''' <summary>
    ''' Insert a sub header in a grid view.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <param name="gv">The GridView to insert the sub header row into.</param>
    ''' <param name="gvrBeforeRow">The GridViewRow to insert the sub header before.</param>
    ''' <param name="sSubHeaderText">The text to render in the sub header.</param>
    ''' <remarks></remarks>
    Protected Sub insertGroupHeaderToGridView(ByRef gv As GridView, ByVal gvrBeforeRow As GridViewRow, ByVal sSubHeaderText As String)
 
        Dim visibleColumns As Integer = gv.Columns.Count
 
        Dim tbl As Table = gv.Controls(0)
        Dim newRowIndex As Integer = tbl.Rows.GetRowIndex(gvrBeforeRow)
        Dim newRow As GridViewRow = New GridViewRow(newRowIndex, newRowIndex, DataControlRowType.DataRow, DataControlRowState.Normal)
 
        newRow.Cells.Add(New TableCell())
 
        If (visibleColumns > 1) Then
            newRow.Cells(0).ColumnSpan = visibleColumns
            newRow.Cells(0).Text = sSubHeaderText
        End If
 
        tbl.Controls.AddAt(newRowIndex, newRow)
 
    End Sub

    protected void LinkButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        exportToExcel();
    }
 
    protected void exportToExcel()
    {
        VerifyRenderingInServerForm(GridView1);
 
        /* This is a limit in Excel prior to Office 2007 */
        if (GridView1.Rows.Count > 65536)
        {
            Page.Response.Clear();
            Page.Response.Write("Too many lines to export.");
            Page.Response.End();
        }
        GridView1.AllowPaging = false;
        GridView1.AllowSorting = false;
        GridView1.DataBind();
        Response.Clear();
        Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=FileName.xls");
        Response.Charset = "";
        // If you want the option to open the Excel file without saving than
        // comment out the line below
        // Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);
        Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.xls";
        System.IO.StringWriter stringWrite = new System.IO.StringWriter();
        System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter htmlWrite = new HtmlTextWriter(stringWrite);
        GridView1.RenderControl(htmlWrite);
        Response.Write(stringWrite.ToString());
        Response.End();
    }
 
    public override void VerifyRenderingInServerForm(Control control)
    {
        /* Confirms that an HtmlForm control is rendered for the specified ASP.NET
           server control at run time. */
    }

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
 
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page 
{
    // How many rows when the page initially loads.
    static int tDefaultRow_Count = 10;
    // Max number of rows.
    static int tMaxRows = 50;
 
    // Do not modify the following.
    private int tUserAddedRowCount = 0;
    static TextBox[] TextBox_Item = new TextBox[tMaxRows];
    static TextBox[] TextBox_Desc = new TextBox[tMaxRows];
    static TextBox[] TextBox_Quantity = new TextBox[tMaxRows];
    static TextBox[] TextBox_Price = new TextBox[tMaxRows];
    static TextBox[] TextBox_Total = new TextBox[tMaxRows];
 
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        tUserAddedRowCount = (ViewState["tUserAddedRowCount"] != null) ? int.Parse(ViewState["tUserAddedRowCount"].ToString()) : 0;
        //Response.Write("User Rows: " + tUserAddedRowCount + "\r\n");
 
        // Recreate the extra rows created by the user on postback
        // events (required to maintain state).
        Add_Table_Rows(tUserAddedRowCount + tDefaultRow_Count);
    }
 
    protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
            // User clicked "add a row" button.
 
            Add_Table_Rows(1);
            ViewState["tUserAddedRowCount"] = ++tUserAddedRowCount;
    }
 
    protected void Button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        // User clicked "Submit" button.
 
        for (int x = 0; x < tDefaultRow_Count + tUserAddedRowCount; x++)
        {
 
            if (TextBox_Item[x].Text.ToString().Length > 0) 
            { 
                Response.Write(TextBox_Item[x].Text.ToString());
                Response.Write(TextBox_Desc[x].Text.ToString());
                Response.Write(TextBox_Quantity[x].Text.ToString());
                Response.Write(TextBox_Price[x].Text.ToString());
                Response.Write(TextBox_Total[x].Text.ToString());
            }
        }
    }
 
    private void Add_Table_Rows(int NumberOfRows)
    {
        for (int x = 0; x < NumberOfRows; x++)
        {
            TableRow myRow = new TableRow();
            Table1.Rows.Add(myRow);
 
            TableCell myCell0 = new TableCell();
            myRow.Cells.Add(myCell0);
            TextBox myTextbox0 = new TextBox();
            TextBox_Item[x] = myTextbox0;
            myCell0.Controls.Add(TextBox_Item[x]);
 
            TableCell myCell1 = new TableCell();
            myRow.Cells.Add(myCell1);
            TextBox myTextbox1 = new TextBox();
            TextBox_Desc[x] = myTextbox1;
            myCell1.Controls.Add(TextBox_Desc[x]);
 
            TableCell myCell2 = new TableCell();
            myRow.Cells.Add(myCell2);
            TextBox myTextbox2 = new TextBox();
            TextBox_Quantity[x] = myTextbox2;
            myCell2.Controls.Add(TextBox_Quantity[x]);
 
            TableCell myCell3 = new TableCell();
            myRow.Cells.Add(myCell3);
            TextBox myTextbox3 = new TextBox();
            TextBox_Price[x] = myTextbox3;
            myCell3.Controls.Add(TextBox_Price[x]);
 
            TableCell myCell4 = new TableCell();
            myRow.Cells.Add(myCell4);
            TextBox myTextbox4 = new TextBox();
            TextBox_Total[x] = myTextbox4;
            myCell4.Controls.Add(TextBox_Total[x]);
 
        }
    }
}

    private DataSet dataSet = new DataSet();
    private DataView dView = new DataView();
 
    private void LoadPeople()
    {
        SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection("Data Source=asdf;User ID=asdf;Password=asdf;Database=Directory");
        SqlDataAdapter dAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter("SELECT * FROM People", conn);
        dAdapter.Fill(dataSet, "peeps");
        dView.Table = dataSet.Tables["peeps"];
        personel_cnt = dView.Count;
        dView.Table.Columns.Add("is_a_member");
        conn.Close();
    }
 
    private void buildExcelReport()
    {
        DataSet dsExport = dataSet;
        System.IO.StringWriter tw = new System.IO.StringWriter();
        System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter hw =
           new System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter(tw);
        DataGrid dgGrid = new DataGrid();
        dgGrid.DataSource = dsExport;
 
        //Report Header
        hw.WriteLine("My Super Duper Excel Report");
        hw.WriteLine("<br>∓nbsp;");
        // Get the HTML for the control.
        dgGrid.HeaderStyle.Font.Bold = true;
        dgGrid.DataBind();
        dgGrid.RenderControl(hw);
 
        // Write the HTML back to the browser.
        Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel";
        this.EnableViewState = false;
        Response.Write(tw.ToString());
        Response.End();
    }