Creating borders around rows and columns in your table demonstrates how to create distinct borders around a row and a column by using the LineDef class in C1PrintDocument. This topic assumes you already have a table with three columns and three rows.

1.   The following code should already exist in your source file:

•      Visual Basic

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

    ' Make a table with 3 columns and 3 rows.

    Dim table As C1.C1PrintDocument.RenderTable = New C1.C1PrintDocument.RenderTable(Me.C1PrintDocument1)

    table.Columns.AddSome(3)

    table.Body.Rows.AddSome(3)

    ' Generate the document.

    Me.C1PrintDocument1.StartDoc()

    Me.C1PrintDocument1.RenderBlock(table)

    Me.C1PrintDocument1.EndDoc()

End Sub

•      C#

private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)

{

    // Make a table with 3 columns and 3 rows.

    C1.C1PrintDocument.RenderTable table = new C1.C1PrintDocument.RenderTable(this.c1PrintDocument1);

    table.Columns.AddSome(3);

    table.Body.Rows.AddSome(3);

    // Generate the document.

    this.c1PrintDocument1.StartDoc();

    this.c1PrintDocument1.RenderBlock(table);

    this.c1PrintDocument1.EndDoc();

}

2.   Make the columns' width and rows' height six centimeters long by inserting the following code just before the StartDoc method:

•      Visual Basic

table.Body.Rows(0).HeightStr = "6cm"

table.Columns(0).WidthStr = "6cm"

table.Columns(1).WidthStr = "6cm"

table.Body.Rows(1).HeightStr = "6cm"

table.Columns(2).WidthStr = "6cm"

table.Body.Rows(2).HeightStr = "6cm"

•      C#

table.Body.Rows[0].HeightStr = "6cm";

table.Columns[0].WidthStr = "6cm";

table.Columns[1].WidthStr = "6cm";

table.Body.Rows[1].HeightStr = "6cm";

table.Columns[2].WidthStr = "6cm";

table.Body.Rows[2].HeightStr = "6cm";

3.   Assign a new instance of the LineDef class to the borders of the third row as follows (note that the constructor we use specifies that the new border will be red and 2 points wide):

•      Visual Basic

table.Body.Rows(2).Style.Borders.All = New C1.C1PrintDocument.LineDef(Color.Red, 2)

•      C#

table.Body.Rows[2].Style.Borders.All = new C1.C1PrintDocument.LineDef(Color.Red, 2);

4.   Assign a new instance of the LineDef class to the borders of the first column as follows (note that the constructor we use specifies that the new border will be orange and 6 points wide):

•      Visual Basic

table.Columns(0).Style.Borders.All = New C1.C1PrintDocument.LineDef(Color.Orange, 6)

•      C#

table.Columns[0].Style.Borders.All = new C1.C1PrintDocument.LineDef(Color.Orange, 6);

Run the program and observe the following:

Your borders will appear like this in your table at run time:

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