Interface IBorders

A collection of four Border objects that represent the four borders of a Range or Style object.

Inherited Members

IParentApplication.Application

IParentApplication.Parent

Namespace: Syncfusion.XlsIO

Assembly: Syncfusion.XlsIO.Portable.dll

Syntax

public interface IBorders : IEnumerable, IParentApplication

Properties

Color

Returns or sets the color from or to all the IBorder in the IBorders collection.

Declaration

ExcelKnownColors Color { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
ExcelKnownColors

Remarks

To set color for individual borders, we can use Color or ColorRGB property.

Examples

The following code illustrates how to set color from ExcelKnownColors enumeration to all the IBorder in the IBorders collection.

        using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
        {
            //Create worksheet
            IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
            application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013;
            IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Create(1);
            IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

            //Set text
            worksheet["C2"].Text = "Sample";
            worksheet["D2"].Text = "text";
            worksheet["C3"].Text = "in";
            worksheet["D3"].Text = "cell";

            //Set borders
            IBorders borders = worksheet["C2:D3"].Borders;

            //Set color
            borders.Color = ExcelKnownColors.Red;

            //Set line style
            borders.LineStyle = ExcelLineStyle.Thick;

            //Save and dispose
            workbook.SaveAs("CellFormats.xlsx");
            workbook.Close();
        }

ColorRGB

Returns or sets RGB color from or to all the IBorder in the IBorders collection.

Declaration

Color ColorRGB { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
Color

Examples

The following code illustrates how to set RGB color from System.Drawing.Color structure to all the IBorder in the IBorders collection.

        using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
        {
            //Create worksheet
            IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
            application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013;
            IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Create(1);
            IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

            //Set text
            worksheet["C2"].Text = "Sample";
            worksheet["D2"].Text = "text";
            worksheet["C3"].Text = "in";
            worksheet["D3"].Text = "cell";

            //Set borders
            IBorders borders = worksheet["C2:D3"].Borders;

            //Set color
            borders.ColorRGB = System.Drawing.Color.Red;

            //Set line style
            borders.LineStyle = ExcelLineStyle.Thick;

            //Save and dispose
            workbook.SaveAs("CellFormats.xlsx");
            workbook.Close();
        }

Count

Returns the number of IBorder objects in the IBorders collection. Read-only, Long.

Declaration

int Count { get; }

Property Value

Type
System.Int32

Examples

The following code illustrates how to access Count property.

        using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
        {
            //Create worksheet
            IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
            application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013;
            IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Create(1);
            IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

            //Set borders
            IBorders borders = worksheet["C2"].Borders;

            //Check count
            Console.Write(borders.Count);

            //Save and Dispose
            workbook.SaveAs("CellFormats.xlsx");
            workbook.Close();
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
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Item[ExcelBordersIndex]

Returns a IBorder object that represents one of the IBorders of either a IRange of cells or a IStyle.

Declaration

IBorder this[ExcelBordersIndex Index] { get; }

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ExcelBordersIndex	Index

Property Value

Type
IBorder

Examples

The following code illustrates how to access IBorder using ExcelBordersIndex from the IBorders collection.

        using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
        {
            //Create worksheet
            IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
            application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013;
            IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Create(1);
            IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

            //Set text
            worksheet["C2"].Text = "Sample";
            worksheet["D2"].Text = "text";
            worksheet["C3"].Text = "in";
            worksheet["D3"].Text = "cell";

            //Set borders
            IBorders borders = worksheet["C2:D3"].Borders;

            //Set color
            borders.Color = ExcelKnownColors.Red;

            //Set line style
            borders.LineStyle = ExcelLineStyle.Thick;

            //Set diagonal line visibility
            borders[ExcelBordersIndex.DiagonalDown].ShowDiagonalLine = false;
            borders[ExcelBordersIndex.DiagonalUp].ShowDiagonalLine = false;

            //Save and dispose
            workbook.SaveAs("CellFormats.xlsx");
            workbook.Close();
        }

LineStyle

Returns or sets the line style for the IBorder. Read / write ExcelLineStyle.

Declaration

ExcelLineStyle LineStyle { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
ExcelLineStyle

Examples

The following code illustrates how to set LineStyle to all the IBorder in the IBorders collection.

        using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
        {
            //Create worksheet
            IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
            application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013;
            IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Create(1);
            IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

            //Set borders
            IBorders borders = worksheet["C2:D3"].Borders;

            //Set color
            borders.Color = ExcelKnownColors.Red;

            //Set line style
            borders.LineStyle = ExcelLineStyle.Thick;

            //Save and dispose
            workbook.SaveAs("CellFormats.xlsx");
            workbook.Close();
        }

Value

Synonym for Borders.LineStyle. Read / write.

Declaration

ExcelLineStyle Value { get; set; }

Property Value

Type
ExcelLineStyle

Examples

The following code illustrates how to set Value to all the IBorder in the IBorders collection.

        using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
        {
            //Create worksheet
            IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
            application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2013;
            IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Create(1);
            IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

            //Set borders
            IBorders borders = worksheet["C2:D3"].Borders;

            //Set color
            borders.Color = ExcelKnownColors.Red;

            //Set line style
            borders.Value = ExcelLineStyle.Thick;

            //Save and dispose
            workbook.SaveAs("CellFormats.xlsx");
            workbook.Close();
        }