Question

I am creating a excel report and html report in asp.net when I clik the button and my application create it and save to the client desktop but, it is not working correctly because excel file is creating in server’s desktop. How can I fix this matter ?

Thank you for your reply.

string CurrentDate;
DateTime saveNow = DateTime.Now;
CurrentDate = saveNow.Date.ToShortDateString();
string reportContent = prepareHTM();

string pathFile = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonDesktopDirectory) + "\\As_Build_Report_ "+ CurrentDate + ".html";

using (StreamWriter outfile = new StreamWriter(pathFile, true))
{
    outfile.WriteLine(reportContent);
}
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(pathFile);

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object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
//Start Excel Application.
Excel.Application oXL = new Excel.Application();
oXL.Visible = true; //display Application .            
Excel._Workbook oWB = (Excel._Workbook)(oXL.Workbooks.Add(missing));//create a new workbook.
Excel._Worksheet oSheet = (Excel._Worksheet)oWB.ActiveSheet; //create a sheet                

string CurrentDate;
DateTime saveNow = DateTime.Now;
CurrentDate = saveNow.Date.ToString();
int keep = 5;
string project = list[0].Project;
oSheet.Cells[1, 3] = "MiKES Configuration Management __" + project + "__ As-Built Report";
oSheet.Cells[3, 1] = "Report Date :";
oSheet.Cells[3, 2] = CurrentDate;

oSheet.Cells[keep, 1] = "PART NO";
oSheet.Cells[keep, 2] = "REF.DES.";
oSheet.Cells[keep, 3] = "DESCRIPTION";
oSheet.Cells[keep, 4] = "SERIAL NO";
oSheet.Cells[keep, 5] = "C/S";
oSheet.Cells[keep, 6] = "D/C";
oSheet.Cells[keep, 7] = "REMARK";
keep++;
foreach(Classes.CMNewPart item in list)
{
    try
    {
        oSheet.Cells[keep, 1] = item.PartNo;
        oSheet.Cells[keep, 2] = item.RefDes;
        oSheet.Cells[keep, 3] = item.Description1;
        oSheet.Cells[keep, 4] = item.SerialNo;
        oSheet.Cells[keep, 5] = item.Cs;
        oSheet.Cells[keep, 6] = item.Dc;
        oSheet.Cells[keep, 7] = item.Remark;
    }
    catch (Exception)
    {

    }
    keep++;
}

Answer 1

You need to send the file to client using Response object. To ignore the warning message like when client is opening the excel file –

To prevent this you need to mention the content type and length in the response
use the sample code

//Read the Excel file in a byte array. here pck is the Excelworkbook              
Byte[] fileBytes = pck.GetAsByteArray();

//Clear the response               
Response.Clear();
Response.ClearContent();
Response.ClearHeaders();
Response.Cookies.Clear();
//Add the header & other information      
Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.Private);
Response.CacheControl = "private";
Response.Charset = System.Text.UTF8Encoding.UTF8.WebName;
Response.ContentEncoding = System.Text.UTF8Encoding.UTF8;
Response.AppendHeader("Content-Length", fileBytes.Length.ToString());
Response.AppendHeader("Pragma", "cache");
Response.AppendHeader("Expires", "60");
Response.AppendHeader("Content-Disposition",
"attachment; " +
"filename=\"ExcelReport.xlsx\"; " +
"size=" + fileBytes.Length.ToString() + "; " +
"creation-date=" + DateTime.Now.ToString("R") + "; " +
"modification-date=" + DateTime.Now.ToString("R") + "; " +
"read-date=" + DateTime.Now.ToString("R"));
Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet";
//Write it back to the client    
Response.BinaryWrite(fileBytes);
Response.End();