[thelist] .NET, XML, XSL and .xls

[Asif Suria]

I have used 

Response.ContentType = "application/msword"

to generate word documents from an ASP script. The
same trick should work to generate excel output from a
.NET script. 

Response.ContentType = "application/excel"

You can find an example on the following website,

http://codebetter.com/blogs/darrell.norton/archive/2004/02/12/7154.aspx

Asif
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--- Simon Perry <thelist at si-designs.co.uk> wrote:

> Christian Heilmann wrote:
> 
> >>This is not what you asked but if you generate csv
> and call it
> >>something.xls Excel will be happy to open like any
> other excel file. You
> >>have a limited formatting though which is why in
> some cases you need
> >>specialized libraries.
> >>
> >>Does this helps?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Nah, they want it pwetty...
> >
> >I found a Java API we _could_ try on the command
> line[1], but shirley
> >there has to be something in .NET?
> >
> >  
> >
> A quick google for ".NET excel COM" turns up this
> tutorial on page one
> of the results
> 
> http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-3513-5815515.html#
> 
> Seems to outline the basic aproach but then again
> I'm not a .NET
> developer...
> 
> hth
> 
> Simon
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