Export gridview records to word file

In this blog we will know how to export gridview records to word file.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="Export_to_word._Default" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<title>Untitled Page</title>

</head>

<body>

<div>

<asp:GridView id="g1" Runat="Server" AutoGenerateColumns="true">

</asp:GridView>

</div>

<asp:Button ID="btn_export" runat="server" onclick="btn_export_Click"

Text="Export to word" />

</form>

</body>

</html>

using System;

using System.Collections;

using System.Configuration;

using System.Data;

using System.Linq;

using System.Web;

using System.Web.Security;

using System.Web.UI;

using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;

using System.Xml.Linq;

using System.Data.SqlClient;

namespace Export_to_word

{

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page

{

string connStr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ConnectionString"].ConnectionString;

SqlCommand com;

SqlDataAdapter sqlda;

DataSet ds;

string str;

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

bindgrid();

}

void bindgrid()

{

SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(connStr);

con.Open();

str = "select * from employee";

com = new SqlCommand(str, con);

sqlda = new SqlDataAdapter(com);

ds = new DataSet();

sqlda.Fill(ds, "employee");

g1.DataMember = "employee";

g1.DataSource = ds;

g1.DataBind();

con.Close();

}

protected void btn_export_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

Response.Clear();

Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=Gridviewdata.doc");

Response.Charset = "";

Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);

Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.word";

System.IO.StringWriter stringWrite = new System.IO.StringWriter();

System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter htmlWrite = new HtmlTextWriter(stringWrite);

g1.RenderControl(htmlWrite);

Response.Write(stringWrite.ToString());

Response.End();

}

public override void VerifyRenderingInServerForm(Control control)

{

}

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