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SetMergePolicy Method
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FarPoint.Win.Spread Assembly > FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model Namespace > ISheetAxisModel Interface : SetMergePolicy Method


index
Row or column index
value
Value with the merge policy

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Sets the cell merge policy for the specified row or column.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Sub SetMergePolicy( _
   ByVal index As Integer, _
   ByVal value As MergePolicy _
) 
Visual Basic (Usage)Copy Code
Dim instance As ISheetAxisModel
Dim index As Integer
Dim value As MergePolicy
 
instance.SetMergePolicy(index, value)
C# 
void SetMergePolicy( 
   int index,
   MergePolicy value
)

Parameters

index
Row or column index
value
Value with the merge policy

Example

This example sets and returns how cells in a column that have the same content are grouped in a single cell spanning multiple rows.
C#Copy Code
FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.ISheetAxisModel isa;
isa = (FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.ISheetAxisModel)fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Models.ColumnAxis;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.RowCount = 12;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.ColumnCount = 5;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Columns[1].Width = 150;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetClip(0, 0, 1, 5, "VS Live\tSan Francisco\tScott\tScott\t12:00");
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetClip(1, 0, 1, 5, "VS Live\tSan Francisco\tScott\tChris\t12:00");
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetClip(2, 0, 1, 5, "VS Live\tSan Francisco\tScott\tChris\t1:00");
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetClip(3, 0, 1, 5, "MSCE\tSan Francisco\tScott\tScott\t12:00");
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetClip(4, 0, 1, 5, "VS Live\tOrlando\tChris\tChris\t1:00");
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetClip(5, 0, 1, 5, "VS Live\tOrlando\tScott\tChris\t2:00");
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetClip(6, 0, 1, 5, "VS Live\tNew York\tGreg\tGreg\t2:00");
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetClip(7, 0, 1, 5, "VS Live\tNew York\tGreg\tJim\t2:00");
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetClip(8, 0, 1, 5, "VS Live\tNew York\tGreg\tJim\t3:00");
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetClip(9, 0, 1, 5, "VS Live\tNew York\tScott\tJim\t4:00");
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetClip(10, 0, 1, 5, "PRN\tRaleigh\tScott\tScott\t7:00");
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetClip(11, 0, 1, 5, "PRN\tCary\tJenny\tRyan\t6:00");
DialogResult dlg; 
dlg = MessageBox.Show("Do you want to merge the data?", "Get/SetMergePolicy", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo);
if (dlg == DialogResult.Yes)
{
isa.SetMergePolicy(-1, FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.MergePolicy.Always);
fpSpread1.SetBounds(fpSpread1.Bounds.X, fpSpread1.Bounds.Y, fpSpread1.Bounds.Width + 1, fpSpread1.Bounds.Height);
label1.Text = "The merge policy is " + isa.GetMergePolicy(-1).ToString();
}
Visual BasicCopy Code
Dim isa As FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.ISheetAxisModel
isa = FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Models.ColumnAxis
With FpSpread1.ActiveSheet
.RowCount = 12
.ColumnCount = 5
.Columns(1).Width = 150
.SetClip(0, 0, 1, 5, "VS Live" & vbTab & "San Francisco" & vbTab & "Scott" & vbTab & "Scott" & vbTab & "12:00")
.SetClip(1, 0, 1, 5, "VS Live" & vbTab & "San Francisco" & vbTab & "Scott" & vbTab & "Chris" & vbTab & "12:00")
.SetClip(2, 0, 1, 5, "VS Live" & vbTab & "San Francisco" & vbTab & "Scott" & vbTab & "Chris" & vbTab & "1:00")
.SetClip(3, 0, 1, 5, "MSCE" & vbTab & "San Francisco" & vbTab & "Scott" & vbTab & "Scott" & vbTab & "12:00")
.SetClip(4, 0, 1, 5, "VS Live" & vbTab & "Orlando" & vbTab & "Chris" & vbTab & "Chris" & vbTab & "1:00")
.SetClip(5, 0, 1, 5, "VS Live" & vbTab & "Orlando" & vbTab & "Scott" & vbTab & "Chris" & vbTab & "2:00")
.SetClip(6, 0, 1, 5, "VS Live" & vbTab & "New York" & vbTab & "Greg" & vbTab & "Greg" & vbTab & "2:00")
.SetClip(7, 0, 1, 5, "VS Live" & vbTab & "New York" & vbTab & "Greg" & vbTab & "Jim" & vbTab & "2:00")
.SetClip(8, 0, 1, 5, "VS Live" & vbTab & "New York" & vbTab & "Greg" & vbTab & "Jim" & vbTab & "3:00")
.SetClip(9, 0, 1, 5, "VS Live" & vbTab & "New York" & vbTab & "Scott" & vbTab & "Jim" & vbTab & "4:00")
.SetClip(10, 0, 1, 5, "PRN" & vbTab & "Raleigh" & vbTab & "Scott" & vbTab & "Scott" & vbTab & "7:00")
.SetClip(11, 0, 1, 5, "PRN" & vbTab & "Cary" & vbTab & "Jenny" & vbTab & "Ryan" & vbTab & "6:00")
End With
Dim dlg As DialogResult
dlg = MessageBox.Show("Do you want to merge the data?", "Get/SetMergePolicy", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo)
If dlg = DialogResult.Yes Then
isa.SetMergePolicy(-1, FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.MergePolicy.Always)
FpSpread1.SetBounds(FpSpread1.Bounds.X, FpSpread1.Bounds.Y, FpSpread1.Bounds.Width + 1, FpSpread1.Bounds.Height)
Label1.Text = "The merge policy is " & isa.GetMergePolicy(-1).ToString()
End If

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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