You can create nicely formatted Excel files using this library:
http://officehelper.codeplex.com/documentation
See below sample:
using (ExcelHelper helper = new ExcelHelper(TEMPLATE_FILE_NAME, GENERATED_FILE_NAME))
{
helper.Direction = ExcelHelper.DirectionType.TOP_TO_DOWN;
helper.CurrentSheetName = "Sheet1";
helper.CurrentPosition = new CellRef("C3");
//the template xlsx should contains the named range "header"; use the command "insert"/"name".
helper.InsertRange("header");
//the template xlsx should contains the named range "sample1";
//inside this range you should have cells with these values:
//<name> , <value> and <comment>, which will be replaced by the values from the getSample()
CellRangeTemplate sample1 = helper.CreateCellRangeTemplate("sample1", new List<string> {"name", "value", "comment"});
helper.InsertRange(sample1, getSample());
//you could use here other named ranges to insert new cells and call InsertRange as many times you want,
//it will be copied one after another;
//even you can change direction or the current cell/sheet before you insert
//tipically you put all your "template ranges" (the names) on the same sheet and then you just delete it
helper.DeleteSheet("Sheet3");
}
where sample look like this:
private IEnumerable<List<object>> getSample()
{
var random = new Random();
for (int loop = 0; loop < 3000; loop++)
{
yield return new List<object> {"test", DateTime.Now.AddDays(random.NextDouble()*100 - 50), loop};
}
}