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    Generate Excel from Data Sources in Storage
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    This section demonstrates how to call the Web API service through a client application and generate excel file from dataset or .NET collection present in storage (remote storage or storage at the same server).

    Step 1: Call the Service

    Step 2: Run the Client Project

    The following example makes a call to the Web API service through HTML as well as WinForms client applications. These clients send a GET request to the service, which returns a response stream. This response stream is then saved in the desired excel file format.

    In the following example, the service URL takes name and location of dataset/ collection (present in storage) in DataName parameter and the desired file format, xls, in Type parameter. The specified dataset, named Products, resides in Nwind folder of the hosted service.

    Step 1: Call the Service

    Complete the following steps to call the Web API service.

    1. Create a WinForms application, as discussed in Configure Client for REST API service. Add one C1Label, one C1TextBox and one C1Button control. Your form will appear as shown below.
    2. Define a method (for example: GetExcel()) in form class of your WinForms application, to call the service application, as shown below.
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      public void GetExcel() {
        var apiURL = string.IsNullOrEmpty(C1TextBox1.Text) ? "https://developer.mescius.com/componentone/demos/aspnet/c1WebAPI/latest/api/excel?
        FileName = excel & type = xls & dataname = Nwind % 2 FProducts " : C1TextBox1.Text;
        WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(apiURL);
        WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
        var fileStream = File.Create("D:\\ExcelfromStorage.xls"); 
        //The file format specified here should be same as that specified in the
        request url
        response.GetResponseStream().CopyTo(fileStream);
      }
      
    3. Call the GetExcel() method on button-click event of Generate Excel button.
    1. Create an HTML application, as discussed in Configure Client for REST API service.
    2. Add the following markups in the <form> tags, within <body> tags, of your HTML page.
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      <form action="https://developer.mescius.com/componentone/demos/aspnet/c1WebAPI/latest/api/excel" method="GET">
              <label for="fileName">File Name:</label>
              <input type="text" id="fileName" name="fileName" value="ExcelfromStorage" />
              <br />
              <label for="fileFormat">File Format:</label>
              <input type="text" id="fileFormat" name="type" value="xls" />
              <br />
              <label for="DataName">Data Name:</label>
              <input type="text" id="DataName" name="DataName" value="Nwind/Products" />
              <input type="submit" value="Generate Excel"/>
      </form> 
      

      Note that, for GET request we set method attribute of <form> tag to GET, and set its action attribute to service request URL. Also, we create input controls on the HTML page, which take various parameters to generate the excel from dataset, present in the storage, to the desired excel format.

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    Step 2: Run the Client Project

    WinForms Application

    HTML Application

    Explore detailed demo samples of REST API service to generate excel from data sources available in storage at:

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