How to export the contents of a grid to excel in WinForms GridControl?

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You can transfer the contents of the WinForms GridControl to Excel by using the GridToExcel method of the GridExcelConverter class.

C#

Syncfusion.GridExcelConverter.GridExcelConverterControl gecc = new Syncfusion.GridExcelConverter.GridExcelConverterControl();
//Convert Grid to the Excel
gecc.GridToExcel(this.gridControl1.Model, @"D:\excel.xls");

Dim gecc As New Syncfusion.GridExcelConverter.GridExcelConverterControl()
'Convert Grid to the Excel
gecc.GridToExcel(Me.gridControl1.Model, "D:\excel.xls")

The following dll files should be added, along with the default dll files in reference folder: Syncfusion.GridConverter.Base, Syncfusion.GridConverter.Windows, Syncfusion.XlsIO.Base

Samples:

C#: Exporting

VB: Exporting

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to export the contents of a grid to excel in WinForms GridControl.

You can refer to WinForms GridControl feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations and documentation, and how to quickly get started for configuration specifications. You can also explore our WinForms GridControl example to understand how to create and manipulate data.

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