XlsxExportOptionsEx.BeforeExportTable Event

Allows you to customize a native Excel table’s settings before export. This event is in effect when the XlsxExportOptionsEx.LayoutMode property is set to Table.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v24.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Printing.Core

Declaration

C#

public event BeforeExportTable BeforeExportTable

VB.NET

Public Event BeforeExportTable As BeforeExportTable

Example

The following example shows how to change the style of the native Excel table to which data is exported from a grid control.

C#

using DevExpress.Export.Xl;
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;

string path = "gridNative.xlsx";
XlsxExportOptionsEx options = new XlsxExportOptionsEx();
options.LayoutMode = DevExpress.Export.LayoutMode.Table;
options.BeforeExportTable += ea => {
    ea.Table.Style.Name = XlBuiltInTableStyleId.Medium1;
};
gridControl1.ExportToXlsx(path, options);

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.Export.Xl
Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting

Dim path As String = "gridNative.xlsx"
Dim options As XlsxExportOptionsEx = New XlsxExportOptionsEx()
options.LayoutMode = DevExpress.Export.LayoutMode.Table
AddHandler options.BeforeExportTable,
    Sub(ea)
        ea.Table.Style.Name = XlBuiltInTableStyleId.Medium1
    End Sub
gridControl1.ExportToXlsx(path, options)

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

wpf-data-grid-export-data-to-native-excel-table/CS/WpfApplication80/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L25

};
options.BeforeExportTable += options_BeforeExportTable;
view.ExportToXlsx("Document.xlsx", options);

VB.NET

wpf-data-grid-export-data-to-native-excel-table/VB/WpfApplication80/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L25

Dim options As XlsxExportOptionsEx = New XlsxExportOptionsEx() With {.UnboundExpressionExportMode = UnboundExpressionExportMode.AsFormula, .LayoutMode = LayoutMode.Table}
AddHandler options.BeforeExportTable, AddressOf options_BeforeExportTable
Me.view.ExportToXlsx("Document.xlsx", options)