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How to Import/Export data of DataGrid from/to CSV file in wpf using MVVM

In this post i will explain how to Import/Export data of DataGrid from/to CSV file in wpf using MVVM

To Import CSV to DataGrid i have created method called LoadCSV() which will load CSV data and update the DataGrid


 private void LoadCSV()

        {

            LstEmployees.AddRange(File.ReadAllLines("csvFilePath")

                                         .Skip(1)

                                         .Select(v => CsvToEmployees(v))

                                         .ToList());


        }

        

In LoadCSV() method i am first reading the CSV using File clas ReadAllLines() method

After that i am skip the first line becuase in first line we used to have Header for CSV file

And then i am calling CsvToEmployees() which take a single line and split the text by comma and then convert it to Employees.

After converting All text to Employees list i am adding the list to ObservableCollection which is Binded with DataGrid


        Employees CsvToEmployees(string csvLine)

        {

            var emp = new Employees();

            if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(csvLine))

            {

                string[] values = csvLine.Split(',');

                emp.EmpId = Convert.ToInt32(values[0]);

                emp.EmpName = values[1];

                emp.JobTitle = values[2];

                emp.Experience = values[3];

                emp.Salary = Convert.ToDouble(values[4]);

            }

            return emp;

        }

        

To Export DataGrid data to CSV i have added command called ExportCommand which will bind to Export Button in View


 private DelegateCommand _exportCommand;

        public DelegateCommand ExportCommand =>

            _exportCommand ?? (_exportCommand = new DelegateCommand(Export));


        private void Export()

        {

            using(var sw = new StreamWriter("CSVPath")

            {

                string header = String.Join(",", "Emp Id", "Emp Name", "Jop Title", "Experience", "Salary");

                sw.Write($"{header}{Environment.NewLine}");

                foreach(var emp in LstEmployees)

                {

                    string csv = String.Join(",", emp.EmpId, emp.EmpName,emp.JobTitle, emp.Experience, emp.Salary);

                    sw.Write($"{csv}{Environment.NewLine}");


                }

            }

        }    


In Export() method i am using StreamWriter to write to the CSV file.

For the Header i created the string with comma seperated Header text and call the Write() method to Write header to CSV file.

After That i am iterating the LstEmployees and make the comma seperated string with employee value and again call the Write() method to Write data to CSV file.


check this link for the code

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