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GetColumnMerge Method
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FarPoint.Win.Spread Assembly > FarPoint.Win.Spread Namespace > SheetView Class : GetColumnMerge Method


column
Column index

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Gets whether or how cells in a column on this sheet that have the same content are joined into a single cell across multiple rows.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Public Function GetColumnMerge( _
   ByVal column As Integer _
) As MergePolicy
Visual Basic (Usage)Copy Code
Dim instance As SheetView
Dim column As Integer
Dim value As MergePolicy
 
value = instance.GetColumnMerge(column)
C# 
public MergePolicy GetColumnMerge( 
   int column
)

Parameters

column
Column index

Return Value

MergePolicy setting for the specified column

Remarks

A value of -1 for the column index indicates all columns.

Example

This example illustrates the use of this member by returning how cells in a column that have the same content are grouped in a single cell spanning multiple rows.
C#Copy Code
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?", "GetColumnMerge", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo);
if (dlg == DialogResult.Yes)
{
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetRowMerge(-1, FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.MergePolicy.Always);
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetColumnMerge(-1, FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.MergePolicy.Always);
fpSpread1.SetBounds(fpSpread1.Bounds.X, fpSpread1.Bounds.Y, fpSpread1.Bounds.Width + 1, fpSpread1.Bounds.Height);
label1.Text = fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.GetColumnMerge(-1).ToString();
}
Visual BasicCopy Code
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?", "GetColumnMerge", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo)
If dlg = DialogResult.Yes Then
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetRowMerge(-1, FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.MergePolicy.Always)
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetColumnMerge(-1, FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.MergePolicy.Always)
FpSpread1.SetBounds(FpSpread1.Bounds.X, FpSpread1.Bounds.Y, FpSpread1.Bounds.Width + 1, FpSpread1.Bounds.Height)
Label1.Text = FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.GetColumnMerge(-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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