Class WTableCell

Represents a table cell.

Inheritance
System.Object
OwnerHolder
XDLSSerializableBase
Entity
WidgetBase
WidgetContainer
WTextBody
WTableCell
Inherited Members
System.Object.Equals(System.Object)
System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)
System.Object.GetHashCode()
System.Object.GetType()
System.Object.MemberwiseClone()
System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)
System.Object.ToString()
Namespace: Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS
Assembly: Syncfusion.DocIO.Base.dll
Syntax
public class WTableCell : WTextBody, IXDLSSerializable, ITextBody, IWidgetContainer, ICompositeEntity, IEntity, IWidget

Constructors

WTableCell(IWordDocument)

Initializes a new instance of the WTableCell class with the specified IWordDocument instance.

Declaration
public WTableCell(IWordDocument document)
Parameters
Type Name Description
IWordDocument document

The IWordDocument instance.

Properties

CellFormat

Gets the cell format. Read-only.

Declaration
public CellFormat CellFormat { get; }
Property Value
Type
CellFormat

EntityType

Gets the type of the entity.

Declaration
public override EntityType EntityType { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
EntityType

The EntityType of the current item.
Overrides

GridSpan

Gets the number of grid columns spanned by the current cell. Read-only.

Declaration
public short GridSpan { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Int16

The short specifies the number of grid columns in the parent table's table grid which shall be spanned by the current cell
Remarks

GridSpan allows cells to have the appearance of being merged, as they span vertical boundaries of other cells in the table.

OwnerRow

Gets the owner row of the cell. Read-only.

Declaration
public WTableRow OwnerRow { get; }
Property Value
Type
WTableRow
Examples
private void Button1_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    //Load a template document
    WordDocument document = new WordDocument("Template.docx");
    //Get the table
    WTable table = document.Sections[0].Tables[0] as WTable;
    //Find the text in the table
    TextSelection selection = table.Find(new Regex("Cell"));
    WTextRange text = selection.GetAsOneRange();
    //Get the owner paragraph
    WParagraph paragraph = text.OwnerParagraph;
    //Get the owner cell
    WTableCell cell = paragraph.OwnerTextBody as WTableCell;
    //Get the index of the cell
    int index = cell.GetCellIndex();
    //Apply text direction to the next cell
    WTableRow row = cell.OwnerRow;
    row.RowFormat.BackColor = Color.LightGray;
    //Save and close the document
    document.Save("Sample.docx", FormatType.Docx);
    document.Close();
}
Private Sub button_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    'Load a template document
    Dim document As New WordDocument("Template.docx")
    'Get the table
    Dim table As WTable = TryCast(document.Sections(0).Tables(0), WTable)
    'Find the text in the table
    Dim selection As TextSelection = table.Find(New Regex("Cell"))
    Dim text As WTextRange = selection.GetAsOneRange()
    'Get the owner paragraph
    Dim paragraph As WParagraph = text.OwnerParagraph
    'Get the owner cell
    Dim cell As WTableCell = TryCast(paragraph.OwnerTextBody, WTableCell)
    'Get the index of the cell
    Dim index As Integer = cell.GetCellIndex()
    'Apply text direction to the next cell
    Dim row As WTableRow = cell.OwnerRow
    row.RowFormat.BackColor = Color.LightGray
    'Save and close the document
    document.Save("Sample.docx", FormatType.Docx)
    document.Close()
End Sub

WidgetCollection

Gets the body items of the cell.

Declaration
protected override IEntityCollectionBase WidgetCollection { get; }
Property Value
Type
IEntityCollectionBase
Overrides

Width

Gets or sets the width(in points) of the cell.

Declaration
public float Width { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Single

The float that specifies the cell width.
Examples
private void Button1_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    //Load a template document
    WordDocument document = new WordDocument("Template.docx");
    //Get the table
    WTable table = document.Sections[0].Tables[0] as WTable;
    foreach (WTableRow row in table.Rows)
    {
        foreach (WTableCell cell in row.Cells)
        {
            cell.Width = 100;
        }
    }
    //Save and close the document
    document.Save("Sample.docx", FormatType.Docx);
    document.Close();
}
Private Sub button_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    'Load a template document
    Dim document As New WordDocument("Template.docx")
    'Get the table
    Dim table As WTable = TryCast(document.Sections(0).Tables(0), WTable)
    For Each row As WTableRow In table.Rows
    	For Each cell As WTableCell In row.Cells
    		cell.Width = 100
    	Next
    Next
    'Save and close the document
    document.Save("Sample.docx", FormatType.Docx)
    document.Close()
End Sub

Methods

Clone()

Creates a duplicate copy of the entity.

Declaration
public Entity Clone()
Returns
Type Description
Entity

The reference to the newly created cell.

CloneImpl()

Creates a duplicate copy of the entity.

Declaration
protected override object CloneImpl()
Returns
Type Description
System.Object

An System.Object that can be casted as table cell.
Overrides

CreateLayoutInfo()

Create layout information.

Declaration
protected override void CreateLayoutInfo()
Overrides

GetCellIndex()

Returns the index of the cell in the table row.

Declaration
public int GetCellIndex()
Returns
Type Description
System.Int32

The zero-based index of the cell.
Examples

The following example illustrates how set get the index of the cell.

private void Button1_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    //Load a template document
    WordDocument document = new WordDocument("Template.docx");
    //Get the table
    WTable table = document.Sections[0].Tables[0] as WTable;
    //Find the text in the table
    TextSelection selection = table.Find(new Regex("Cell"));
    WTextRange text = selection.GetAsOneRange();
    //Get the owner paragraph
    WParagraph paragraph = text.OwnerParagraph;
    //Get the owner cell
    WTableCell cell = paragraph.OwnerTextBody as WTableCell;
    //Get the index of the cell
    int index = cell.GetCellIndex();
    //Apply text direction to the next cell
    cell = cell.OwnerRow.Cells[index + 1];
    cell.CellFormat.TextDirection = Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS.TextDirection.Vertical;
    //Save and close the document
    document.Save("Sample.docx", FormatType.Docx);
    document.Close();
}
Private Sub button_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    'Load a template document
    Dim document As New WordDocument("Template.docx")
    'Get the table
    Dim table As WTable = TryCast(document.Sections(0).Tables(0), WTable)
    'Find the text in the table
    Dim selection As TextSelection = table.Find(New Regex("Cell"))
    Dim text As WTextRange = selection.GetAsOneRange()
    'Get the owner paragraph
    Dim paragraph As WParagraph = text.OwnerParagraph
    'Get the owner cell
    Dim cell As WTableCell = TryCast(paragraph.OwnerTextBody, WTableCell)
    'Get the index of the cell
    Dim index As Integer = cell.GetCellIndex()
    'Apply text direction to the next cell
    cell = cell.OwnerRow.Cells(index + 1)
    cell.CellFormat.TextDirection = Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS.TextDirection.Vertical
    'Save and close the document
    document.Save("Sample.docx", FormatType.Docx)
    document.Close()
End Sub

InitXDLSHolder()

Registers child objects in XDSL holder.

Declaration
protected override void InitXDLSHolder()
Overrides

ReadXmlAttributes(IXDLSAttributeReader)

Reads object data from xml attributes.

Declaration
protected override void ReadXmlAttributes(IXDLSAttributeReader reader)
Parameters
Type Name Description
IXDLSAttributeReader reader

The IXDLSAttributeReader object.
Overrides

WriteXmlAttributes(IXDLSAttributeWriter)

Writes object data as xml attributes.

Declaration
protected override void WriteXmlAttributes(IXDLSAttributeWriter writer)
Parameters
Type Name Description
IXDLSAttributeWriter writer

The IXDLSAttributeWriter object.
Overrides

Implements