SetColumnMerge Method

Sets 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
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Sub SetColumnMerge( _
   ByVal column As Integer, _
   ByVal value As MergePolicy _
)

'Usage
 
Dim instance As SheetView
Dim column As Integer
Dim value As MergePolicy
 
instance.SetColumnMerge(column, value)

public void SetColumnMerge( 
   int column,
   MergePolicy value
)

Parameters

column: Column index (use -1 for all columns)
value: MergePolicy enumeration setting

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.

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

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

SheetView Class
SheetView Members
MergePolicy Enumeration
GetColumnMerge Method

User-Task Documentation

Allowing Cells to Merge Automatically