I am trying to copy and paste rows from my RadGridView to Excel. It works as expected when the first and last columns are visible, but if the first column is hidden the opening TABLE/TR tags in the HTML format on the clipboard are lost, and if the last column is hidden the matching closing tags are lost.
Repro: (VS2012, RadGridView Q1 2014)
Add a datasource with three columns. Right click on row header -> Copy, Paste into Excel.
Expected: The data spans three columns.
Actual: The data spans three columns. Yay!
Clipboard contents:
Version:1.0StartHTML:00000097EndHTML:00000239StartFragment:00000133EndFragment:00000203<HTML><BODY><!--StartFragment--><TABLE><TR><TD>3</TD><TD>Tools</TD><TD>Electronics</TD></TR></TABLE><!--EndFragment--></BODY></HTML>
Hide the first column. Right click on row header -> Copy, Paste into Excel.
Expected: The data spans two columns.
Actual: All data is in a single cell.
Clipboard contents: No <TABLE><TR>.
Version:1.0StartHTML:00000097EndHTML:00000216StartFragment:00000133EndFragment:00000180<HTML><BODY><!--StartFragment--><TD>Books</TD><TD>Chocolate</TD></TR></TABLE><!--EndFragment--></BODY></HTML>3 Answers, 1 is accepted
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Hello Jovana,
Thank you for writing.
I was able to reproduce the problem that you are facing with the hidden first/last column. I confirm that it is an issue with our RadGridView and its Copy functionality. I have logged it in our Feedback Portal. You can track its progress, subscribe for status changes and add your vote/comment to it on the following link - Feedback Item.
I have also updated your Telerik points.
Currently, the possible solution that I can suggest is to create a derivative of the RadGridView and replace the wrong content in the Clipboard:
I hope this information helps. Should you have further questions, I would be glad to help.
Regards,
Desislava
Telerik
Thank you for writing.
I was able to reproduce the problem that you are facing with the hidden first/last column. I confirm that it is an issue with our RadGridView and its Copy functionality. I have logged it in our Feedback Portal. You can track its progress, subscribe for status changes and add your vote/comment to it on the following link - Feedback Item.
I have also updated your Telerik points.
Currently, the possible solution that I can suggest is to create a derivative of the RadGridView and replace the wrong content in the Clipboard:
public class CustomGrid : RadGridView{ protected override RadGridViewElement CreateGridViewElement() { return new CustomRadGridViewElement(); }}public class CustomRadGridViewElement : RadGridViewElement{ protected override MasterGridViewTemplate CreateTemplate() { return new CustomMasterGridViewTemplate(); }}public class CustomMasterGridViewTemplate : MasterGridViewTemplate{ public override void Copy() { base.Copy(); if (Clipboard.ContainsData(DataFormats.Html)) { string data = Clipboard.GetData(DataFormats.Html).ToString(); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(data); if (!data.Contains("<TABLE>")) { int insertIndex = data.IndexOf("<TD>"); sb.Insert(insertIndex, "<TABLE><TR>"); } else if (!data.Contains("</TABLE>")) { int insertIndex = data.LastIndexOf("<TD>"); sb.Insert(insertIndex, "</TR></TABLE>"); } Clipboard.SetData(DataFormats.Html, sb.ToString()); } }}I hope this information helps. Should you have further questions, I would be glad to help.
Regards,
Desislava
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answered on 28 Apr 2014, 08:51 PM
Thank you for adding the feedback item.
The workaround you provided doesn't cover the case when there are multiple rows copied: the <TR> tag will still be missing on rows other than the first row, similarly the </TR> tag will be missing from all but the last row.
The workaround you provided doesn't cover the case when there are multiple rows copied: the <TR> tag will still be missing on rows other than the first row, similarly the </TR> tag will be missing from all but the last row.
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Hello Jovana,
Thank you for writing back.
When I select several rows, copy them and paste in a sheet in MS Excel, all the rows are inserted correctly, although the contained string in the Clipboard does not include all necessary <TR> tags. However, in order to handle the case when the user copies multiple rows (MultiSelect property is set to true), it is necessary to modify the sample code snippet and insert the missing "<TR>" tags as follows:
I hope this information helps. If you have any additional questions, please let me know.
Regards,
Desislava
Telerik
Thank you for writing back.
When I select several rows, copy them and paste in a sheet in MS Excel, all the rows are inserted correctly, although the contained string in the Clipboard does not include all necessary <TR> tags. However, in order to handle the case when the user copies multiple rows (MultiSelect property is set to true), it is necessary to modify the sample code snippet and insert the missing "<TR>" tags as follows:
public override void Copy(){ base.Copy(); if (Clipboard.ContainsData(DataFormats.Html)) { string data = Clipboard.GetData(DataFormats.Html).ToString(); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(data); if (data.Contains("<TD>")) { if (!data.Contains("<TABLE>")) { int insertIndex = data.IndexOf("<TD>"); sb.Insert(insertIndex, "<TABLE><TR>"); } else if (!data.Contains("</TABLE>")) { int insertIndex = data.LastIndexOf("<TD>"); sb.Insert(insertIndex, "</TR></TABLE>"); } int startIndex = sb.ToString().IndexOf("</TR>"); int endIndex = sb.ToString().LastIndexOf("</TR>"); while (startIndex < endIndex && startIndex > -1) { sb.Insert(startIndex + "</TR>".Count(), "<TR>"); startIndex = sb.ToString().IndexOf("</TR>", startIndex + 1); } Clipboard.SetData(DataFormats.Html, sb.ToString()); } }}I hope this information helps. If you have any additional questions, please let me know.
Regards,
Desislava
Telerik
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