[HttpPost]
public JsonResult ExportExcel()
{
  DataTable dt = DataService.GetData();
  var fileName = "Excel_" + DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmm") + ".xls";
  //將生成的文件保存到服務器的臨時目錄里
  string fullPath = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/temp"), fileName);
 
  using (var exportData = new MemoryStream())
  {
    //如何生成Excel這里就不詳細說明啦，我這里對Excel的操作使用的是 NPOI
    Utility.WriteDataTableToExcel(dt, ".xls", exportData);
 
    FileStream file = new FileStream(fullPath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write);
    exportData.WriteTo(file);
    file.Close();
  }
 
  var errorMessage = "you can return the errors in here!";
 
  //返回生成的文件名
  return Json(new { fileName = fileName, errorMessage = "" });
}

[HttpGet]
[DeleteFileAttribute] //Action Filter, 下載完后自動刪除文件，這個屬性稍後解釋
public ActionResult Download(string file)
{
  //到服務器臨時文件目錄下載相應的文件
  string fullPath = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/temp"), file);
  //返回文件對象，這里用的是Excel，所以文件頭使用了 "application/vnd.ms-excel"
  return File(fullPath, "application/vnd.ms-excel", file);
}

public class DeleteFileAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute
{
  public override void OnResultExecuted(ResultExecutedContext filterContext)
  {
    filterContext.HttpContext.Response.Flush();
    //將當前filter context轉換成具體操作的文件并獲取文件路徑
    string filePath = (filterContext.Result as FilePathResult).FileName;
    //有文件路徑后就可以直接刪除相關文件了
    System.IO.File.Delete(filePath);
  }
}

//這里我使用了 blockUI 做loading...
$.blockUI({ message: '<h3>Please wait a moment...</h3>' });  
$.ajax({
  type: "POST",
  url: '@Url.Action("ExportExcel","YourController")', //調用相應的controller/action
  contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
  dataType: "json",
}).done(function (data) {
  //console.log(data.result);
  $.unblockUI();
  //接收返回的文件路徑，此文件這時已保存到服務器上了
  if (data.fileName != "") {
    //通過調用 window.location.href 直接跳轉到下載 action 進行文件下載操作
    window.location.href = "@Url.RouteUrl(new { Controller = "YourController", Action = "Download"})/" + data.fileName;
  }
});