Widths not working on Table

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1

Widths on the tables is unpredictable.

My code:

builder.StartTable();
builder.CellFormat.Width = 10;
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("TEST");

builder.CellFormat.Width = 90;
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("TEST2");

builder.EndRow();

builder.CellFormat.Width = 10;
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("TEST");

builder.CellFormat.Width = 90;
builder.InsertCell();
builder.Write("TEST2");

builder.EndRow();

The problem is that the widths get to a certain point and then dont re-size properly. I basically want the minimum widths for the columns, based on the length of text inside the column. Is there another way of setting the widths?

Thanks.

2

Hi,

You should set cell width after you've inserted a cell. DocumentBuilder has an internal "pointer" which attaches to the current node so you must insert this node first.

3

Actually the code I wrote here, was incorrect. I actually did have the insert first. I find the widths to be unpredictable. If I set 1 column to 10 and the other to 90, what are the units? Pixels? Pct?

If I set the 2 columns to be 10 and 10, it seems to split the table 50% each column and take up the entire width of the document. Is there a way to get the table to be the minimum width based on the text inside the column (rather than forcing a width)?

Basically what I want is a table in Word as if I had set the column widths to "Auto Fit to Contents".

4

"Auto fit to contents" is set by DocumentBuilder.RowFormat.AllowAutoFit property.

The units that are taken by CellFormat.Width are points. There are 72 points in 1 inch. You can use WordConvert methods to convert between inches, pixels and points.

5

OK, I got that to work so long as all of my tables in the document are generated from code. If I had 1 table created within word, and then a table created by code, thats when things became a problem. Just an FYI. Not sure if I should be doing anything different to prevent this. In the meantime I will just create all table from my code.

6

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7

I'm experiencing the same problems.

builder.CellFormat.ClearFormatting()
' Header rij met vette koppen en onderlijnd

builder.Font.Bold = True
builder.CellFormat.Borders(Aspose.Words.BorderType.Bottom).LineStyle = LineStyle.Single
builder.StartTable()

builder.InsertCell()
builder.CellFormat.Width = 185.0
builder.Write("Naam")

builder.InsertCell()
builder.CellFormat.Width = 255.0
builder.Write("Praktijkkenmerken")

builder.EndRow()

' Overige regels gewoon
builder.Font.Bold = False
builder.CellFormat.ClearFormatting()
builder.CellFormat.Borders(Aspose.Words.BorderType.Bottom).ClearFormatting()

' Ophalen van de apotheken en deze weergeven inde gecreeerde tabel
Dim colPraktijken As New CollectionClasses.S2RelatiesPraktijkenHuisartsCollection
Dim praktijk As EntityClasses.S2RelatiesPraktijkenHuisartsEntity

For Each praktijk In colPraktijken
For x = 0 To 1
builder.InsertCell()
builder.CellFormat.ClearFormatting()
Select Case x
Case 0
builder.CellFormat.Width = 185.0
builder.Write(praktijk.Naam)
Case 1
builder.CellFormat.Width = 255.0
builder.Write(praktijk.Kenmerk)
End Select
Next

builder.EndRow()
builder.CellFormat.ClearFormatting()
Next

builder.EndTable()

When running this code the first time it shows perfectly. A second time it doesn't when filling another table with exactly the same formatting code but different data. And suprisingly a third time it works fine again. After some tables the total width of the table will always be the same.

I just cannot figure it out what is going wrong. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Willem Jan Kortleve