Table merge is not working properly

Aspose.Words Product Family
1

Hi ,

I am using aspose words . Table merge is not working properly when i setsetAllowAutoFit as “false” , but when i set setAllowAutoFit as “true” merge is working properly but table runs out of the editor . Please help me with the code .( Below i posted my code )

Document doc = new Document(); DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc); Table table = builder.startTable();
Cell cell1 = builder.insertCell();
builder.getCellFormat().setHorizontalMerge(CellMerge.FIRST);
builder.write("Text in merged cells.");
builder.insertCell();
builder.getCellFormat().setHorizontalMerge(CellMerge.PREVIOUS);
builder.endRow();
builder.insertCell();
builder.getCellFormat().setHorizontalMerge(CellMerge.NONE);
builder.write("Text in one celldsssssssdddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddsssssssssssssssssss.");
table.setAllowAutoFit(false);
builder.insertCell();
builder.write("Text in another cell.");
builder.endRow();
builder.endTable();
2

Hi Anbu,

Thanks for your inquiry. Please read about specifying table and cell width from here:
https://docs.aspose.com/words/java/specifying-table-and-cell-widths/

Please use CellFormat.PreferredWidth as shown in following code example to achieve the required output. Hope this helps you. Please let us know if you have any more queries.

Document doc = **new** Document(); 
DocumentBuilder builder = **new** DocumentBuilder(doc); 
Table table = builder.startTable();
Cell cell1 = builder.insertCell();
table.setAllowAutoFit(**false**);
builder.getCellFormat().setPreferredWidth(PreferredWidth.*fromPoints*(ConvertUtil.*inchToPoint*(6)));
builder.getCellFormat().setHorizontalMerge(CellMerge.*FIRST*);
builder.write("Text in merged cells.");
builder.insertCell();
builder.getCellFormat().setHorizontalMerge(CellMerge.*PREVIOUS*);
builder.endRow();
builder.insertCell();
builder.getCellFormat().setPreferredWidth(PreferredWidth.*fromPoints*(ConvertUtil.*inchToPoint*(3)));
builder.getCellFormat().setHorizontalMerge(CellMerge.*NONE*);
builder.write("Text in one celldsssssssdddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddsssssssssssssssssss.");
builder.insertCell();
builder.write("Text in another cell.");
builder.endRow();
builder.endTable();
doc.save(*MyDir* + "Out.docx");
3

Hi Tahir ,

Thanks for the response . Merge is working properly when i set Preferred width in inches( " ) . But , what i have is percentage value and need to set autofit to window for the table , when i set preferred width in percent( % ) table merge not working . Please help me with it .

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
Table table = builder.startTable();
Cell cell1 = builder.insertCell();
table.setAllowAutoFit(false);
builder.getCellFormat().setPreferredWidth(PreferredWidth.fromPercent(100));
builder.getCellFormat().setHorizontalMerge(CellMerge.FIRST);
builder.write("Text in merged cells.");
builder.insertCell();
//builder.getCellFormat().setPreferredWidth(PreferredWidth.fromPercent(100));
builder.getCellFormat().setHorizontalMerge(CellMerge.PREVIOUS);
builder.endRow();
table.autoFit(AutoFitBehavior.AUTO\_FIT\_TO\_WINDOW); 
builder.insertCell();
builder.getCellFormat().setPreferredWidth(PreferredWidth.fromPercent(50));
builder.getCellFormat().setHorizontalMerge(CellMerge.NONE);
builder.write("Text in one celldsssssssdddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddsssssssssssssssssss.");
builder.insertCell();
// builder.getCellFormat().setPreferredWidth(PreferredWidth.fromPercent(50));
builder.write("Text in another cell.");
builder.endRow();
builder.endTable();
4

Hi Anbu,

Thanks for sharing the detail. I have tested the scenario and have managed to reproduce the same issues at my side. For the sake of correction, I have logged these problems in our issue tracking system as follow:

WORDSNET-11383 : Table.AllowAutoFit = false ignores the merged cell
WORDSJAVA-1004 : Table.setAllowAutoFit(true) moves the table outside the page

I have linked this forum thread to the same issues and you will be notified via this forum thread once these issue are resolved.

We apologize for your inconvenience.

5

Hi Anbu,

Thanks for your patience. It is to inform you that our product team has completed the analysis of issue (WORDSJAVA-1004)
and has come to a conclusion that this issue and the
undesired behavior you’re observing is actually not a bug in
Aspose.Words.

Please use Compatibility.GrowAutofit and Table.PreferredWidth properties as shown in following code example to get the required output.

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
Table table = builder.startTable();
Cell cell1 = builder.insertCell();
builder.getCellFormat().setHorizontalMerge(CellMerge.FIRST);
builder.write("Text in merged cells.");
builder.insertCell();
builder.getCellFormat().setHorizontalMerge(CellMerge.PREVIOUS);
builder.endRow();
builder.insertCell();
builder.getCellFormat().setHorizontalMerge(CellMerge.NONE);
builder.write("Text in one celldsssssssdddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddsssssssssssssssssss.");
builder.insertCell();
builder.write("Text in another cell.");
builder.endRow();
builder.endTable();
table.setAllowAutoFit(true);
doc.getCompatibilityOptions().setGrowAutofit(false);
table.setPreferredWidth(PreferredWidth.AUTO);
doc.save(*MyDir* + "Out.docx");
6

The issues you have found earlier (filed as WORDSNET-11383) have been fixed in this .NET update and this Java update.

This message was posted using Notification2Forum from Downloads module by aspose.notifier.

7

The issues you have found earlier (filed as ) have been fixed in this Aspose.Words for .NET 18.12 update and this Aspose.Words for Java 18.12 update.