How to Format Grid column while export to Excel sheet

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Hi Every one,

I am filling Grid with some date(from database),and exporting into excel.After exporting in to excel, the value 07896542 shown as 7896542 i.e. left side zero trimming. Please help me, how can I format excel column while exporting to excel. see the following code.

Thanks in advance.

if (Excel == "YES")
{
System.IO.StringWriter tw = new System.IO.StringWriter();
System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter hw = new System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter(tw);
DataGrid dgGrid = new DataGrid();
dgGrid = new DataGrid();
dgGrid.DataSource = dtinvoice;
dgGrid.HeaderStyle.Font.Bold = false;
dgGrid.DataBind();
dgGrid.RenderControl(hw);
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=Executivereport.xls");
Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel ;charset=utf-8";
Response.ContentEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode;
Response.BinaryWrite(System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetPreamble());
this.EnableViewState = false;
Response.Write(tw.ToString());
Response.End();
}

Posted 13-Aug-13 20:00pm

Sivarjun Chikkala

Updated 13-Aug-13 20:20pm

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idenizeni 14-Aug-13 11:53am

Excel tries to help and format things that look like numbers. This is what removes the leading zeros. You need to tell excel to treat them like text. See my solution below for examples on how to force excel to treat the values as text.

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idenizeni · Answer 1 · 2013-08-13T20:12:00

Solution 1

Have you tried to prefix your value with a single quote? Like so...

'07896542

If this doesn't work then try wrapping your value in quotes and placing an equal sign in front of it. Like so...

="07896542"

Posted 13-Aug-13 20:12pm

idenizeni

Updated 13-Aug-13 20:14pm

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