Open in EJ2 TypeScript Spreadsheet control
10 May 20233 minutes to read
The Spreadsheet control opens an Excel document with its data, style, format, and more. To enable this feature, set allowOpen to true and assign service url to the openUrl property.
The following list of Excel file formats are supported in Spreadsheet:
- MS Excel (.xlsx)
- MS Excel 97-2003 (.xls)
- Comma Separated Values (.csv)
User Interface
In user interface you can open an Excel document by clicking File > Open menu item in ribbon.
The following code example shows Open option in the Spreadsheet control.
import { Spreadsheet } from '@syncfusion/ej2-spreadsheet';
//Initialize the Spreadsheet control
let spreadsheet: Spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet({
allowOpen: true,
openUrl: 'https://services.syncfusion.com/js/production/api/spreadsheet/open'
});
//Render the initialized Spreadsheet
spreadsheet.appendTo('#spreadsheet');<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>EJ2 SpreadSheet</title>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls" />
<meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="resources/favicon.ico" />
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/25.1.35/ej2-spreadsheet/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/core-js/2.4.1/shim.min.js"></script>
<script src="system.config.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<!--Element which is going to render-->
<div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
<div id='container'>
<div id="spreadsheet"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>