Exporting the data to MS Word is similar to exporting data into MS Excel, only the ContentType and the file name extension changes
CONTROLLER ACTION METHOD
// GET: ExportData public ActionResult ExportToWord() { // get the data from database var data = db.PersonalDetails.ToList(); // instantiate the GridView control from System.Web.UI.WebControls namespace // set the data source GridView gridview = new GridView(); gridview.DataSource = data; gridview.DataBind(); // Clear all the content from the current response Response.ClearContent(); Response.Buffer = true; // set the header Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=itfunda.doc"); Response.ContentType = "application/ms-word"; Response.Charset = ""; // create HtmlTextWriter object with StringWriter using (StringWriter sw = new StringWriter()) { using (HtmlTextWriter htw = new HtmlTextWriter(sw)) { // render the GridView to the HtmlTextWriter gridview.RenderControl(htw); // Output the GridView content saved into StringWriter Response.Output.Write(sw.ToString()); Response.Flush(); Response.End(); } } return View(); }
Notice the above code snippet and focus on the highlighted words. Note that Response.ContentType is “application/ms-word” and the file name extension is “.doc”.
Calling the above action method asks user to save or download the file like below.
OUTPUT
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