How to include background colors while exporting excel without any gems in rails?

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I saw this article which gives a simple example on how to export data into Excel sheet without using any gem in Rails:

https://makandracards.com/makandra/31567-exporting-to-excel-from-rails-without-a-gem

I believe the above article is based on a RailsCast tutorial on the same topic:

http://railscasts.com/episodes/362-exporting-csv-and-excel?view=asciicast

I would like to know how to include background colors and row borders (and also border colors) please. Please help!

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If you are using the "manual" XML approach, a good way to start is an official Microsoft XML Spreadsheet Reference.

There are many options available, for example a document with borders may look something like this.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Workbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
  xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
  xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"
  xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
  xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
  <Styles> 
      <Style ss:ID="h1" ss:Name="First">
        <Borders>
          <Border ss:Position="Left" ss:LineStyle="Continuous" ss:Weight="1"/>
          <Border ss:Position="Top" ss:LineStyle="Continuous" ss:Weight="1"/>
          <Border ss:Position="Right" ss:LineStyle="Continuous" ss:Weight="1"/>
          <Border ss:Position="Bottom" ss:LineStyle="Continuous" ss:Weight="1"/>
        </Borders> 
      </Style>   
  </Styles> 

  <Worksheet ss:Name="Sheet1">
    <Table>
      <Row>
        <Cell ss:StyleID="h1"><Data ss:Type="String">ID</Data></Cell>
        <Cell ss:StyleID="h1"><Data ss:Type="String">Name</Data></Cell>
        <Cell ss:StyleID="h1"><Data ss:Type="String">Release Date</Data>    </Cell>
        <Cell ss:StyleID="h1"><Data ss:Type="String">Price</Data></Cell>
      </Row>
    </Table>
  </Worksheet>
</Workbook>

You can define different styles at the beginning of the workbook section and then apply them to different cells.

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