generate Grid Export columns automatically based grid current columns

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I want to get the grid's `Column[]` to map them to `ExpColumn[]` for the export, so I can generate the ExpColumn automatically for each grid where I need to export to excel or pdf. Each grid in my app can have different Columns, plus the user might show/hide columns, and that might need to be reflected in the exported result.

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Arash Ansari

asked 24 days ago

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• BI{code} ?

  In the view you can modify the `getFile` function ( found in our demo view: https://demo.aspnetawesome.com/GridExportToExcelDemo ) to this: function getFile(url) { var $form = $('<form method="post"/>').attr('action', url).appendTo('body'); var grid = $('#@(grid)'); // request parameters (sorting, grouping, any parent parameters) var req = grid.data('api').getRequest(); // send visible columns info, binds to GridExpParams var expCols = getExpColumns(grid); awef.loop(expCols, function(col, i) { $form.append("<input type='hidden' name='expColumns["+i+"].Name' value='" + col.name + "'/>"); $form.append("<input type='hidden' name='expColumns["+i+"].Header' value='" + col.header + "'/>"); $form.append("<input type='hidden' name='expColumns["+i+"].Width' value='" + col.W || col.Mw || 140 + "'/>"); }); awef.loop(req, function(val) { $form.append("<input type='hidden' name='" + val.name + "' value='" + val.value + "'/>"); }); $form.append($('#allPages').clone()); $form.submit(); $form.remove(); } function getExpColumns(g) { var vcols = []; awef.loop(g.data('o').columns, function (col) { if (!col.Hid) { console.log(col); vcols.push({ name: col.T || col.P, header: col.H }); } }); return vcols; } this way in the controller export action you'll get the `expColumns` array, so you can make use of it like this: [HttpPost] public IActionResult ExportGridToPdf(GridParams g, ExpColumn[] expColumns, bool? allPages) { if (allPages.HasValue && allPages.Value) { g.Paging = false; } var gridModel = BuildGridModel(g); var builder = new GridPdfBuilder(expColumns) { ExpParams = new GridExpParams() { VisNames = expColumns.Select(o => o.Name).ToArray() } }; // the rest remains unchanged in `expColumn.Name` you'll get the the `Column` `Bind` or `ClientFormat` value, but you may still need to manually define `expColumn.ClientFormatFunc` in the controller for certain columns (in the view, `Column.ClientFormatFunc` is the name of a javascript function, so it can't be used in the controller when generating the pdf/xls etc. ).

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  Omu

  answered 23 days ago

  • Thank you for your kindness.
    21 days ago Arash Ansari

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