Create Excels with C# and EPPlus: Import

Create Excels with C# and EPPlus: Import

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IEnumerable objects

Exporting data to an Excel doesn’t get easier than this

using (var package = new ExcelPackage())
{
	var sheet = package.Workbook.Worksheets.Add("IEnumerable");
	var data = new[]
	{
		new {Name = "A", Value = 1},
		new {Name = "B", Value = 2},
		new {Name = "C", Value = 3},
	};
	sheet.Cells["A1"].LoadFromCollection(data);
	sheet.Cells["A1"].SetHeaders("Name", "Value");
	package.SaveAs(new FileInfo(@""));
}

Which would result in the following xlsx.

  A B
1 Name Value
2 A 1
3 B 2
4 C 3

There are overloads for

  • Writing headers or not
  • TableStyles: Style the table in one of the predefined formats
  • BindingFlags + MemberInfo: Allow you to export specific (private) fields

The pretty blue background for the header is done with an extension method. The LoadFromXXX methods do not set any header styling themselves.

public static void SetHeaders(this ExcelRangeBase cell, params string[] headers)
{
	foreach (string text in headers)
	{
		cell.Value = text;
		cell.Style.Font.Bold = true;
		cell.Style.Fill.PatternType = ExcelFillStyle.Solid;
		cell.Style.Fill.BackgroundColor.SetColor(Color.DarkBlue);
		cell.Style.Font.Color.SetColor(Color.White);

		cell = cell.Offset(0, 1);
	}
}

LoadFromArrays:

using (var package = new ExcelPackage())
{
	var sheet = package.Workbook.Worksheets.Add("Arrays");
	var data = new[]
	{
		new[] {"A1", "B1", "C1"},
		new[] {"A2", "B2", "C3"},
	};
	sheet.Cells["A1"].LoadFromArrays(data);
	package.SaveAs(new FileInfo(@""));
}

CSV file

using (var package = new ExcelPackage())
{
	var sheet = package.Workbook.Worksheets.Add("CSV");
	var file = new FileInfo("LoadFromText.csv");

	var format = new ExcelTextFormat()
	{
		Delimiter = ',',
		Culture = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,

		// Escape character for values containing the Delimiter
		// ex: "A,Name",1 --> two cells, not three
		TextQualifier = '"'

		// Other properties
		// EOL, DataTypes, Encoding, SkipLinesBeginning/End
	};
	sheet.Cells["A1"].LoadFromText(file, format);
	package.SaveAs(new FileInfo(@""));
}

DataReader & DataTable

In case you ever need it, it’s there :)

sheet.Cells["A1"].LoadFromDataTable(new DataTable(), true);

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