I have a simple html table, for example, just one cell, but when I copy the dom node, and paste it into excel, it will be recognize as two rows, How to make Excel get the correct paste data.
<table><tr><td>1<br>2</td><tr></table>
I tried to add css style
br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;},
But it only works in IE.
Note, copy a plain text out is not OK, i need to add color, font information on cells.
As many of you probably know, you can output data (a report, for example) as an Excel file, simply by adding right content-type and content-disposition header:
Response.ContentType = “application/vnd.ms-excel“;
Response.AppendHeader(“content-disposition“, “inline; filename=report.xls“);
If client has MS Excel installed, your output HTML page will be opened in it instead of web browser. Excel will interpret all formating (borders, fonts etc.) and TABLE tags, which can result a nice, formated worksheet, without using heavyweight server-side controls.
The problem I was struggling for some time was with multi-line cells. I needed to wrap text in cell, but when I put <br>
tag into HTML output, Excel interpreted it as a new row, not a line-break in existing cell.
add into a stylesheet:
br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}
Then it works like a charm. I hope it useful :)
Tip: You can make ContentType and header conditional, providing alternate HTML/XLS reports with one file.
It looks like Firefox entirely ignores the mso-data-placement directive; it doesn't appear in the Firebug style panel. Perhaps that's why it won't paste as you expect?
What about using a macro with e.g. the following code?
• TransformingPaste1()
: however, this fails on my machine (still multiple cells)
- gets the clipboard text
- pastes a transformed version using
mso-data-placement:same-cell
- restores the original clipboard text
• TransformingPaste2()
: pastes in single cell on my machine, keeping the formatting etc., but results in a space rather than a newline because you're still pasting HTML
- gets the clipboard text
- pastes a transformed version using
vbCrLf
- restores the original clipboard text
• TransformingPaste3()
: pastes in single cell on my machine, with a newline, but loses the formatting etc. (current implementation) – see note with link!
- gets the clipboard text
- pastes a transformed version using a self-defined token
- restores the original clipboard text
- post-processes the cells, replacing the token by newlines – might be improved…
Modify to what best suits your needs, e.g. using regex to perform the replacements, but I hope this gets you on your way :]
Function GetClipboardText() As String
Dim BufObj As MSForms.DataObject
Set BufObj = New MSForms.DataObject
BufObj.GetFromClipboard
GetClipboardText = BufObj.GetText
End Function
Function SetClipboardText(ByRef text As String)
Dim BufObj As MSForms.DataObject
Set BufObj = New MSForms.DataObject
BufObj.SetText text
BufObj.PutInClipboard
End Function
Function PreProcess(ByRef text As String, ByRef find As String, ByRef replace As String) As String
PreProcess = Application.WorksheetFunction.Substitute(text, find, replace)
End Function
Function PostProcess(ByRef find As String, ByRef replace As String)
Dim rCell As range
For Each rCell In Selection
'TODO: e.g. combine with answers from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2192730/merge-contents-of-2-excel-cells-keeping-character-format-intact-using-vba
rCell.Formula = Application.WorksheetFunction.Substitute(rCell.Formula, find, replace)
Next
End Function
Sub TransformingPaste1()
Dim OrigText As String
Dim TempToken As String
Dim PasteText As String
Dim sSelAdd As String
OrigText = GetClipboardText
PasteText = PreProcess(OrigText, "<html>", "<html><style>br{mso-data-placement:same-cell;}</style>")
SetClipboardText PasteText
'Selection.PasteSpecial "Unicode Text"
ActiveSheet.Paste
SetClipboardText OrigText
Application.CutCopyMode = False
End Sub
Sub TransformingPaste2()
Dim OrigText As String
Dim TempToken As String
Dim PasteText As String
Dim sSelAdd As String
OrigText = GetClipboardText
PasteText = PreProcess(OrigText, "<br>", vbCrLf)
SetClipboardText PasteText
ActiveSheet.Paste
SetClipboardText OrigText
Application.CutCopyMode = False
End Sub
Sub TransformingPaste3()
Dim OrigText As String
Dim TempToken As String
Dim PasteText As String
Dim sSelAdd As String
OrigText = GetClipboardText
TempToken = "#mybr#"
PasteText = PreProcess(OrigText, "<br>", TempToken)
SetClipboardText PasteText
ActiveSheet.Paste
SetClipboardText OrigText
PostProcess TempToken, vbLf
Application.CutCopyMode = False
End Sub
If you really need to do a copy-paste, it would be better to edit the 'Cell properties' in the excel sheet before copying the data. Right-Click on the column name in the excel and select cell properties. Make the changes as applicable for your data and save. Now you can copy your data and hope that it is interpreted correctly in MS-Excel.
I haven't used it for HTML content, though.