl_Data.push(rowData);
}
}
return { heasers: tbl_Hdata, data: tbl_Data };
}
now we want to recive this data and convert it to datatable to save it to excel in server side
using NPOI
public void ReciveData(string headers, string data)
{
#region Read Data
List<string> tbl_Headers = new List<string>();
List<List<string>> tbl_Data = new List<List<string>>();
tbl_Headers = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<string>>(headers);
tbl_Data = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<List<string>>>(data);
#endregion
#region Create Data Table
DataTable dataTable = new DataTable("Data");
foreach (var prop in tbl_Headers)
{
dataTable.Columns.Add(prop);
}
DataRow row;
foreach (var rw in tbl_Data)
{
row = dataTable.NewRow();
for (int i = 0; i < rw.Count; i++)
{
row[tbl_Headers[i]] = rw[i];
}
dataTable.Rows.Add(row);
}
#endregion
#region Save To excel
string path = #"D:\";
string fileName = "";
GenerateExcelSheetWithoutDownload(dataTable, path, out fileName);
#endregion
}
public bool GenerateExcelSheetWithoutDownload(DataTable dataTable, string exportingSheetPath, out string exportingFileName)
{
#region Validate the parameters and Generate the excel sheet
bool returnValue = false;
exportingFileName = Guid.NewGuid().ToString() + ".xls";
if (dataTable != null && dataTable.Rows.Count > new int())
{
string excelSheetPath = string.Empty;
#region Check If The directory is exist
if (!Directory.Exists(exportingSheetPath))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(exportingSheetPath);
}
excelSheetPath = exportingSheetPath + exportingFileName;
FileInfo fileInfo = new FileInfo(excelSheetPath);
#endregion
#region Write stream to the file
MemoryStream ms = DataToExcel(dataTable);
byte[] blob = ms.ToArray();
if (blob != null)
{
using (MemoryStream inStream = new MemoryStream(blob))
{
FileStream fs = new FileStream(excelSheetPath, FileMode.Create);
inStream.WriteTo(fs);
fs.Close();
}
}
ms.Close();
returnValue = true;
#endregion
}
return returnValue;
#endregion
}
private static MemoryStream DataToExcel(DataTable dt)
{
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
using (dt)
{
#region Create File
HSSFWorkbook workbook = new HSSFWorkbook();//Create an excel Workbook
ISheet sheet = workbook.CreateSheet("data");//Create a work table in the table
int RowHeaderIndex = new int();
#endregion
#region Table Headers
IRow headerTableRow = sheet.CreateRow(RowHeaderIndex);
if (dt != null)
{
foreach (DataColumn column in dt.Columns)
{
headerTableRow.CreateCell(column.Ordinal).SetCellValue(column.Caption);
}
RowHeaderIndex++;
}
#endregion
#region Data
foreach (DataRow row in dt.Rows)
{
IRow dataRow = sheet.CreateRow(RowHeaderIndex);
foreach (DataColumn column in dt.Columns)
{
dataRow.CreateCell(column.Ordinal).SetCellValue(row[column].ToString());
}
RowHeaderIndex++;
}
#endregion
workbook.Write(ms);
ms.Flush();
//ms.Position = 0;
}
return ms;
}
Now you can send this file as attachment in mail

You can't create Excel files with HTML tables. This is a hack that's used to fake actual Excel files. Excel isn't fooled, it recognizes the HTML file and tries to import the data using defaults. This will easily break for any number of reasons, eg different locale settings for decimals and dates.
Excel files are just zipped XML files. You can create them using XML manipulation, the Open XML SDK or a library like EPPlus.
Creating an Excel file with EPPlus is as easy as calling the LoadFromCollection or LoadFromDatatable method. The sheet can be saved to any stream, including FileStream or MemoryStream. A MemoryStream can be used to send the data to a web browser as shown in this answer:
public ActionResult ExportData()
{
//Somehow, load data to a DataTable
using (ExcelPackage package = new ExcelPackage())
{
var ws = package.Workbook.Worksheets.Add("My Sheet");
//true generates headers
ws.Cells["A1"].LoadFromDataTable(dataTable, true);
var stream = new MemoryStream();
package.SaveAs(stream);
string fileName = "myfilename.xlsx";
string contentType = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet";
stream.Position = 0;
return File(stream, contentType, fileName);
}
}
Mail attachments can also be created from a MemoryStream. The Attachment(Stream, string,string) constructor accepts any stream as input. The example above could be modified to create an attachment instead of sending the data to the browser:
public void SendData(string server, string recipientList)
{
//Same as before
using (ExcelPackage package = new ExcelPackage())
{
var ws = package.Workbook.Worksheets.Add("My Sheet");
ws.Cells["A1"].LoadFromDataTable(dataTable, true);
var stream = new MemoryStream();
package.SaveAs(stream);
string fileName = "myfilename.xlsx";
string contentType = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet";
stream.Position = 0;
SendExcel(server,recipientList);
}
}
void SendExcel(string server, string recipientList)
{
//Send the file
var message = new MailMessage("logMailer#contoso.com", recipientList);
message.Subject = "Some Data";
Attachment data = new Attachment(stream, name, contentType);
// Add the attachment to the message.
message.Attachments.Add(data);
// Send the message.
// Include credentials if the server requires them.
var client = new SmtpClient(server);
client.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials;
client.Send(message);
}
}
UPDATE
Generating an XSLX table on the client side becomes a lot easier if you use a library like js-xlsx. There's even a sample that generates an XLSX file from an HTML table

OpenXML SDK replace text in Template Document

With OpenXML SDK i have created a docx file which i'm using as a template. It needs to replace the words inside the document. Well if i use a document with paragraphs it works. But for text within a tablecell and within a paragraph like a break it's not working. Below my code =>
protected void btnMail_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string templateDocumentPath = string.Format("{0}\\document.docx", Server.MapPath("~/App_Data"));
byte[] result = null;
byte[] templateBytes = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(templateDocumentPath);
using (MemoryStream templateStream = new MemoryStream())
{
templateStream.Write(templateBytes, 0, (int)templateBytes.Length);
using (WordprocessingDocument doc = WordprocessingDocument.Open(templateStream, true))
{
MainDocumentPart mainPart = doc.MainDocumentPart;
var body = doc.MainDocumentPart.Document.Body;
var paras = body.Elements<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing.Paragraph>();
var breaks = body.Elements<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing.Break>();
foreach (var br in breaks)
{
foreach (var run in br.Elements<Run>())
{
foreach (var text in run.Elements<Text>())
{
if (text.Text.Contains("#bNaam#"))
{
text.Text = text.Text.Replace("#bNaam#", Parameters.Naam);
run.AppendChild(new Break());
}
}
}
}
foreach (var para in paras)
{
foreach (var run in para.Elements<Run>())
{
foreach (var text in run.Elements<Text>())
{
if (text.Text.Contains("bNaam"))
{
text.Text = text.Text.Replace("bNaam", Parameters.Naam);
run.AppendChild(new Break());
}
if (text.Text.Contains("bAdres"))
{
text.Text = text.Text.Replace("bAdres", Parameters.Adres);
run.AppendChild(new Break());
}
if (text.Text.Contains("#bPostcode#") && text.Text.Contains("#bGemeente#"))
{
text.Text = text.Text.Replace("#bPostcode#", Parameters.Postcode);
text.Text = text.Text.Replace("#bGemeente#", Parameters.Plaats);
run.AppendChild(new Break());
}
if (text.Text.Contains("#docBuitenland#"))
{
text.Text = text.Text.Replace("#docBuitenland#", Parameters.Naam);
run.AppendChild(new Break());
}
}
}
}
mainPart.Document.Save();
templateStream.Position = 0;
using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
{
templateStream.CopyTo(memoryStream);
result = memoryStream.ToArray();
}
}
byte[] fileContent = templateStream.ToArray();
templateStream.Close();
// Response.Buffer = true;
Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document";
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "filename=document.docx");
Response.BinaryWrite(fileContent);
Response.End();
}
}

If you need to replace any text, you could try regex as per MSDN sample
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(wordDoc.MainDocumentPart.GetStream()))
{
docText = sr.ReadToEnd();
}
Regex regexText = new Regex("Hello world!");
docText = regexText.Replace(docText, "Hi Everyone!");
To replace in particular container such as table, you would need to enumerate tables and cells (in the same way as you do for paragraphs)
var tables = mainPart.Document.Descendants<Table>().ToList();
foreach (Table t in tables)
{
var rows = t.Elements<TableRow>();
foreach (TableRow row in rows)
{
var cells = row.Elements<TableCell>();
foreach (TableCell cell in cells)
...
}
}
See MSDN for more details.

This makes the document incorrect to open =>
var tables = mainPart.Document.Descendants<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing.Table>().ToList();
foreach (DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing.Table t in tables)
{
var rows = t.Elements<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing.TableRow>();
foreach (DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing.TableRow row in rows)
{
var cells = row.Elements<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing.TableCell>();
foreach (DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing.TableCell cell in cells)
{
if (cell.InnerText.Contains("#bNaam#"))
{
//paragraph.InnerText will be empty
Run newRun = new Run();
newRun.AppendChild(new Text(cell.InnerText.Replace("#bNaam#", Parameters.Naam)));
//remove any child runs
cell.RemoveAllChildren<Run>();
//add the newly created run
cell.AppendChild(newRun);
}
}
}
}

Exporting the values in List to excel

Hi I am having a list container which contains the list of values. I wish to export the list values directly to Excel. Is there any way to do it directly?

OK, here is a step-by-step guide if you want to use COM.
You have to have Excel installed.
Add a reference to your project to the excel interop dll. To do this
on the .NET tab select
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.
There could be multiple assemblies
with this name. Select the
appropriate for your Visual Studio
AND Excel version.
Here is a code sample to create a new Workbook and fill a column with
the items from your list.
using NsExcel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel;
public void ListToExcel(List<string> list)
{
//start excel
NsExcel.ApplicationClass excapp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.ApplicationClass();
//if you want to make excel visible
excapp.Visible = true;
//create a blank workbook
var workbook = excapp.Workbooks.Add(NsExcel.XlWBATemplate.xlWBATWorksheet);
//or open one - this is no pleasant, but yue're probably interested in the first parameter
string workbookPath = "C:\test.xls";
var workbook = excapp.Workbooks.Open(workbookPath,
0, false, 5, "", "", false, Excel.XlPlatform.xlWindows, "",
true, false, 0, true, false, false);
//Not done yet. You have to work on a specific sheet - note the cast
//You may not have any sheets at all. Then you have to add one with NsExcel.Worksheet.Add()
var sheet = (NsExcel.Worksheet)workbook.Sheets[1]; //indexing starts from 1
//do something usefull: you select now an individual cell
var range = sheet.get_Range("A1", "A1");
range.Value2 = "test"; //Value2 is not a typo
//now the list
string cellName;
int counter = 1;
foreach (var item in list)
{
cellName = "A" + counter.ToString();
var range = sheet.get_Range(cellName, cellName);
range.Value2 = item.ToString();
++counter;
}
//you've probably got the point by now, so a detailed explanation about workbook.SaveAs and workbook.Close is not necessary
//important: if you did not make excel visible terminating your application will terminate excel as well - I tested it
//but if you did it - to be honest - I don't know how to close the main excel window - maybee somewhere around excapp.Windows or excapp.ActiveWindow
}

Using ClosedXML edit library( there is no need to install MS Excel
I just write a simple example to show you how you can name the file, the worksheet and select cells:
var workbook = new XLWorkbook();
workbook.AddWorksheet("sheetName");
var ws = workbook.Worksheet("sheetName");
int row = 1;
foreach (object item in itemList)
{
ws.Cell("A" + row.ToString()).Value = item.ToString();
row++;
}
workbook.SaveAs("yourExcel.xlsx");
If you prefer you can create a System.Data.DataSet or a System.Data.DataTable with all data and then just add it as a workseet with workbook.AddWorksheet(yourDataset) or workbook.AddWorksheet(yourDataTable);

Using the CSV idea, if it's just a list of Strings. Assuming l is your list:
using System.IO;
using(StreamWriter sw = File.CreateText("list.csv"))
{
for(int i = 0; i < l.Count; i++)
{
sw.WriteLine(l[i]);
}
}

Fast way - ArrayToExcel (github)
byte[] excel = myList.ToExcel();
File.WriteAllBytes("result.xlsx", excel);

The simplest way using ClosedXml.
Imports ClosedXML.Excel
var dataList = new List<string>() { "a", "b", "c" };
var workbook = new XLWorkbook(); //creates the workbook
var wsDetailedData = workbook.AddWorksheet("data"); //creates the worksheet with sheetname 'data'
wsDetailedData.Cell(1, 1).InsertTable(dataList); //inserts the data to cell A1 including default column name
workbook.SaveAs(#"C:\data.xlsx"); //saves the workbook
For more info, you can also check wiki of ClosedXml.
https://github.com/closedxml/closedxml/wiki

Exporting values List to Excel
Install in nuget next reference
Install-Package Syncfusion.XlsIO.Net.Core -Version 17.2.0.35
Install-Package ClosedXML -Version 0.94.2
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using ClosedXML;
using ClosedXML.Excel;
using Syncfusion.XlsIO;
namespace ExporteExcel
{
class Program
{
public class Auto
{
public string Marca { get; set; }
public string Modelo { get; set; }
public int Ano { get; set; }
public string Color { get; set; }
public int Peronsas { get; set; }
public int Cilindros { get; set; }
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//Lista Estatica
List<Auto> Auto = new List<Program.Auto>()
{
new Auto{Marca = "Chevrolet", Modelo = "Sport", Ano = 2019, Color= "Azul", Cilindros=6, Peronsas= 4 },
new Auto{Marca = "Chevrolet", Modelo = "Sport", Ano = 2018, Color= "Azul", Cilindros=6, Peronsas= 4 },
new Auto{Marca = "Chevrolet", Modelo = "Sport", Ano = 2017, Color= "Azul", Cilindros=6, Peronsas= 4 }
};
//Inizializar Librerias
var workbook = new XLWorkbook();
workbook.AddWorksheet("sheetName");
var ws = workbook.Worksheet("sheetName");
//Recorrer el objecto
int row = 1;
foreach (var c in Auto)
{
//Escribrie en Excel en cada celda
ws.Cell("A" + row.ToString()).Value = c.Marca;
ws.Cell("B" + row.ToString()).Value = c.Modelo;
ws.Cell("C" + row.ToString()).Value = c.Ano;
ws.Cell("D" + row.ToString()).Value = c.Color;
ws.Cell("E" + row.ToString()).Value = c.Cilindros;
ws.Cell("F" + row.ToString()).Value = c.Peronsas;
row++;
}
//Guardar Excel
//Ruta = Nombre_Proyecto\bin\Debug
workbook.SaveAs("Coches.xlsx");
}
}
}

You could output them to a .csv file and open the file in excel. Is that direct enough?

The most straightforward way (in my opinion) would be to simply put together a CSV file. If you want to get into formatting and actually writing to a *.xlsx file, there are more complicated solutions (and APIs) to do that for you.

the one easy way to do it is to open Excel create sheet containing test data you want to export then say to excel save as xml open the xml see the xml format excel is expecting and generate it by head replacing the test data with export data
SpreadsheetML Markup Spec
#lan this is xml fo a simle execel file with one column value i genereted with office 2003 this format is for office 2003 and above
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?mso-application progid="Excel.Sheet"?>
<Workbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"
xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<DocumentProperties xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office">
<Author>Dancho</Author>
<LastAuthor>Dancho</LastAuthor>
<Created>2010-02-05T10:15:54Z</Created>
<Company>cc</Company>
<Version>11.9999</Version>
</DocumentProperties>
<ExcelWorkbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel">
<WindowHeight>13800</WindowHeight>
<WindowWidth>24795</WindowWidth>
<WindowTopX>480</WindowTopX>
<WindowTopY>105</WindowTopY>
<ProtectStructure>False</ProtectStructure>
<ProtectWindows>False</ProtectWindows>
</ExcelWorkbook>
<Styles>
<Style ss:ID="Default" ss:Name="Normal">
<Alignment ss:Vertical="Bottom"/>
<Borders/>
<Font/>
<Interior/>
<NumberFormat/>
<Protection/>
</Style>
</Styles>
<Worksheet ss:Name="Sheet1">
<Table ss:ExpandedColumnCount="1" ss:ExpandedRowCount="6" x:FullColumns="1"
x:FullRows="1">
<Row>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Value1</Data></Cell>
</Row>
<Row>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Value2</Data></Cell>
</Row>
<Row>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Value3</Data></Cell>
</Row>
<Row>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Value4</Data></Cell>
</Row>
<Row>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Value5</Data></Cell>
</Row>
<Row>
<Cell><Data ss:Type="String">Value6</Data></Cell>
</Row>
</Table>
<WorksheetOptions xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel">
<Selected/>
<Panes>
<Pane>
<Number>3</Number>
<ActiveRow>5</ActiveRow>
</Pane>
</Panes>
<ProtectObjects>False</ProtectObjects>
<ProtectScenarios>False</ProtectScenarios>
</WorksheetOptions>
</Worksheet>
<Worksheet ss:Name="Sheet2">
<WorksheetOptions xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel">
<ProtectObjects>False</ProtectObjects>
<ProtectScenarios>False</ProtectScenarios>
</WorksheetOptions>
</Worksheet>
<Worksheet ss:Name="Sheet3">
<WorksheetOptions xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel">
<ProtectObjects>False</ProtectObjects>
<ProtectScenarios>False</ProtectScenarios>
</WorksheetOptions>
</Worksheet>
</Workbook>

Depending on the environment you're wanting to do this in, it is possible by using the Excel Interop. It's quite a mess dealing with COM however and ensuring you clear up resources else Excel instances stay hanging around on your machine.
Checkout this MSDN Example if you want to learn more.
Depending on your format you could produce CSV or SpreadsheetML yourself, thats not too hard. Other alternatives are to use 3rd party libraries to do it. Obviously they cost money though.

List<"classname"> getreport = cs.getcompletionreport();
var getreported = getreport.Select(c => new { demographic = c.rName);
where cs.getcompletionreport() reference class file is Business Layer for App
I hope this helps.

I know, I am late to this party, however I think it could be helpful for others.
Already posted answers are for csv and other one is by Interop dll where you need to install excel over the server, every approach has its own pros and cons.
Here is an option which will give you
Perfect excel output [not csv]
With perfect excel and your data type match
Without excel installation
Pass list and get Excel output :)
you can achieve this by using NPOI DLL, available for both .net as well as for .net core
Steps :
Import NPOI DLL
Add Section 1 and 2 code provided below
Good to go
Section 1
This code performs below task :
Creating New Excel object - _workbook = new XSSFWorkbook();
Creating New Excel Sheet object - _sheet =_workbook.CreateSheet(_sheetName);
Invokes WriteData() - explained later Finally, creating and
returning MemoryStream object
=============================================================================
using NPOI.SS.UserModel;
using NPOI.XSSF.UserModel;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
namespace GenericExcelExport.ExcelExport
{
public interface IAbstractDataExport
{
HttpResponseMessage Export(List exportData, string fileName, string sheetName);
}
public abstract class AbstractDataExport : IAbstractDataExport
{
protected string _sheetName;
protected string _fileName;
protected List _headers;
protected List _type;
protected IWorkbook _workbook;
protected ISheet _sheet;
private const string DefaultSheetName = "Sheet1";
public HttpResponseMessage Export
(List exportData, string fileName, string sheetName = DefaultSheetName)
{
_fileName = fileName;
_sheetName = sheetName;
_workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(); //Creating New Excel object
_sheet = _workbook.CreateSheet(_sheetName); //Creating New Excel Sheet object
var headerStyle = _workbook.CreateCellStyle(); //Formatting
var headerFont = _workbook.CreateFont();
headerFont.IsBold = true;
headerStyle.SetFont(headerFont);
WriteData(exportData); //your list object to NPOI excel conversion happens here
//Header
var header = _sheet.CreateRow(0);
for (var i = 0; i < _headers.Count; i++)
{
var cell = header.CreateCell(i);
cell.SetCellValue(_headers[i]);
cell.CellStyle = headerStyle;
}
for (var i = 0; i < _headers.Count; i++)
{
_sheet.AutoSizeColumn(i);
}
using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream()) //creating memoryStream
{
_workbook.Write(memoryStream);
var response = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
Content = new ByteArrayContent(memoryStream.ToArray())
};
response.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue
("application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet");
response.Content.Headers.ContentDisposition =
new ContentDispositionHeaderValue("attachment")
{
FileName = $"{_fileName}_{DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmss")}.xlsx"
};
return response;
}
}
//Generic Definition to handle all types of List
public abstract void WriteData(List exportData);
}
}
=============================================================================
Section 2
In section 2, we will be performing below steps :
Converts List to DataTable Reflection to read property name, your
Column header will be coming from here
Loop through DataTable to Create excel Rows
=============================================================================
using NPOI.SS.UserModel;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
namespace GenericExcelExport.ExcelExport
{
public class AbstractDataExportBridge : AbstractDataExport
{
public AbstractDataExportBridge()
{
_headers = new List<string>();
_type = new List<string>();
}
public override void WriteData<T>(List<T> exportData)
{
PropertyDescriptorCollection properties = TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(typeof(T));
DataTable table = new DataTable();
foreach (PropertyDescriptor prop in properties)
{
var type = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(prop.PropertyType) ?? prop.PropertyType;
_type.Add(type.Name);
table.Columns.Add(prop.Name, Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(prop.PropertyType) ??
prop.PropertyType);
string name = Regex.Replace(prop.Name, "([A-Z])", " $1").Trim(); //space separated
//name by caps for header
_headers.Add(name);
}
foreach (T item in exportData)
{
DataRow row = table.NewRow();
foreach (PropertyDescriptor prop in properties)
row[prop.Name] = prop.GetValue(item) ?? DBNull.Value;
table.Rows.Add(row);
}
IRow sheetRow = null;
for (int i = 0; i < table.Rows.Count; i++)
{
sheetRow = _sheet.CreateRow(i + 1);
for (int j = 0; j < table.Columns.Count; j++)
{
ICell Row1 = sheetRow.CreateCell(j);
string type = _type[j].ToLower();
var currentCellValue = table.Rows[i][j];
if (currentCellValue != null &&
!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Convert.ToString(currentCellValue)))
{
if (type == "string")
{
Row1.SetCellValue(Convert.ToString(currentCellValue));
}
else if (type == "int32")
{
Row1.SetCellValue(Convert.ToInt32(currentCellValue));
}
else if (type == "double")
{
Row1.SetCellValue(Convert.ToDouble(currentCellValue));
}
}
else
{
Row1.SetCellValue(string.Empty);
}
}
}
}
}
}
=============================================================================
Now you just need to call
WriteData() function by passing your list, and it will provide you your excel.
I have tested it in WEB API and WEB API Core, works like a charm.

Pass List to "Write" Method, which will convert the list to buffer and return buffer, a file will be downloaded
byte[] buffer = Write(ListData, true, "AttendenceSummary"); return File(buffer, "application/excel", reportTitle + ".xlsx");
public static byte[] Write<T>(IEnumerable<T> list, bool xlsxExtension, string sheetName = "ExportData")
{
if (list == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("list");
}
XSSFWorkbook hssfworkbook = new XSSFWorkbook();
int Rowspersheet = 15000;
int TotalRows = list.Count();
int TotalSheets = TotalRows / Rowspersheet;
for (int i = 0; i <= TotalSheets; i++)
{
ISheet sheet1 = hssfworkbook.CreateSheet(sheetName + "_" + i);
IRow row = sheet1.CreateRow(0);
int index = 0;
foreach (PropertyInfo property in typeof(T).GetProperties())
{
ICellStyle cellStyle = hssfworkbook.CreateCellStyle();
IFont cellFont = hssfworkbook.CreateFont();
cellFont.Boldweight = (short)NPOI.SS.UserModel.FontBoldWeight.Bold;
cellStyle.SetFont(cellFont);
ICell cell = row.CreateCell(index++);
cell.CellStyle = cellStyle;
cell.SetCellValue(property.Name);
}
int rowIndex = 1;
// int rowIndex2 = 1;
foreach (T obj in list.Skip(Rowspersheet * i).Take(Rowspersheet))
{
row = sheet1.CreateRow(rowIndex++);
index = 0;
foreach (PropertyInfo property in typeof(T).GetProperties())
{
ICell cell = row.CreateCell(index++);
cell.SetCellValue(Convert.ToString(property.GetValue(obj)));
}
}
}
MemoryStream file = new MemoryStream();
hssfworkbook.Write(file);
return file.ToArray();
}