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[Bug] RadGrid - Hierarchy Export To Excel (Format ExcelML)

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SomeName asked on 15 Jul 2011, 08:03 AM
Hi.

I have stumbled over a bug (Atleast i think its one).
I want to expert my nested table view into excel. (excel-format: ExcelML)
Word, CSV and Excel with format Html works fine.

But ExcelML crashes with a null exception.

ASPX.Page:
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="TestGrid.aspx.cs" Inherits="TestGrid" %>
 
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<head runat="server">
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <telerik:RadScriptManager ID="ScriptManager" runat="server">
    </telerik:RadScriptManager>
    <telerik:RadGrid runat="server" ID="RadGrid1" OnNeedDataSource="RadGrid1_NeedDataSource"
        EnableLinqExpressions="false">
        <ExportSettings HideStructureColumns="true" ExportOnlyData="true" IgnorePaging="true"
            Excel-Format="ExcelML" />
        <PagerStyle Mode="NumericPages" AlwaysVisible="true" />
        <GroupingSettings CaseSensitive="false" />
        <MasterTableView ShowHeader="true" AutoGenerateColumns="False" AllowPaging="true"
            DataKeyNames="ID, PARENT_ID" CommandItemDisplay="Top" AllowMultiColumnSorting="True"
            EditMode="InPlace" HierarchyLoadMode="Client" FilterExpression="PARENT_ID = 0 or PARENT_ID IS NULL">
            <CommandItemTemplate>
                <asp:Button  ID="ExportToExcelButton" runat="server"
                    CommandName="ExportToExcel" Text="Export to Excel" />
                <asp:Button  ID="ExportToWordButton" runat="server"
                    CommandName="ExportToWord" Text="Export to Word" />
                <asp:Button  ID="ExportToCsvButton" runat="server"
                    CommandName="ExportToCsv" Text="Export to Csv" />
            </CommandItemTemplate>
            <SelfHierarchySettings ParentKeyName="PARENT_ID" KeyName="ID" MaximumDepth="0" />
            <Columns>
                <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="ID" />
                <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="PARENT_ID" />
                <telerik:GridBoundColumn DataField="NAME" />
            </Columns>
        </MasterTableView>
    </telerik:RadGrid>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

ASPX.CS Code Page:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Data;
using Telerik.Web.UI;
 
    public partial class TestGrid : System.Web.UI.Page
    {
 
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
 
        }
 
        private DataTable GetDataTable()
        {
            DataTable returnValue = new DataTable();
 
            returnValue.Columns.Add("ID");
            returnValue.Columns.Add("PARENT_ID");
            returnValue.Columns.Add("NAME");
 
            DataRow row = returnValue.NewRow();
            row["ID"] = 1;
            row["PARENT_ID"] = 0;
            row["NAME"] = "Parent A";
            returnValue.Rows.Add(row);
 
            row = returnValue.NewRow();
            row["ID"] = 2;
            row["PARENT_ID"] = 1;
            row["NAME"] = "Child A";
            returnValue.Rows.Add(row);
 
            row = returnValue.NewRow();
            row["ID"] = 3;
            row["PARENT_ID"] = 1;
            row["NAME"] = "Child B";
            returnValue.Rows.Add(row);
 
            row = returnValue.NewRow();
            row["ID"] = 4;
            row["PARENT_ID"] = 1;
            row["NAME"] = "Child C";
            returnValue.Rows.Add(row);
 
            row = returnValue.NewRow();
            row["ID"] = 5;
            row["PARENT_ID"] = 0;
            row["NAME"] = "Parent B";
            returnValue.Rows.Add(row);
 
            return returnValue;
        }
 
        protected void RadGrid1_NeedDataSource(object source, GridNeedDataSourceEventArgs e)
        {
            RadGrid1.DataSource = GetDataTable();
        }
    }

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Daniel
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answered on 21 Jul 2011, 02:58 PM
Hello,

I'm afraid RadGrid does not support exporting with self-referencing hierarchy.
Please excuse us for any inconvenience caused.

Best regards,
Daniel
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answered on 22 Jul 2011, 07:20 AM
This cant be true, as I mentioned it works fine with every export function except for Excel in the format ExcelML.
So why should everything be supported except for ExcelML? (Exporting Excel with HTML works fine aswell)
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answered on 17 Jun 2014, 12:04 PM
hi

i am exporting heirarchy radgrid in excel

how to export radgrid in excel without OnNeedDataSource

i am binding datasource to radgrid on button click event 

if i am not use OnNeedDataSource,it give me object reference is null

my code for binding grid is 

 grd_firstchart_aco.DataSource = table;

 grd_firstchart_aco.DataBind();
and code for export to excel is below
  grd_forth_aco.ExportSettings.ExportOnlyData = true;
        grd_forth_aco.ExportSettings.IgnorePaging = true;
        grd_forth_aco.ExportSettings.OpenInNewWindow = true;
        grd_forth_aco.ExportSettings.FileName = "fileName";
        grd_forth_aco.ExportSettings.Excel.Format = GridExcelExportFormat.ExcelML;
        grd_forth_aco.ExportSettings.HideStructureColumns = true;

        grd_forth_aco.MasterTableView.HierarchyDefaultExpanded = true;
        grd_forth_aco.MasterTableView.DetailTables[0].HierarchyDefaultExpanded = true;

        grd_forth_aco.MasterTableView.HierarchyLoadMode = GridChildLoadMode.Client;
        grd_forth_aco.MasterTableView.DetailTables[0].HierarchyLoadMode = GridChildLoadMode.Client;

        grd_forth_aco.MasterTableView.ExportToExcel();


thanks

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