Help Regarding Exporting to Excel format Crystal Report XI SP5

Question

I am trying to export a report in MSExcel format but when i do so it gives me an error that the following export format is not supported or recognized ......
I am able to export into PDF, RTF and CSV (Server Side Only) formats .
Here is the code i am using provided on the business objects help site :
<%
     // Working for all but exporting to Excel and Text
     IReportSource reportSource = (IReportSource)session.getAttribute("reportSource");
     session.setAttribute("reportSource", null );
     ReportExportControl exportControl = new ReportExportControl();
     //Object reportSource = session.getAttribute("reportSource");
     System.out.println(exportControl.getName());
    exportControl.setReportSource(reportSource);
    ExportOptions exportOptions = new ExportOptions();
     exportControl.setExportAsAttachment(true);
     exportControl.setName("Excel");
     //exportControl.setOwnForm(true);
     //exportControl.setOwnPage(true);
     String selectedFormat = "2";
     if(selectedFormat.equals("0")/Crystal Report/){
          exportOptions.setExportFormatType(ReportExportFormat.crystalReports);
     else if(selectedFormat.equals("1")/Word/){
               exportOptions.setExportFormatType(ReportExportFormat.MSWord);
     else if(selectedFormat.equals("2")/Excel/){
               exportOptions.setExportFormatType(ReportExportFormat.MSExcel);
     else if(selectedFormat.equals("3")/Rich Text Format/){
               exportOptions.setExportFormatType(ReportExportFormat.RTF);
     else if(selectedFormat.equals("5")/PDF/){
               exportOptions.setExportFormatType(ReportExportFormat.PDF);
     else if(selectedFormat.equals("6")/Excel without formatting/){
               exportOptions.setExportFormatType(ReportExportFormat.recordToMSExcel);
     else if(selectedFormat.equals("7")/Text/){
               exportOptions.setExportFormatType(ReportExportFormat.text);
     else if(selectedFormat.equals("8")/editable RTF/){
               exportOptions.setExportFormatType(ReportExportFormat.editableRTF);
     else if(selectedFormat.equals("9")/Server Side CSV/){
               ReportClientDocument reportClientDoc = (ReportClientDocument)session.getAttribute("rptDoc");
               PrintOutputController printOutputController = reportClientDoc.getPrintOutputController();
               ByteArrayInputStream byteIS = (ByteArrayInputStream) printOutputController.export(ReportExportFormat.characterSeparatedValues);
             byte[] buf = new byte[2000 * 1024];
             int nRead = 0;
             response.reset();
             response.setHeader("content-disposition", "inline;filename=example.csv");
             response.setContentType("application/csv");
             while ((nRead = byteIS.read(buf)) != -1) {
                 response.getOutputStream().write(buf, 0, nRead);
             response.getOutputStream().flush();
             response.getOutputStream().close();
    if (!selectedFormat.equals("9")/Don't use the export control for CSV/){
               exportControl.setExportOptions(exportOptions);
               Fields parameterFields = (Fields)session.getAttribute("parameterFields");
               exportControl.setParameterFields(parameterFields);
               ConnectionInfos oConnectionInfos = (ConnectionInfos)session.getAttribute("oConnectionInfos");          exportControl.setDatabaseLogonInfos(oConnectionInfos);
        exportControl.processHttpRequest(request, response, getServletContext(), null); //getServletConfig().getServletContext()
       // exportControl.dispose();
%>
And if it isn't possible to export to excel then how can i isolate the report/page header sections in CSV format so that i can atleast get headings in the CSV file ..
Please help me out with This as i am stuck on this for some time now !!

Answer 1

Only if you export to OfficeHTML or OfficeMHTML and then open with Excel
Wayne Van Sluys
TopDown Consulting