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Table merge possible bug or incorrect usage?

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#1

Hi,
I am trying to design a table as shown below using aspose words:

Cell 1 Cell 2 Cell3
Cell4 Cell5
Cell6 Cell7 Cell8 Cell9

My code is as below, unfortuantly i cant get the Cell 2 to merge correctly and when i do it messes up the entire table.

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
builder.StartTable();
builder.InsertCell();
builder.CellFormat.VerticalMerge = CellMerge.First;
builder.Write("Cell 1");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.CellFormat.VerticalMerge = CellMerge.First;
builder.Write("Cell 2");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.CellFormat.HorizontalMerge = CellMerge.First;
builder.Write("Cell 3");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.CellFormat.HorizontalMerge = CellMerge.Previous;
builder.EndRow();
builder.InsertCell();
builder.CellFormat.VerticalMerge = CellMerge.Previous;
builder.CellFormat.HorizontalMerge = CellMerge.None;
builder.InsertCell();
builder.CellFormat.VerticalMerge = CellMerge.None; // <= should be set to previous but messes up ??
builder.CellFormat.HorizontalMerge = CellMerge.None;
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Cell 4");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Cell 5");
builder.EndRow();
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Cell6");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Cell7");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Cell8");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Cell9");
builder.EndRow();
builder.EndTable();
doc.Save("a.doc");

Have I misread the documentation or is this a bug, thanks.

#2

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

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
builder.StartTable();
builder.InsertCell();
builder.CellFormat.VerticalMerge = CellMerge.First;
builder.Write("Cell 1");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.CellFormat.VerticalMerge = CellMerge.First;
builder.Write("Cell 2");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.CellFormat.VerticalMerge = CellMerge.None; //<= You should disable vertical merge
builder.CellFormat.HorizontalMerge = CellMerge.First;
builder.Write("Cell 3");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.CellFormat.HorizontalMerge = CellMerge.Previous;
builder.EndRow();
builder.InsertCell();
builder.CellFormat.VerticalMerge = CellMerge.Previous;
builder.CellFormat.HorizontalMerge = CellMerge.None;
builder.InsertCell();
builder.CellFormat.VerticalMerge = CellMerge.Previous; // <= should be set to previous but messes up ??
builder.CellFormat.HorizontalMerge = CellMerge.None;
builder.InsertCell();
builder.CellFormat.VerticalMerge = CellMerge.None; //<= And here you should disable vertical merge
builder.Write("Cell 4");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Cell 5");
builder.EndRow();
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Cell6");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Cell7");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Cell8");
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("Cell9");
builder.EndRow();
builder.EndTable();
doc.Save(@"Test295\out.doc");

Changes are highlighted.
Best regards.

#3

Thanks very much for this alexey, I assumed the CellFormat attribute defaulted to None when InsertCell was called.
Thanks again

Chris