How do I write my html table to excel file using epplus - html

Question

So what im trying to do here is to write a simple html table to a xlsx (excel) file using epplus. The code ive got this far is
controller:
public void saveToExcel(string tbl)
{
using (ExcelPackage p = new ExcelPackage())
{
p.Workbook.Worksheets.Add("demo");
ExcelWorksheet ws = p.Workbook.Worksheets[1];
ws.Name = "Demo";
Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet";
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=ExcelDemo.xlsx");
Response.BinaryWrite(p.GetAsByteArray());
}
}
now this creates a empty workbook. And all I want to do right now is to write this table I have in my
View:
<Table id="tbl" name="tbl">
<tr>
<td>
Title 1
</td>
<td >
Title 1
</td>
<td>
Title 1
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >
Row 1
</td>
<td>
Row 1
</td>
<td>
Row 1
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >
Row 2
</td>
<td>
Row 2
</td>
<td>
Row 2
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >
Row 2
</td>
<td>
Row 2
</td>
<td>
Row 2
</td>
</tr>
</table>
#Html.ActionLink("saveToExcel", "saveToExcel")
to the workbook. But I just dont know how and where to start.
Thankful for any pointers in the right direction.

Answer 1

I Guess:
First of all you have to convert your HTML-table to a .NET Datatable
This can be found here Convert Table
Next you use this code (considering your created datatable is called 'data' :
Dim attachment As String = "attachment; filename=MyExcelPage.xlsx"
Dim epackage As ExcelPackage = New ExcelPackage
Dim excel As ExcelWorksheet = epackage.Workbook.Worksheets.Add("ExcelTabName")
excel.Cells("A1").LoadFromDataTable(data, True)
HttpContext.Current.Response.Clear()
HttpContext.Current.Response.ClearHeaders()
HttpContext.Current.Response.ClearContent()
HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", attachment)
HttpContext.Current.Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet"
HttpContext.Current.Response.BinaryWrite(epackage.GetAsByteArray())
HttpContext.Current.Response.End()
epackage.Dispose()