Completed
Last Updated: 29 Nov 2021 15:30 by ADMIN
Release 2.30.0
Danilo
Created on: 08 Jun 2020 10:57
Category: Grid
Type: Feature Request
26
Trigger Grid Excel Export from code

I have a grid with the excell Export. Now I have two custom Export buttons on the Page (Over and under the Grid).

Can I somehow trigger the Grid Excell Export command Manually? 

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ADMIN EDIT

Here is a workaround - a bit of JS to click the desired button and the second snippet shows how to invoke it from a blazor component and code.

 <script>
        function clickButton(selector) {
            var btn = document.querySelector(selector);
            if (btn && btn.click) {
                btn.click();
            }
        }
    </script>

@inject IJSRuntime _js

<style>
    /* hide the built-in button if you like */
    .myExcelExportButton {
        display:none;
    }
</style>

<button @onclick="@MyExternalExportTrigger">my external export button</button>

<TelerikGrid Data="@GridData" Pageable="true" Sortable="true" Resizable="true" Reorderable="true"
             FilterMode="@GridFilterMode.FilterRow" Groupable="true"
             Class="@GridClass">
    <GridToolBar>
        <GridCommandButton Class="@ExportBtnClass" Command="ExcelExport" Icon="@IconName.FileExcel">Export to Excel</GridCommandButton>
        <label><TelerikCheckBox @bind-Value="@ExportAllPages" />Export All Pages</label>
    </GridToolBar>
    <GridExport>
        <GridExcelExport FileName="telerik-grid-export" AllPages="@ExportAllPages" />
    </GridExport>

    <GridColumns>
        <GridColumn Field="@nameof(SampleData.ProductId)" Title="ID" Width="100px" />
        <GridColumn Field="@nameof(SampleData.ProductName)" Title="Product Name" Width="300px" />
        <GridColumn Field="@nameof(SampleData.UnitsInStock)" Title="In stock" Width="100px" />
        <GridColumn Field="@nameof(SampleData.Price)" Title="Unit Price" Width="200px" />
        <GridColumn Field="@nameof(SampleData.Discontinued)" Title="Discontinued" Width="100px" />
        <GridColumn Field="@nameof(SampleData.FirstReleaseDate)" Title="Release Date" Width="300px" />
    </GridColumns>
</TelerikGrid>

@code {
    // cascade through classes on the grid and/or on the built-in button to click it with JS
    // so that it can invoke the built-in export operations
    string GridClass { get; set; } = "MyGrid";
    string ExportBtnClass { get; set; } = "myExcelExportButton";
    async Task MyExternalExportTrigger()
    {
        var selector = $".{GridClass} .k-header .{ExportBtnClass}";
        await _js.InvokeVoidAsync("clickButton", selector);
    }



    List<SampleData> GridData { get; set; }
    bool ExportAllPages { get; set; }

    protected override void OnInitialized()
    {
        GridData = Enumerable.Range(1, 100).Select(x => new SampleData
        {
            ProductId = x,
            ProductName = $"Product {x}",
            UnitsInStock = x * 2,
            Price = 3.14159m * x,
            Discontinued = x % 4 == 0,
            FirstReleaseDate = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-x)
        }).ToList();
    }

    public class SampleData
    {
        public int ProductId { get; set; }
        public string ProductName { get; set; }
        public int UnitsInStock { get; set; }
        public decimal Price { get; set; }
        public bool Discontinued { get; set; }
        public DateTime FirstReleaseDate { get; set; }
    }
}

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3 comments
ADMIN
Marin Bratanov
Posted on: 14 May 2021 05:48

Hi Lance,

With the new confirm dialog we added just now, you can make this easier - just confirm the click of the built-in button, then cancel the event if the user does not confirm. This can also apply to other logic where you would need the bit of JS Interop workaround to trigger the export from some other action.

<TelerikGrid Data="@GridData" Pageable="true" Sortable="true" Resizable="true" Reorderable="true"
             FilterMode="@GridFilterMode.FilterRow" Groupable="true">
    <GridToolBar>
        <GridCommandButton OnClick="@ConfirmCommand" Command="ExcelExport" Icon="file-excel">Export to Excel</GridCommandButton>
        <label><TelerikCheckBox @bind-Value="@ExportAllPages" />Export All Pages</label>
    </GridToolBar>
    <GridExport>
        <GridExcelExport FileName="telerik-grid-export" AllPages="@ExportAllPages" />
    </GridExport>

    <GridColumns>
        <GridColumn Field="@nameof(SampleData.ProductId)" Title="ID" Width="100px" />
        <GridColumn Field="@nameof(SampleData.ProductName)" Title="Product Name" Width="300px" />
        <GridColumn Field="@nameof(SampleData.UnitsInStock)" Title="In stock" Width="100px" />
        <GridColumn Field="@nameof(SampleData.Price)" Title="Unit Price" Width="200px" />
        <GridColumn Field="@nameof(SampleData.Discontinued)" Title="Discontinued" Width="100px" />
        <GridColumn Field="@nameof(SampleData.FirstReleaseDate)" Title="Release Date" Width="300px" />
    </GridColumns>
</TelerikGrid>

@code {
    [CascadingParameter]
    public DialogFactory Dialogs { get; set; }
    async Task ConfirmCommand(GridCommandEventArgs e)
    {
        bool isConfirmed = await Dialogs.ConfirmAsync("There is sensitive/confidential data in this report. Confirm that you want to continue", "Are you sure?");
        e.IsCancelled = !isConfirmed;
    }



    List<SampleData> GridData { get; set; }
    bool ExportAllPages { get; set; }

    protected override void OnInitialized()
    {
        GridData = Enumerable.Range(1, 100).Select(x => new SampleData
        {
            ProductId = x,
            ProductName = $"Product {x}",
            UnitsInStock = x * 2,
            Price = 3.14159m * x,
            Discontinued = x % 4 == 0,
            FirstReleaseDate = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-x)
        }).ToList();
    }

    public class SampleData
    {
        public int ProductId { get; set; }
        public string ProductName { get; set; }
        public int UnitsInStock { get; set; }
        public decimal Price { get; set; }
        public bool Discontinued { get; set; }
        public DateTime FirstReleaseDate { get; set; }
    }
}

 

Regards,
Marin Bratanov
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Lance
Posted on: 14 May 2021 02:57

In my use case I have to display a dialog that asks user to confirm they want to export (because data contains confidential information).

I have for now implemented it with a background task and a sleep to call your interop after the dialog has closed, however I hope a better solution is provided

ADMIN
Marin Bratanov
Posted on: 08 Jun 2020 10:58

At one point maybe the grid can have a method to invoke the export. For the time being, you can use a little bit of JS interop to click the built-in command button:

    <script>
        function clickButton(selector) {
            var btn = document.querySelector(selector);
            if (btn && btn.click) {
                btn.click();
            }
        }
    </script>

that you can call like so:

@inject IJSRuntime _js

<style>
    /* hide the built-in button if you like */
    .myExcelExportButton {
        display:none;
    }
</style>

<button @onclick="@MyExternalExportTrigger">my external export button</button>

<TelerikGrid Data="@GridData" Pageable="true" Sortable="true" Resizable="true" Reorderable="true"
             FilterMode="@GridFilterMode.FilterRow" Groupable="true"
             Class="@GridClass">
    <GridToolBar>
        <GridCommandButton Class="@ExportBtnClass" Command="ExcelExport" Icon="@IconName.FileExcel">Export to Excel</GridCommandButton>
        <label><TelerikCheckBox @bind-Value="@ExportAllPages" />Export All Pages</label>
    </GridToolBar>
    <GridExport>
        <GridExcelExport FileName="telerik-grid-export" AllPages="@ExportAllPages" />
    </GridExport>

    <GridColumns>
        <GridColumn Field="@nameof(SampleData.ProductId)" Title="ID" Width="100px" />
        <GridColumn Field="@nameof(SampleData.ProductName)" Title="Product Name" Width="300px" />
        <GridColumn Field="@nameof(SampleData.UnitsInStock)" Title="In stock" Width="100px" />
        <GridColumn Field="@nameof(SampleData.Price)" Title="Unit Price" Width="200px" />
        <GridColumn Field="@nameof(SampleData.Discontinued)" Title="Discontinued" Width="100px" />
        <GridColumn Field="@nameof(SampleData.FirstReleaseDate)" Title="Release Date" Width="300px" />
    </GridColumns>
</TelerikGrid>

@code {
    // cascade through classes on the grid and/or on the built-in button to click it with JS
    // so that it can invoke the built-in export operations
    string GridClass { get; set; } = "MyGrid";
    string ExportBtnClass { get; set; } = "myExcelExportButton";
    async Task MyExternalExportTrigger()
    {
        var selector = $".{GridClass} .k-header .{ExportBtnClass}";
        await _js.InvokeVoidAsync("clickButton", selector);
    }



    List<SampleData> GridData { get; set; }
    bool ExportAllPages { get; set; }

    protected override void OnInitialized()
    {
        GridData = Enumerable.Range(1, 100).Select(x => new SampleData
        {
            ProductId = x,
            ProductName = $"Product {x}",
            UnitsInStock = x * 2,
            Price = 3.14159m * x,
            Discontinued = x % 4 == 0,
            FirstReleaseDate = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-x)
        }).ToList();
    }

    public class SampleData
    {
        public int ProductId { get; set; }
        public string ProductName { get; set; }
        public int UnitsInStock { get; set; }
        public decimal Price { get; set; }
        public bool Discontinued { get; set; }
        public DateTime FirstReleaseDate { get; set; }
    }
}

Regards,
Marin Bratanov
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