Add table and textbox with border

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1

Hi,
In word docuemnt, Ive to create table like the one in the attachment. How to create textbox in Aspose words?
I’ve tried

// Create textbox shape.
Shape textbox = new Shape(doc, ShapeType.TextBox);
textbox.Width = 300;
textbox.Height = 300;

but the textbox is not displaying borders. How to add borders?
Thanks

2

Hi,
I got the following code that adds border to shape (textbox) only if I directly add textbox to word document, but I am adding shape to table cell, then it is not displaying shape textbox in that table cell. What am I doing wrong?

Shape textBox = new Shape(doc, ShapeType.TextBox);
textBox.Width = 200;
textBox.Height = 150;

textBox.Stroke.LineStyle = ShapeLineStyle.Single;
textBox.Stroke.Weight = 6;
textBox.Stroke.Color = Color.Black;
// Create Paragraph and run
Paragraph cell2Paragraph = new Paragraph(doc);
cell2Paragraph.AppendChild(new Run(doc, "Data"));
// Insert Paragraph into the TextBox
textBox.AppendChild(cell2Paragraph);
Cell dataCell = new Cell(doc);
dataCell.AppendChild(cell2Paragraph);
row.AppendChild(dataCell);

Row is of type TableRow. When I generate word document with the above code, it’s not generating textbox with borderv

3

Hi,

Thanks for your inquiry. You need to create a new Paragraph in the newly created Cell and then append your Shape to this Paragraph as follows:

Shape textBox = new Shape(doc, ShapeType.TextBox);
textBox.Width = 200;
textBox.Height = 150;
textBox.Stroke.LineStyle = ShapeLineStyle.Single;
textBox.Stroke.Weight = 6;
textBox.Stroke.Color = Color.Black;
// Create Paragraph and run
Paragraph cell2Paragraph = new Paragraph(doc);
cell2Paragraph.AppendChild(new Run(doc, "Data"));
// Insert Paragraph into the TextBox
textBox.AppendChild(cell2Paragraph);
Cell dataCell = new Cell(doc);
dataCell.Paragraphs.Add(new Paragraph(doc));
dataCell.FirstParagraph.AppendChild(textBox);

I hope, this helps.

Best Regards,

4

Thanks, Thats working fine but how to add text in that textbox?

5

Suppose if I entered long text into that textbox, it is not automatically increasing its size and not allowing me to insert text?

6

Hi,

Thanks for your inquiry. You should specify the TextBox.FitShapeToText property to true so that Microsoft Word will grow the shape to fit text as follows:

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
Shape textBox = new Shape(doc, ShapeType.TextBox);
// You must have to specify the width
textBox.Width = 200;
textBox.TextBox.FitShapeToText = true;
Paragraph para = new Paragraph(doc);
para.Runs.Add(new Run(doc, "Long text goes here Long text goes here Long text goes here Long text goes here Long text goes here Long text goes here ..."));
textBox.AppendChild(para);
doc.FirstSection.Body.FirstParagraph.AppendChild(textBox);
doc.Save(@"C:\Temp\out.docx");

I hope, this helps.

Best Regards,