GetColumnMerge Method

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

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Function GetColumnMerge( _
   ByVal column As Integer _
) As MergePolicy

'Usage
 
Dim instance As SheetView
Dim column As Integer
Dim value As MergePolicy
 
value = instance.GetColumnMerge(column)

public MergePolicy GetColumnMerge( 
   int column
)

Parameters

column: Column index

Return Value

MergePolicy setting that specifies if and how cells in this column are automatically merged

Remarks

Cells with the same content are automatically merged if the merge policy is set to allow it. To span cell manually refer to the AddSpanCell method, etc.

Example

This example returns the merge policy for the model.

FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.Cells[0, 2, 2, 2].Text = "Test";
FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.SetColumnMerge(2, FarPoint.Web.Spread.Model.MergePolicy.Always); 

FarPoint.Web.Spread.Model.MergePolicy mp;
mp = FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.GetColumnMerge(2);
Response.Write(mp.ToString());

Visual Basic

FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.Cells(0, 2, 2, 2).Text = "Test"
FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.SetColumnMerge(2, FarPoint.Web.Spread.Model.MergePolicy.Always)

Dim mp As FarPoint.Web.Spread.Model.MergePolicy
mp = FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.GetColumnMerge(2)
Response.Write(mp.ToString())

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2000, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, SP6, Windows NT 4.0 Server, SP6

Reference

SheetView Class
SheetView Members
GetRowMerge Method
SetColumnMerge Method

User-Task Documentation

Merging Cells Automatically