Table inside table with cell merge fails

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Trying to put table inside table. Internal table does not spans over parent table and always remains in one cell despite CellMerge.

[Test]
public void TableInsideTable()
{
    var doc = new Document();
    var db = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // table

    var table = db.StartTable();
    var cell1 = db.InsertCell();
    // cell1.CellFormat.HorizontalMerge = CellMerge.First; /* uncommenting this makes output wierd. */
    var cell2 = db.InsertCell();
    cell2.CellFormat.HorizontalMerge = CellMerge.Previous;

    // subtable

    var subTable = db.StartTable();
    var subCell1 = db.InsertCell();
    db.Write("subTable.col1");
    var subCell2 = db.InsertCell();
    db.Write("subTable.col2");
    var subCell3 = db.InsertCell();
    db.Write("subTable.col3");
    db.EndRow();
    db.EndTable();

    // table

    db.EndRow();

    db.InsertCell();
    db.Write("table.col1");
    db.InsertCell();
    db.Write("table.col2");

    db.EndRow();
    db.EndTable();

    doc.Save(@"C:\out.docx");
}

Result is always disappointing whatever I do as sub table remains in one parent cell. Results attached.

Thank you for help!

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Hi Philo,

Thanks for your inquiry. Please use the following code snippet to achieve your requirements. Hope this helps. Please let us know if you have any more queries.

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
Cell cell = builder.InsertCell();
builder.CellFormat.HorizontalMerge = CellMerge.First;
builder.Write("Text in merged cells.");
builder.InsertCell();
// This cell is merged to the previous and should be empty.
builder.CellFormat.HorizontalMerge = CellMerge.Previous;
builder.EndRow();
builder.InsertCell();
builder.CellFormat.HorizontalMerge = CellMerge.None;
builder.Write("Text in one cell.");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Text in another cell.");
builder.EndRow();
builder.EndTable();
// nested table
// Move to the first cell of the outer table.
builder.MoveTo(cell.FirstParagraph);
// Build the inner table.
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Writeln("Inner Table Cell 1");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Writeln("Inner Table Cell 2");
builder.EndTable();
doc.Save(MyDir + @"out.docx");