public static byte[] ExportExcel(DataTable dataTable, string heading = "", string timeReport = "", string creater = "", bool showSrNo = false, params string[] columnsToTake) { byte[] result = null; using (ExcelPackage package = new ExcelPackage()) { ExcelWorksheet workSheet = package.Workbook.Worksheets.Add(String.Format("{0} Data", heading)); int startRowFrom = String.IsNullOrEmpty(heading) ? 1 : 3; // int columRow = 0; if (showSrNo) { // columRow = 1; DataColumn dataColumn = dataTable.Columns.Add("#", typeof(int)); dataColumn.SetOrdinal(0); int index = 1; foreach (DataRow item in dataTable.Rows) { item[0] = index; index++; } } //// headers //foreach (string header in columnsToTake) //{ // workSheet.Cells[startRowFrom , columRow].Value = header; // columRow++; //} // add the content into the Excel file workSheet.Cells["A" + startRowFrom].LoadFromDataTable(dataTable, true); // autofit width of cells with small content int columnIndex = 1; foreach (DataColumn column in dataTable.Columns) { ExcelRange columnCells = workSheet.Cells[workSheet.Dimension.Start.Row, columnIndex, workSheet.Dimension.End.Row, columnIndex]; int maxLength = columnCells.DefaultIfEmpty().Max(cell => cell.Value == null ? 0 : cell.Value.ToString().Count()); if (maxLength < 150) { workSheet.Column(columnIndex).AutoFit(); } columnIndex++; } // format header - bold, yellow on black using (ExcelRange r = workSheet.Cells[startRowFrom, 1, startRowFrom, dataTable.Columns.Count]) { r.Style.Font.Color.SetColor(System.Drawing.Color.White); r.Style.Font.Bold = true; r.Style.Fill.PatternType = OfficeOpenXml.Style.ExcelFillStyle.Solid; r.Style.Fill.BackgroundColor.SetColor(System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#1fb5ad")); } // format cells - add borders using (ExcelRange r = workSheet.Cells[startRowFrom + 1, 1, startRowFrom + dataTable.Rows.Count, dataTable.Columns.Count]) { r.Style.Border.Top.Style = ExcelBorderStyle.Thin; r.Style.Border.Bottom.Style = ExcelBorderStyle.Thin; r.Style.Border.Left.Style = ExcelBorderStyle.Thin; r.Style.Border.Right.Style = ExcelBorderStyle.Thin; r.Style.Border.Top.Color.SetColor(System.Drawing.Color.Black); r.Style.Border.Bottom.Color.SetColor(System.Drawing.Color.Black); r.Style.Border.Left.Color.SetColor(System.Drawing.Color.Black); r.Style.Border.Right.Color.SetColor(System.Drawing.Color.Black); } for (int i = dataTable.Columns.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--) { if (i == 0 && showSrNo) { continue; } if (!columnsToTake.Contains(dataTable.Columns[i].ColumnName)) { workSheet.DeleteColumn(i + 1); } } if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(creater)) { workSheet.Cells["A1"].Value = creater; //workSheet.Cells[1, dataTable.Rows.Count].Merge = true; workSheet.Cells["A1"].Style.Font.Size = 20; //workSheet.InsertColumn(1, 1); workSheet.InsertRow(1, 1); workSheet.Column(1).Width = 5; } if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(timeReport)) { workSheet.Cells["A1"].Value = timeReport; // workSheet.Cells[1, dataTable.Rows.Count].Merge = true; workSheet.Cells["A1"].Style.Font.Size = 20; //workSheet.InsertColumn(1, 1); workSheet.InsertRow(1, 1); workSheet.Column(1).Width = 5; } // add heading if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(heading)) { workSheet.Cells["A1"].Value = heading; workSheet.Cells[1, dataTable.Rows.Count].Merge = true; workSheet.Cells["A1"].Style.Font.Size = 20; //workSheet.InsertColumn(1, 1); workSheet.InsertRow(1, 1); workSheet.Column(1).Width = 5; } result = package.GetAsByteArray(); } return(result); }