Navigation Between Tabs in Asp.Net


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Rich Text Box Control in Asp.Net


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Introduction


Here I will explain how to use richtextbox and how we can save our richtextbox data in database and how we can retrieve and display saved richtextbox data into our application using asp.net.

Description:
  
Today I am writing this post to explain about freely available richtextbox. Previously I worked on one social networking site for that we got requirement to use richtextbox at that time we search so many websites to use richtextbox but we didn’t find useful ones. Recently I came across one website and I found one free available richtextbox. We can validate and we can use richtextbox very easily and by using this richtextbox we can insert data in different formats like bold, italic and different color format texts and we can insert images also. To use free Richtextbox download available dll here FreeTextbox . After download dll from that site create one new website in visual studio and add FreeTextbox dll reference to newly created website after that design aspx page like this 

After that Design your aspx page like this 


<%@ Register Assembly="FreeTextBox" Namespace="FreeTextBoxControls" TagPrefix="FTB" %>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>Richtextbox Sample</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function validate() {
var doc = document.getElementById('FreeTextBox1');
if (doc.value.length == 0) {
alert('Please Enter data in Richtextbox');
return false;
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<FTB:FreeTextBox ID="FreeTextBox1" runat="server">
</FTB:FreeTextBox>
</td>
<td valign="top">
<asp:GridView runat="server" ID="gvdetails" AutoGenerateColumns="false">
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="RichtextBoxData">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lbltxt" runat="server" Text='<%#Bind("RichtextData") %>'/>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<asp:Button ID="btnSubmit" runat="server" OnClientClick="return validate()"
Text="Submit" onclick="btnSubmit_Click" /><br />
<asp:Label ID="lbltxt" runat="server"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
After that run your application richtextbox appears like this 
Now our richtextbox is ready do you know how we can save richtextbox data into database and which datatype is used to save richtextbox data and do you know how to display richtextbox on our web page no problem we can implement it now.

To save richtextbox data we need to use datatype nvarchar(MAX) now Design table like this in your SQL Server database and give name as RichTextBoxData

Column Name
Data Type
Allow Nulls
Id
Int(Set Identity=true)
No
RichTextData
nvarchar(MAX)
Yes
After that add following namespaces in code behind

using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
Now write the following code in code behind 


SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection("Data Source=SureshDasari;Integrated Security=true;Initial Catalog=MySampleDB");
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if(!IsPostBack)
{
BindGridview();
}
}
protected void BindGridview()
{
con.Open();
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("select RichTextData from RichTextBoxData", con);
SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
da.Fill(ds);
gvdetails.DataSource = ds;
gvdetails.DataBind();
}
protected void btnSubmit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
con.Open();
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("insert into RichTextBoxData(RichTextData) values(@Richtextbox)", con);
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Richtextbox", FreeTextBox1.Text);
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
con.Close();
FreeTextBox1.Text = "";
BindGridview();
}
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Export Grid View Data in Excel and Word


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Introduction:

Here I will explain how to export gridviewdata to Word and Excel using asp.net.


Description:

I have one gridview that has filled with user details now I need to export gridview data to word or excel document based on selection. To implement this functionality first we need to design aspx page like this 

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<table>
<tr>
<td align="right">
<asp:ImageButton ID="btnExcel" runat="server" ImageUrl="~/ExcelImage.jpg"
onclick="btnExcel_Click" />
<asp:ImageButton ID="btnWord" runat="server" ImageUrl="~/WordImage.jpg"
onclick="btnWord_Click" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<asp:GridView runat="server" ID="gvdetails" DataSourceID="dsdetails"  AllowPaging="true" AllowSorting="true" AutoGenerateColumns="false">
<RowStyle BackColor="#EFF3FB" />
<FooterStyle BackColor="#507CD1" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
<PagerStyle BackColor="#2461BF" ForeColor="White" HorizontalAlign="Center" />
<HeaderStyle BackColor="#507CD1" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
<AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="White" />
<Columns>
<asp:BoundField DataField="UserId" HeaderText="UserId" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="UserName" HeaderText="UserName" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="LastName" HeaderText="LastName" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="Location" HeaderText="Location" />
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="dsdetails" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ConnectionStrings:dbconnection %>"
SelectCommand="select * from UserInformation"/>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Here don’t forgot to set the connection string in web.config file here I am getting database connection from web.config file for that reason you need to set the connectionstring in web.config file like this

<connectionStrings>
<add name="dbconnection" connectionString="Data Source=SureshDasari;Integrated Security=true;Initial Catalog=MySampleDB"/>
</connectionStrings>
After set the connection string in web.config file now we are able to get the data from database and we can bind that data to gridview by using sqldatasource. Now if you run application gridview appears like this


Now in code behind add this reference

using System.IO;
After that write the following code in code behind

public override void VerifyRenderingInServerForm(Control control)
{
/* Verifies that the control is rendered */
}
/// <summary>
/// This event is used to export gridview data to word document
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sender"></param>
/// <param name="e"></param>
protected void btnWord_Click(object sender, ImageClickEventArgs e)
{
gvdetails.AllowPaging = false;
gvdetails.DataBind();
Response.ClearContent();
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", string.Format("attachment; filename={0}", "Customers.doc"));
Response.Charset = "";
Response.ContentType = "application/ms-word";
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
HtmlTextWriter htw = new HtmlTextWriter(sw);
gvdetails.RenderControl(htw);
Response.Write(sw.ToString());
Response.End();
}
/// <summary>
/// This Event is used to export gridview data to Excel
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sender"></param>
/// <param name="e"></param>
protected void btnExcel_Click(object sender, ImageClickEventArgs e)
{
Response.ClearContent();
Response.Buffer = true;
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", string.Format("attachment; filename={0}", "Customers.xls"));
Response.ContentType = "application/ms-excel";
StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
HtmlTextWriter htw = new HtmlTextWriter(sw);
gvdetails.AllowPaging = false;
gvdetails.DataBind();
//Change the Header Row back to white color
gvdetails.HeaderRow.Style.Add("background-color", "#FFFFFF");
//Applying stlye to gridview header cells
for (int i = 0; i < gvdetails.HeaderRow.Cells.Count; i++)
{
gvdetails.HeaderRow.Cells[i].Style.Add("background-color", "#507CD1");
}
int j = 1;
//This loop is used to apply stlye to cells based on particular row
foreach (GridViewRow gvrow in gvdetails.Rows)
{
gvrow.BackColor = Color.White;
if (j <= gvdetails.Rows.Count)
{
if (j % 2 != 0)
{
for (int k = 0; k < gvrow.Cells.Count; k++)
{
gvrow.Cells[k].Style.Add("background-color", "#EFF3FB");
}
}
}
j++;
}
gvdetails.RenderControl(htw);
Response.Write(sw.ToString());
Response.End();
}
Demo for Word document
If you observe above code I added one function that is VerifyRenderingInServerForm this function is used to avoid the error like “control must be placed in inside of form tag”. If we set VerifyRenderingInServerForm function then compiler will think that controls rendered before exporting and our functionality will work perfectly.

Here I used basic code to export gridview data to word document and for excel code is different but we can use the same code (Export to Word) for excel also to import gridview data just by replacing Customers.doc to Customers.xls and application/ms-word to application/ms-excel but here we have problem that is row background color is applied throughout excel for that reason I made some small code modification and applied color only to the particular columns based on rows.

Demo for Excel document


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Read and Wirite Data InTo Ms-Word Using Asp.Net


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In this article i am going to describe how to read and write to ms word file or document in ASP.NET using FileStream, StreamReader and StreamWriter.

For this i've added a textbox for input text to be written in word document and a button to write, same for reading text from word file.

The word file created is saved in a folder named document in root of application. which can be changed to desired location.




html source of the page look like 
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server">
</asp:TextBox>
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" 
                         onclick="Button1_Click" 
                         Text="Click to write to word" />
<br />
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server">
</asp:TextBox>
<asp:Button ID="Button2" runat="server" 
                         onclick="Button2_Click" 
                         Text="Read Word Document" />
</div>
</form>

To use Filestream and stringBuilder we need to add these namespace
using System.IO;
using System.Text;

C# code behind
protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    //Create stringBuilder to write formatted 
    //Text to word file
 StringBuilder strBuilder = new StringBuilder();
 strBuilder.Append("<h1 title='Header' align='Center'>
     Writing To Word Using ASP.NET</h1> ".ToString());

 strBuilder.Append("<br>".ToString());
 strBuilder.Append("<table align='Center'>".ToString());
 strBuilder.Append("<tr>".ToString());

 strBuilder.Append("<td style='width:100px;color:green'>
                          <b>amiT</b></td>".ToString());

 strBuilder.Append("<td style='width:100px;color:red'>
                              India</td>".ToString());
 strBuilder.Append("</tr>".ToString());
 strBuilder.Append("</table>".ToString());

 string strPath = Request.PhysicalApplicationPath
                         + "\\document\\Test.doc";

 //string strTextToWrite = TextBox1.Text;
 FileStream fStream = File.Create(strPath);
 fStream.Close();
 StreamWriter sWriter = new StreamWriter(strPath);
 Writer.Write(strBuilder);
 sWriter.Close(); 

}
protected void Button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
 string strPath = Request.PhysicalApplicationPath 
                  + "\\document\\Test.doc";
 FileStream fStream = new FileStream
            (strPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
 StreamReader sReader = new StreamReader(fStream);
 TextBox2.Text = sReader.ReadToEnd();
 sReader.Close();
Response.Write(TextBox2.Text);
}

VB.NET code 
Protected Sub Button1_Click
(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
Dim strBuilder As New StringBuilder()
strBuilder.Append("<h1 title='Header' align='Center'>
     Writing To Word Using ASP.NET</h1> ".ToString())
strBuilder.Append("<br>".ToString())
strBuilder.Append("<table align='Center'>".ToString())
strBuilder.Append("<tr>".ToString())

strBuilder.Append("<td style='width:100px;color:green'>
                           <b>amiT</b></td>".ToString())
strBuilder.Append("<td style='width:100px;color:red'>
                               India</td>".ToString())
strBuilder.Append("</tr>".ToString())
strBuilder.Append("</table>".ToString())
'string path = @"C:\Test.doc";

Dim strPath As String = 
Request.PhysicalApplicationPath & "\document\Test.doc"
    
'string strTextToWrite = TextBox1.Text;
Dim fStream As FileStream = File.Create(strPath)
fStream.Close()
Dim sWriter As New StreamWriter(strPath)
sWriter.Write(strBuilder)
      
sWriter.Close()
End Sub

Protected Sub Button2_Click
(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
Dim strPath As String = 
Request.PhysicalApplicationPath & "\document\Test.doc"

Dim fStream As New FileStream
(strPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
Dim sReader As New StreamReader(fStream)
TextBox2.Text = sReader.ReadToEnd()
sReader.Close()
Response.Write(TextBox2.Text)
End Sub
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