Here you go, one complete method. Just send a DataTable and a file name and this does the rest. This snippet will also make the header row gray with bold text and will auto fit the columns.
using OfficeOpenXml;
using OfficeOpenXml.Style;
public void ExportToExcel(DataTable dt, string FileName)
{
//create a new byte array
byte[] bin;
//create a new excel document
using (ExcelPackage excelPackage = new ExcelPackage())
{
//create a new worksheet
ExcelWorksheet ws = excelPackage.Workbook.Worksheets.Add(FileName);
//add the contents of the datatable to the excel file
ws.Cells["A1"].LoadFromDataTable(dt, true);
//auto fix the columns
ws.Cells[ws.Dimension.Address].AutoFitColumns();
//loop all the columns
for (int col = 1; col <= ws.Dimension.End.Column; col++)
{
//make all columns just a bit wider, it would sometimes not fit
ws.Column(col).Width = ws.Column(col).Width + 1;
var cell = ws.Cells[1, col];
//make the text bold
cell.Style.Font.Bold = true;
//make the background of the cell gray
var fill = cell.Style.Fill;
fill.PatternType = ExcelFillStyle.Solid;
fill.BackgroundColor.SetColor(ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#BFBFBF"));
//make the header text upper case
cell.Value = ((string)cell.Value).ToUpper();
}
//convert the excel package to a byte array
bin = excelPackage.GetAsByteArray();
}
//clear the buffer stream
Response.ClearHeaders();
Response.Clear();
Response.Buffer = true;
//set the correct contenttype
Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet";
//set the correct length of the data being send
Response.AddHeader("content-length", bin.Length.ToString());
//set the filename for the excel package
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=\"" + FileName + ".xlsx\"");
//send the byte array to the browser
Response.OutputStream.Write(bin, 0, bin.Length);
//cleanup
Response.Flush();
HttpContext.Current.ApplicationInstance.CompleteRequest();
}