EExcelWriter is a component similar to EExcelView, but uses a different library to generate the excel files, leading speed improvements of up to 10 times. 

The library used is http:https://www.bettina-attack.de/jonny/view.php/projects/php_writeexcel/ , but with a part of it modified to work on PHP 5.4.

Instalation instructions :
Paste the contents of the repository in your protected directory, make sure that you load components.EExcelWriter in your configuration file.

Usage example :

$this->widget('EExcelWriter', array(
    'dataProvider' => $model->search(),
    'title'        => 'EExcelWriter',
    'stream'       => FALSE,
    'fileName'     => 'file.xls',
    'columns'      => array(
        array(
            'header' => 'id',
            'name' => 'ID',
        ),
        'column1',
        'column2',
    ),
));