I would like to be able to read a text file, extract what I need from it and create a datatable based on the extraction. Then I would like to be able to export that data to excel. Some cells would have to have custom formatting at run time and I don't want to have to use a template in order to achieve this. I've already done some research and found several ways of doing this, but wanted to know if anyone has their own way of doing it, an industry standard, or if there are any 3rd party software that would accomplish this task. I think DevExpress' XtrReports can do this but don't want to bother creating the report first. Any thoughts?