Table column always set to "Fixed Width" mode? AllowAutoFit not working?

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1

Hi,

I just upgraded to Aspose.Words 6.0.1.0 from an older version and it seems that my table column is set to “Fixed width = 1 inch” even though no CellFormat.Width is specified for the first column…

How can I leave MS Word to autofit the first column based on its content with the new version?

I tried setting RowFormat.AllowAutoFit = true, but that did not change anything.

Here’s the code I use :

Aspose.Words.Tables.Table table;
table = builder.StartTable();

builder.RowFormat.AllowAutoFit = true; // test…
builder.RowFormat.LeftIndent = Aspose.Words.ConvertUtil.InchToPoint(0.33);

builder.InsertCell(); // skip first header cell

builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Date");

builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Montant payé");

builder.EndRow();

for ( … )
{
    builder.InsertCell();
    builder.Write( … );

    builder.InsertCell();
    builder.Write( … );

    builder.InsertCell();
    builder.Write( … );

    builder.EndRow();
}

foreach (Aspose.Words.Tables.Row row in table.Rows)
{
    row.Cells[1].CellFormat.Width = Aspose.Words.ConvertUtil.InchToPoint(0.93);
    row.Cells[2].CellFormat.Width = Aspose.Words.ConvertUtil.InchToPoint(0.84);
}

builder.EndTable();

Thanks for your help,

dstj.

2

Hi
Thanks for your request. Please try using the following code:

foreach (Aspose.Words.Tables.Row row in table.Rows)
{
    row.Cells[0].CellFormat.Width = 0;
    row.Cells[1].CellFormat.Width = Aspose.Words.ConvertUtil.InchToPoint(0.93);
    row.Cells[2].CellFormat.Width = Aspose.Words.ConvertUtil.InchToPoint(0.84);
}

Hope this helps.
Best regards.

3

Thanks for the reply, but that does not seem to fix the problem.

Here’s a sample code that reproduces the problematic output. I also did notice a situation where a real 0 width column is produced. Just uncomment the marked lines to see that too…

Thanks for your help,

dstj.

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Aspose.Words.Document wordDocument = new Aspose.Words.Document();
wordDocument.RemoveAllChildren();

Aspose.Words.DocumentBuilder builder = new Aspose.Words.DocumentBuilder(wordDocument);

Aspose.Words.Tables.Table table;
table = builder.StartTable();
builder.RowFormat.AllowAutoFit = true;

/* // Uncomment this to create 0 width column
builder.RowFormat.ClearFormatting();
builder.RowFormat.AllowAutoFit = false;
*/

builder.InsertCell(); // skip first cell of first column
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Col2");
builder.EndRow();

Random rand = new Random();
for (int i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
{
    builder.InsertCell();
    builder.Write("THIS IS A LONG SAMPLE TEXT STRING…".Substring(0, rand.Next(36)));

    builder.InsertCell();
    builder.Write("Fixed02");

    builder.EndRow();
}

foreach (Aspose.Words.Tables.Row row in table.Rows)
{
    row.Cells[0].CellFormat.Width = 0; // as suggested
    row.Cells[1].CellFormat.Width = Aspose.Words.ConvertUtil.InchToPoint(0.93);
}

builder.EndTable();

wordDocument.Save("c:\temp\asposeWords01.doc");
4

Hi
Thanks for your request. The behavior is correct; it is like MS Word does. If you try to insert a long word into the cell then cell width will be expanded. For example try the following:

builder.Write("THIS_IS_A_LONG_SAMPLE_TEXT_STRING...".Substring(0, rand.Next(36)));

Best regards.

5

Forgive me for insisting, but I want the cell to “AutoFit to Contents”, not just based on a long word. In attachment, you’ll find the result from the previous code and the desired result.

I’d like to get the same result as when I right-click on the first column and select “Autofit to Contents” (in Word 2003)

Thanks a lot,

dstj.

6

Hi
Thank you for additional information. Unfortunately, there is no way to auto-fit cell to content. You can try to calculate width of cell and set in before inserting text.
Best regards.

7

Thanks for the information, but it worked as expected in Aspose.Words 4.4.3.0. I did not have to set anything for the first column width and it was “Autofit to Contents”

8

Hi
Thank you for additional information and sorry for inconvenience. Now I can see the problem. I logged this in our defect database as issue #7349. I will notify you as soon as it is fixed.
Best regards.

9

Hi,

The problem is still present in version 7.0.0.0. Can you provide any update on this issue?

Thanks.

dstj.

10

Hi

Thanks for your request. Unfortunately, the issue still unresolved. Currently I cannot provide you any reliable estimate regarding this issue.
Best regards,

11

The issues you have found earlier (filed as WORDSNET-2044) have been fixed in this .NET update and in this Java update.

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