Export Html Table to Excel - All Browsers

Question

I am having trouble exporting my html table to Excel here is what I have tried.

window.open('data:application/vnd.ms-excel,' + encodeURIComponent($('#myTableDiv').html()));

Works amazingly on chrome, but does not work on Internet explorer; Just goes to a new tab with the data in the url (tried on IE10). So I tried checking for IE and then using the ActiveXObject method for IE browsers.

var objExcel = new ActiveXObject ("Excel.Application");

But It gave me errors when creating the object and I have Excel 2013 on my computer. This method does not seem very reliable.

So now I am on to attempting it with a server side language (JSP).

Here is my current attempt.

$('.toExcel').click(function(){
    $.post('controllers/excel.jsp?tableHTML=' + encodeURIComponent($('#myTableDiv').html()), function(data) {   

    });
});

And my JSP

<!DOCTYPE html>
<%@ page import="java.io.PrintWriter" %>  
<%@ page contentType="application/excel" language="java" %>  
<%    
   response.reset();  
   response.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/vnd.ms-excel");
   response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=\"report.xls\"");  
   PrintWriter op = response.getWriter();  
   String CSV = request.getParameter("tableHTML");   
   op.write(CSV);  
%>

I know there are at least a few issues with this.

When posting to the url there is no download prompt.
Only so much html can fit as a parameter

When I navigate to the request url in chrome it downloads the file. When I navigate to the request url in IE 10 I get the following error:

  HTML1527: DOCTYPE expected. The shortest valid doctype is "<!DOCTYPE html>". 
  excel.jsp, line 1 character 1

Can anyone help me with a reliable solution that will work for all browsers?

Answer 1

I will tell you a simple solution

add one button in the page where table is

<button class="btn btn-success">Export Data to Excel</button>

now add the below given scripts to the same page

<script src="js/jquery.table2excel.js"></script>
 <script>
      $(function() {
        $("button").click(function() {
           $("#tableID").table2excel({
             exclude: ".noExl",
             name: "Excel Document Name"
           });
        });
     });
</script>

Do not forget to download jquery.table2excel.js and add this to js folder

Answer 2

One Solution using JSP and JavaScript

Export to Excel JS function. Pass in table ID

 function exportToExcel(intable){ intable = document.getElementById(intable); this.table = intable.cloneNode(true); var cform = document.createElement("form"); cform.style.display = "none"; cform.setAttribute("method","POST"); cform.setAttribute("action","exporttoexcel.jsp"); cform.setAttribute("name","ExcelForm"); cform.setAttribute("id","ExcelForm"); cform.setAttribute("enctype","MULTIPART/FORM-DATA"); cform.encoding="multipart/form-data"; var ta = document.createElement("textarea"); ta.name = "ExcelTable"; var tabletext = this.table.outerHTML; ta.defaultValue = tabletext; ta.value = tabletext; cform.appendChild(ta); intable.parentNode.appendChild(cform); cform.submit(); //clean up ta.defaultValue = null; ta = null; tabletext = null; this.table = null; }

And the code for exporttoexcel.jsp

 <%@ page import="java.util.*"%> <%@ page import="java.io.*" %> <%@ page import="org.apache.commons.fileupload.*" %> <%@ page import="org.apache.commons.fileupload.disk.*" %> <%@ page import="org.apache.commons.fileupload.servlet.*" %> <% response.setContentType("application/vnd.ms-excel"); response.setHeader("Content-Disposition","attachment; filename=" + "MyReport.xls" ); boolean isMultipart = ServletFileUpload.isMultipartContent(request); Iterator pit = null; DiskFileItem dfi = null; String line = ""; if(isMultipart){ // Create a factory for disk-based file items FileItemFactory factory = new DiskFileItemFactory(); // Create a new file upload handler ServletFileUpload upload = new ServletFileUpload(factory); // Parse the request File f = null; dfi = null; List items = null; items = upload.parseRequest(request); pit = items.iterator(); } if(isMultipart){ while(pit.hasNext()){ dfi = (DiskFileItem)pit.next(); String name = dfi.getFieldName(); if (name.equalsIgnoreCase("ExcelTable")){ InputStream is = dfi.getInputStream(); BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is)); while((line = br.readLine()) != null){ out.println(line); } } } }else{ Enumeration params = request.getParameterNames(); while(params.hasMoreElements()){ String par = (String)params.nextElement(); out.println(par+"<br>"); out.println(request.getParameter(par)); } } %>

Export Html Table to Excel - All Browsers

Question

2 answers

solution1
2 2015-06-24 06:37:38

solution2
0 ACCPTED 2013-11-25 20:20:37

Export Html Table to Excel - All Browsers

Question

2 answers

solution1 2 2015-06-24 06:37:38

solution2 0 ACCPTED 2013-11-25 20:20:37

solution1
2 2015-06-24 06:37:38

solution2
0 ACCPTED 2013-11-25 20:20:37