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3. Open the template file with the ExcelTemplate.Open
method.
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XLT.Open(Page.MapPath("//templates//Part1_Financial_Template.xlsx"));
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DataBindingProperties dataProps = XLT.CreateDataBindingProperties();
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Data Binding
1.Get the data for the Assets, Losses, and Other datasets
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These calls are to a helper method GetCSVData
that parses the CSV files and returns a DataTable
with the values.
If you are following in your own project and would like to parse the CSV files as well, you will need to:
- Add a reference to
GenericParsing.dll
- Include
GeneringParsing
at the top of your code. - Add the
GetCSVData
method that can be found in the sample code.
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DataTable dtAssets = GetCSVData("//data//Assets.csv");
DataTable dtLosses = GetCSVData("//data//Losses.csv");
DataTable dtOther = GetCSVData("//data//Other.csv");
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2. Create the datasets for the header row. Recall the optional modifier for the "Division" tag. This tutorial will not bind any data for that tag to demonstrate the function.
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//Create the array of header values. This example only binds a single item string[] headerValues = { "2011" }; //Create the array of header names. string[] headerNames = { "FiscalYear" }; |
3. Use ExcelTemplate.BindData
to bind the data for the Top and Details Sales data sets.
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XLT.BindData(dtAssets, "Assets", bindingProps);
XLT.BindData(dtLosses, "Losses", bindingProps);
XLT.BindData(dtOther, "Other", bindingProps);
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4. Use the ExcelTemplate.BindRowData
method to bind the header data to the data markers in the template file (i.e. %%=Header.FiscalYear
).
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XLT.BindRowData(headerValues, headerNames, "Header", bindingProps);
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5. Call ExcelTemplate.Process() to import all data into the file.
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XLT.Process();
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We are not saving the file, since we will be using ExcelApplication to access the file and post-process.
Without the post processing, the populated file will persist the column width and heights. It should look something like this:
Post-Processing
Final Code
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