Spread Windows Forms 9.0 Product Documentation
GetMergePolicy Method (ISheetAxisModel)
Example 


Row or column index
Gets the cell merge policy for the specified row or column.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Function GetMergePolicy( _
   ByVal index As Integer _
) As MergePolicy
'Usage
 
Dim instance As ISheetAxisModel
Dim index As Integer
Dim value As MergePolicy
 
value = instance.GetMergePolicy(index)
MergePolicy GetMergePolicy( 
   int index
)

Parameters

index
Row or column index

Return Value

MergePolicy setting that determines how the automatic merging is done
Example
This example sets and returns how cells in a column that have the same content are grouped in a single cell spanning multiple rows.
FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.ISheetAxisModel isa;
isa = (FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.ISheetAxisModel)fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Models.ColumnAxis;
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?", "Get/SetMergePolicy", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo);
if (dlg == DialogResult.Yes)
{
isa.SetMergePolicy(-1, FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.MergePolicy.Always);
fpSpread1.SetBounds(fpSpread1.Bounds.X, fpSpread1.Bounds.Y, fpSpread1.Bounds.Width + 1, fpSpread1.Bounds.Height);
label1.Text = "The merge policy is " + isa.GetMergePolicy(-1).ToString();
}
Dim isa As FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.ISheetAxisModel
isa = FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Models.ColumnAxis
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?", "Get/SetMergePolicy", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo)
If dlg = DialogResult.Yes Then
isa.SetMergePolicy(-1, FarPoint.Win.Spread.Model.MergePolicy.Always)
FpSpread1.SetBounds(FpSpread1.Bounds.X, FpSpread1.Bounds.Y, FpSpread1.Bounds.Width + 1, FpSpread1.Bounds.Height)
Label1.Text = "The merge policy is " & isa.GetMergePolicy(-1).ToString()
End If
Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 2000 Professional (SP4), Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server (SP1), Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 2008, Windows XP (SP2), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10

See Also

Reference

ISheetAxisModel Interface
ISheetAxisModel Members
SetMergePolicy Method

User-Task Documentation

Allowing Cells to Merge Automatically

 

 


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