How to get TableGrid ?

Question

Hello all,

Some time ago i created some word documents using Microsoft Interop. Now i have to rewrite the code using open XML SDK.

I want to have the following :

TEXT1	TEXT2	TEXT3	TEXT4	TEXT5

Here i have 8 cells : TEXT1 = two cells merged ; TEXT2 = three cells merged ; TEXT3 = TEXT4 = TEXT5 = 1 cell.

My techniques before : Was starting with 8 cells and then i was merging, splitting, depending on the row needs. This was done in order to have cells distributed evenly.

Now in Open XML. i wrote the following code :

MainDocumentPart mainPart = package.AddMainDocumentPart();
mainPart.Document = new Document();
Body body = new Body();
Table myTable = new Table();

TableProperties tableProp = new TableProperties();
TableBorders tableBorders = new TableBorders();

tableBorders.TopBorder = new TopBorder();
tableBorders.BottomBorder = new BottomBorder();
tableBorders.LeftBorder = new LeftBorder();
tableBorders.RightBorder = new RightBorder();
tableBorders.InsideHorizontalBorder = new InsideHorizontalBorder();
tableBorders.InsideVerticalBorder = new InsideVerticalBorder();

tableBorders.TopBorder.Val = new EnumValue<BorderValues>(BorderValues.Single);
tableBorders.BottomBorder.Val = new EnumValue<BorderValues>(BorderValues.Single);
tableBorders.LeftBorder.Val = new EnumValue<BorderValues>(BorderValues.Single);
tableBorders.RightBorder.Val = new EnumValue<BorderValues>(BorderValues.Single);
tableBorders.InsideHorizontalBorder.Val = new EnumValue<BorderValues>(BorderValues.Single);
tableBorders.InsideVerticalBorder.Val = new EnumValue<BorderValues>(BorderValues.Single);

tableProp.Append(tableBorders);

TableStyle tableStyle = new TableStyle() { Val = "TableGrid" };
TableWidth tableWidth = new TableWidth() { Width = "5000", Type = TableWidthUnitValues.Pct };

tableProp.Append(tableStyle, tableWidth);
myTable.AppendChild(tableProp);

TableRow row = new TableRow();
TableRowProperties rowProperties = new TableRowProperties();
TableCellProperties cellProperties = new TableCellProperties();                
TableCell tableCell = new TableCell();

rowProperties.Append(new Shading() { Val = ShadingPatternValues.Clear, Color = "black" });
row.AppendChild(rowProperties);

tableCell = new TableCell(new Paragraph(new Run(new Text("TEXT1"))));                
cellProperties = new TableCellProperties(new TableCellWidth() { Width = "1250" });
tableCell.AppendChild(cellProperties);
row.AppendChild(tableCell);

tableCell = new TableCell(new Paragraph(new Run(new Text("TEXT2"))));                
cellProperties = new TableCellProperties(new TableCellWidth() { Width = "1875" });
tableCell.AppendChild(cellProperties);                
row.AppendChild(tableCell);

tableCell = new TableCell(new Paragraph(new Run(new Text("TEXT3"))));
cellProperties = new TableCellProperties(new TableCellWidth() { Width = "625" });
tableCell.AppendChild(cellProperties);
row.AppendChild(tableCell);

tableCell = new TableCell(new Paragraph(new Run(new Text("TEXT$"))));
cellProperties = new TableCellProperties(new TableCellWidth() { Width = "625" });
tableCell.AppendChild(cellProperties);
row.AppendChild(tableCell);

tableCell = new TableCell(new Paragraph(new Run(new Text("TEXT5"))));
cellProperties = new TableCellProperties(new TableCellWidth() { Width = "625" });
tableCell.AppendChild(cellProperties);
row.AppendChild(tableCell);
body.AppendChild(myTable);
mainPart.Document.AppendChild(body);
package.MainDocumentPart.Document.Save();

What i get is the following :

TEXT1

TEXT2

TEXT3

TEXT4

TEXT5

The cells are distributed evenly. How can i manage to have the same distribution of cells in the grid as before ?

Also once i set the cells width i don;t want them to be auto extende by word. I want to get a word wrap

Answer 1

Hi florea.lucian,

Thanks for posting in the MSDN Forum.

Dose your table only have one row which you shown to me? If it is, it think you only need create 5 cells for your table and set the width for every cell to fit your requirest.

Have a good day,

Tom

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Answer 2

Hello back,

No, the table is larger. I just displayed here in the post a row to see the concept using the OpenXML.

What i did is the following : I considered my table having as default 8 cells, every one of them 625 width and when defining a cell that has to be merged, i added a gridSpan property. here is the code snippet:

TableRow row =new TableRow(); 
TableCellProperties cellProperties = null;
TableCell tableCell = null;

TableHeader header = new TableHeader();
row.AppendChild(header);                
                
tableCell = new TableCell(GetParagraph("Text1", false, true));
cellProperties = new TableCellProperties(new TableCellWidth() { Width = "1250", Type = TableWidthUnitValues.Pct });
cellProperties.Append(new GridSpan() { Val = 2 });
cellProperties.Append(new Shading()
   {
       Val = ShadingPatternValues.Clear,
       Color = "auto",
       Fill = "D9D9D9"
   });
tableCell.AppendChild(cellProperties);
row.AppendChild(tableCell);
                
tableCell = new TableCell(GetParagraph("Text2", false, true));            
cellProperties = new TableCellProperties(new TableCellWidth() { Width = "1875", Type = TableWidthUnitValues.Pct });
cellProperties.Append(new GridSpan() { Val = 3 });
cellProperties.Append(new Shading()
    {
      Val = ShadingPatternValues.Clear,
      Color = "auto",
      Fill = "D9D9D9"
    });
tableCell.AppendChild(cellProperties);                
row.AppendChild(tableCell);
                
tableCell = new TableCell(GetParagraph("Text3", false, true));
cellProperties = new TableCellProperties(new TableCellWidth() { Width = "625", Type = TableWidthUnitValues.Pct });
cellProperties.Append(new Shading()
     {
        Val = ShadingPatternValues.Clear,
        Color = "auto",
        Fill = "D9D9D9"
     });
tableCell.AppendChild(cellProperties);
row.AppendChild(tableCell);
                
tableCell = new TableCell(GetParagraph("Text4", false, true));
cellProperties = new TableCellProperties(new TableCellWidth() { Width = "625", Type = TableWidthUnitValues.Pct });
cellProperties.Append(new Shading()
      {
           Val = ShadingPatternValues.Clear,
           Color = "auto",
           Fill = "D9D9D9"
       });
tableCell.AppendChild(cellProperties);
row.AppendChild(tableCell);
                
tableCell = new TableCell(GetParagraph("Text5", false, true));
cellProperties = new TableCellProperties(new TableCellWidth() { Width = "625", Type = TableWidthUnitValues.Pct });
cellProperties.Append(new Shading()
    {
          Val = ShadingPatternValues.Clear,
          Color = "auto",
          Fill = "D9D9D9"
     });
tableCell.AppendChild(cellProperties);
row.AppendChild(tableCell);

Here the method GeParagraph() returns a Run text that can be bold or false (the two bool parameters).

This worked for me and for the other rows in the table.

What i was not able to do  was setting the shading only once on row properties. It did not worked for me. This is why I added in every cell the shading.

If i did something wrong/hardcoded or it could me done more easily, please feel free to correct me.

Thank you.

Answer 3

Hi florea.lucian,

Does there exist some original cells in your table? According to your snippet and screen-shooting I don't think you need 8 cells per row. It just need 5 cells every row.

Best Regards,

T.X.

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Answer 4

Hello,

I need the eight cells because in the other rows of the table i used all of them and i want the table to be correctly aligned.

The code snippet is referring only to the table header (1 row)

Answer 5

Hi florea.lucian,

I don't think it will work. Word will merge it to 5 cell automately when you open Word Document.

Have a good day,

T.X.

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功同开辟，一桮万古江南