Thursday 31 January 2013

Download Files From Grid in Kendo UI

View
@(Html.Kendo().Grid<MvcApplication1.Models.TestModels>()
    .Name("Grid")
    .Columns(columns =>
    {
        columns.Bound(p => p.ID).Groupable(false);
        columns.Bound(p => p.Name);
        columns.Template(@).ClientTemplate("Download file").Title("Download1");
        columns.Template(@).ClientTemplate("" + Html.ActionLink("Download me", "DocumentDownload2", "Home", new { id = "#=ID#" }, null) + "").Title("Download2");

    })

     .DataSource(dataSource => dataSource
          .Ajax()
          .Read(read => read.Action("Grid_Read", "Home"))
     )
)
Controller
public ActionResult Grid_Read([DataSourceRequest] DataSourceRequest request)
{
    List<TestModels> models = new List<TestModels>();

    for (int i = 1; i < 6; i++)
    {
        TestModels model = new TestModels();
        model.ID = i;
        model.Name = "Name" + i;
        models.Add(model);
    }

    return Json(models.ToDataSourceResult(request));
}


public ActionResult DocumentDownload1()
{
    string contentType = "application/xlsx";
    string filePath = Server.MapPath("~/Files/YourFileName.xlsx");
    return File(filePath, contentType, "YourFileName.xlsx");
}

public ActionResult DocumentDownload2(int id)
{
    string contentType = "application/xlsx";
    string filePath = Server.MapPath("~/Files/YourFileName.xlsx");
    return File(filePath, contentType, "YourFileName_" + id.ToString() + ".xlsx");
}

3 comments:

  1. This is lovely, will try this. What should the model look like?

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  2. public class TestModels
    {
    public int ID { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public bool IsActive { get; set; }
    public int FID { get; set; }
    }


    i will update above code snippet.

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  3. hi can u please post this example in html with jquery kendo.

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