MergePolicy Enumeration

Specifies how the control handles automatic merging of cells based on the values in the cells.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Enum MergePolicy 
   Inherits System.Enum

'Usage
 
Dim instance As MergePolicy

public enum MergePolicy : System.Enum

Members

Member	Description
Always	Always automatically merges neighboring cells with identical values
None	Never automatically merges cells
Restricted	Automatically merges cells neighboring cells with identical values if the corresponding cells in another row or column are similarly merged

Remarks

To allow adjacent identical cells to be merged automatically, set the MergePolicy to Always or Restricted.

For more information on automatic merging of cells, refer to Allowing Cells to Merge Automatically.

If you are using a specific cell type, be careful of restrictions for that cell type. For example, in order for automatic merging to work with CheckBox cells, the Value needs to be set to true or false instead of 1 or 0.

Example

This example fills a bunch of cells and then illustrates merging of adjacent cells with the same content.

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 Basic

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

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   System.ValueType
      System.Enum
         FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.MergePolicy

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 2000 Professional (SP4), Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server (SP1), Windows 2008, Windows XP (SP2), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8

Reference

FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model Namespace
MergePolicy Property (Column Class)
MergePolicy Property (Row Class)

User-Task Documentation

Allowing Cells to Merge Automatically