title: is there any way to programatically download data list from sharepoint into excel
body: <p>we have some data (list) stored in sharepoint.  i can manually click "Actions"-> "Export to Spreadsheet" and then run a bunch of code on the Excel output.</p>
  
  <p>I now want to do this on a daily basis <strong>from a C# application</strong>.  Is there anyway to programatically automated that download steps that i am doing now. (the site DOES require authentication)</p>
  
  <p>the "Export to Spreadsheet" fires off some javascript (so doesn't directly just point to a URL so i can read in a URL directly (i dont think)</p>