public static void exportToExcel(DataSet source, string fileName) { System.IO.StreamWriter excelDoc; excelDoc = new System.IO.StreamWriter(fileName); const string startExcelXML = "<xml version>/r/n<Workbook " + "xmlns=/"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet/"/r/n" + " xmlns:o=/"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office/"/r/n " + "xmlns:x=/"urn:schemas- microsoft-com:office:" + "excel/"/r/n xmlns:ss=/"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" + "office:spreadsheet/">/r/n <Styles>/r/n " + "<Style ss:ID=/"Default/" ss:Name=/"Normal/">/r/n " + "<Alignment ss:Vertical=/"Bottom/"/>/r/n <Borders/>" + "/r/n <Font/>/r/n <Interior/>/r/n <NumberFormat/>" + "/r/n <Protection/>/r/n </Style>/r/n " + "<Style ss:ID=/"BoldColumn/">/r/n <Font " + "x:Family=/"Swiss/" ss:Bold=/"1/"/>/r/n </Style>/r/n " + "<Style ss:ID=/"StringLiteral/">/r/n <NumberFormat" + " ss:Format=/"@/"/>/r/n </Style>/r/n <Style " + "ss:ID=/"Decimal/">/r/n <NumberFormat " + "ss:Format=/"0.0000/"/>/r/n </Style>/r/n " + "<Style ss:ID=/"Integer/">/r/n <NumberFormat " + "ss:Format=/"0/"/>/r/n </Style>/r/n <Style " + "ss:ID=/"DateLiteral/">/r/n <NumberFormat " + "ss:Format=/"mm/dd/yyyy;@/"/>/r/n </Style>/r/n " + "</Styles>/r/n "; const string endExcelXML = "</Workbook>"; int rowCount = 0; int sheetCount = 1; /* <xml version> <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"> <Styles> <Style ss:ID="Default" ss:Name="Normal"> <Alignment ss:Vertical="Bottom"/> <Borders/> <Font/> <Interior/> <NumberFormat/> <Protection/> </Style> <Style ss:ID="BoldColumn"> <Font x:Family="Swiss" ss:Bold="1"/> </Style> <Style ss:ID="StringLiteral"> <NumberFormat ss:Format="@"/> </Style> <Style ss:ID="Decimal"> <NumberFormat ss:Format="0.0000"/> </Style> <Style ss:ID="Integer"> <NumberFormat ss:Format="0"/> </Style> <Style ss:ID="DateLiteral"> <NumberFormat ss:Format="mm/dd/yyyy;@"/> </Style> </Styles> <Worksheet ss:Name="Sheet1"> </Worksheet> </Workbook> */ excelDoc.Write(startExcelXML); excelDoc.Write("<Worksheet ss:Name=/"Sheet" + sheetCount + "/">"); excelDoc.Write("<Table>"); excelDoc.Write("<Row>"); for(int x = 0; x < source.Tables[0].Columns.Count; x++) { excelDoc.Write("<Cell ss:StyleID=/"BoldColumn/"><Data ss:Type=/"String/">"); excelDoc.Write(source.Tables[0].Columns[x].ColumnName); excelDoc.Write("</Data></Cell>"); } excelDoc.Write("</Row>"); foreach(DataRow x in source.Tables[0].Rows) { rowCount++; //if the number of rows is > 64000 create a new page to continue output if(rowCount==64000) { rowCount = 0; sheetCount++; excelDoc.Write("</Table>"); excelDoc.Write(" </Worksheet>"); excelDoc.Write("<Worksheet ss:Name=/"Sheet" + sheetCount + "/">"); excelDoc.Write("<Table>"); } excelDoc.Write("<Row>"); //ID=" + rowCount + " for(int y = 0; y < source.Tables[0].Columns.Count; y++) { System.Type rowType; rowType = x[y].GetType(); switch(rowType.ToString()) { case "System.String": string XMLstring = x[y].ToString(); XMLstring = XMLstring.Trim(); XMLstring = XMLstring.Replace("&","&"); XMLstring = XMLstring.Replace(">",">"); XMLstring = XMLstring.Replace("<","<"); excelDoc.Write("<Cell ss:StyleID=/"StringLiteral/">" + "<Data ss:Type=/"String/">"); excelDoc.Write(XMLstring); excelDoc.Write("</Data></Cell>"); break; case "System.DateTime": //Excel has a specific Date Format of YYYY-MM-DD followed by //the letter 'T' then hh:mm:sss.lll Example 2005-01-31T24:01:21.000 //The Following Code puts the date stored in XMLDate //to the format above DateTime XMLDate = (DateTime)x[y]; string XMLDatetoString = ""; //Excel Converted Date XMLDatetoString = XMLDate.Year.ToString() + "-" + (XMLDate.Month < 10 ? "0" + XMLDate.Month.ToString() : XMLDate.Month.ToString()) + "-" + (XMLDate.Day < 10 ? "0" + XMLDate.Day.ToString() : XMLDate.Day.ToString()) + "T" + (XMLDate.Hour < 10 ? "0" + XMLDate.Hour.ToString() : XMLDate.Hour.ToString()) + ":" + (XMLDate.Minute < 10 ? "0" + XMLDate.Minute.ToString() : XMLDate.Minute.ToString()) + ":" + (XMLDate.Second < 10 ? "0" + XMLDate.Second.ToString() : XMLDate.Second.ToString()) + ".000"; excelDoc.Write("<Cell ss:StyleID=/"DateLiteral/">" + "<Data ss:Type=/"DateTime/">"); excelDoc.Write(XMLDatetoString); excelDoc.Write("</Data></Cell>"); break; case "System.Boolean": excelDoc.Write("<Cell ss:StyleID=/"StringLiteral/">" + "<Data ss:Type=/"String/">"); excelDoc.Write(x[y].ToString()); excelDoc.Write("</Data></Cell>"); break; case "System.Int16": case "System.Int32": case "System.Int64": case "System.Byte": excelDoc.Write("<Cell ss:StyleID=/"Integer/">" + "<Data ss:Type=/"Number/">"); excelDoc.Write(x[y].ToString()); excelDoc.Write("</Data></Cell>"); break; case "System.Decimal": case "System.Double": excelDoc.Write("<Cell ss:StyleID=/"Decimal/">" + "<Data ss:Type=/"Number/">"); excelDoc.Write(x[y].ToString()); excelDoc.Write("</Data></Cell>"); break; case "System.DBNull": excelDoc.Write("<Cell ss:StyleID=/"StringLiteral/">" + "<Data ss:Type=/"String/">"); excelDoc.Write(""); excelDoc.Write("</Data></Cell>"); break; default: throw(new Exception(rowType.ToString() + " not handled.")); } } excelDoc.Write("</Row>"); } excelDoc.Write("</Table>"); excelDoc.Write(" </Worksheet>"); excelDoc.Write(endExcelXML); excelDoc.Close(); }