I have a small form in HTML that I'm exporting to excel. I would like to be able to keep the same format that shows in excel but in a PDF. I've tried many different ways but still have not been able to successfully export to a PDF. Please check out my jsfiddle. Thanks!
https://jsfiddle.net/jphuizar/dcv3mg21/
var tablesToExcel = (function() {
var uri = 'data:application/vnd.ms-excel;base64,',
tmplWorkbookXML = '<?xml version="1.0"?><?mso-application progid="Excel.Sheet"?><Workbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet">' +
'<DocumentProperties xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><Author>Axel Richter</Author><Created>{created}</Created></DocumentProperties>' +
'<Styles>' +
'<Style ss:ID="Currency"><NumberFormat ss:Format="Currency"></NumberFormat></Style>' +
'<Style ss:ID="Date"><NumberFormat ss:Format="Medium Date"></NumberFormat></Style>' +
'</Styles>' +
'{worksheets}</Workbook>',
tmplWorksheetXML = '<Worksheet ss:Name="{nameWS}"><Table>{rows}</Table></Worksheet>',
tmplCellXML = '<Cell{attributeStyleID}{attributeFormula}><Data ss:Type="{nameType}">{data}</Data></Cell>',
base64 = function(s) {
return window.btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(s)))
},
format = function(s, c) {
return s.replace(/{(\w+)}/g, function(m, p) {
return c[p];
})
}
return function(tables, wsnames, wbname, appname) {
var ctx = "";
var workbookXML = "";
var worksheetsXML = "";
var rowsXML = "";
/*
for (var j = 0; j < column.length; j++)
//goes through <select> tags
{const select = column[j].querySelector('select');
*/
for (var i = 0; i < tables.length; i++) {
if (!tables[i].nodeType) tables[i] = document.getElementById(tables[i]);
for (var j = 0; j < tables[i].rows.length; j++) {
rowsXML += '<Row>'
for (var k = 0; k < tables[i].rows[j].cells.length; k++) {
var dataType = tables[i].rows[j].cells[k].getAttribute("data-type");
var dataStyle = tables[i].rows[j].cells[k].getAttribute("data-style");
var dataValue = tables[i].rows[j].cells[k].getAttribute("data-value");
var select = tables[i].rows[j].cells[k].getElementsByTagName("select")[0];
dataValue = (dataValue) ? dataValue : (select ? select.options[select.selectedIndex].value : tables[i].rows[j].cells[k].innerHTML);
dataValue = (dataValue) ? dataValue : tables[i].rows[j].cells[k].innerHTML;
var dataFormula = tables[i].rows[j].cells[k].getAttribute("data-formula");
dataFormula = (dataFormula) ? dataFormula : (appname == 'Calc' && dataType == 'DateTime') ? dataValue : null;
ctx = {
attributeStyleID: (dataStyle == 'Currency' || dataStyle == 'Date') ? ' ss:StyleID="' + dataStyle + '"' : '',
nameType: (dataType == 'Number' || dataType == 'DateTime' || dataType == 'Boolean' || dataType == 'Error') ? dataType : 'String',
data: (dataFormula) ? '' : dataValue,
attributeFormula: (dataFormula) ? ' ss:Formula="' + dataFormula + '"' : ''
};
rowsXML += format(tmplCellXML, ctx);
}
rowsXML += '</Row>'
}
ctx = {
rows: rowsXML,
nameWS: wsnames[i] || 'Sheet' + i
};
worksheetsXML += format(tmplWorksheetXML, ctx);
rowsXML = "";
}
ctx = {
created: (new Date()).getTime(),
worksheets: worksheetsXML
};
workbookXML = format(tmplWorkbookXML, ctx);
console.log(workbookXML);
var link = document.createElement("A");
link.href = uri + base64(workbookXML);
link.download = wbname || 'Workbook.xls';
link.target = '_blank';
document.body.appendChild(link);
link.click();
document.body.removeChild(link);
}
var rows = document.querySelectorAll("table tr");
})();<!-- 1 -->
<table id="table1">
<p>Table 1</p>
<hr>
<tr>
<td>Question 1:</td>
<td>
<select>
<option value="0">0</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Question 2:</td>
<td>
<select>
<option value="0">0</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- 2 -->
<p>Table 2</p>
<hr>
<table id="table2">
<tr>
<td>Question 3:</td>
<td>
<select>
<option value="0">0</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Question 4:</td>
<td>
<select>
<option value="0">0</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- 3 -->
<p>Table 3</p>
<hr>
<table id="table3">
<tr>
<td>Question 5:</td>
<td>
<select>
<option value="0">0</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Question 6:</td>
<td>
<select>
<option value="0">0</option>
<option value="1">1</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<button onclick="tablesToExcel(['table1','table2','table3'], ['Summary','SectionA', 'SectionB'], 'TestBook.xls', 'Excel')">Export to Excel</button>
