Merge cells in grid via Spire.PDF

Grid also offers more flexible resizing behavior than Table and lighter weight then a Table. It derives from the Panel element which is best used inside of forms. This article is mainly talk about how to merge cells in grid via Spire.PDF.

Prerequisite:

Download Spire.PDF for .NET (or Spire.Office for .NET) and install it on your system.
Add Spire.PDF.dll as reference in the downloaded Bin folder thought the below path: "..\Spire.PDF\Bin\NET4.0\ Spire.PDF.dll".
Check the codes as below in C#:

Here are the detail steps:

Step 1: Create a new PDF document and add a new page.

PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
PdfPageBase page = doc.Pages.Add();

Step 2: Add a new grid with 5 columns and 2 rows, and set height and width.

PdfGrid grid = new PdfGrid();
grid.Columns.Add(5);
float width = page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width - (grid.Columns.Count + 1);
for (int j = 0; j < grid.Columns.Count;j++)
{
  grid.Columns[j].Width = width * 0.20f;
}

 PdfGridRow row0 = grid.Rows.Add();
 PdfGridRow row1 = grid.Rows.Add();
 float height = 20.0f;
 for (int i = 0; i < grid.Rows.Count; i++)
 {
      grid.Rows[i].Height = height;
 }

Step 3: Draw the current grid.

grid.Draw(page, new PointF(0, 50));

Step 4: Set the font of the grid and fill some content in the cells. Use RowSpan and ColumnSpan to merge certain cells vertically and horizontally.

row0.Style.Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 16f, FontStyle.Bold), true);
row1.Style.Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 16f, FontStyle.Italic), true);

row0.Cells[0].Value = "Corporation";
row0.Cells[0].RowSpan = 2;

row0.Cells[1].Value = "B&K Undersea Photo";
row0.Cells[1].StringFormat = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
row0.Cells[1].ColumnSpan = 3;

row0.Cells[4].Value = "World";
row0.Cells[4].Style.Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 10f, FontStyle.Bold | FontStyle.Italic), true);
row0.Cells[4].StringFormat = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
row0.Cells[4].Style.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.LightGreen;

row1.Cells[1].Value = "Diving International Unlimited";
row1.Cells[1].StringFormat = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
row1.Cells[1].ColumnSpan = 4;

Step 5: Draw the new grid and save the file, the review it.

grid.Draw(page, new PointF(0, 100));

doc.SaveToFile("result.pdf");
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("result.pdf");

Following is the result screenshot:

How to merge cells in grid via Spire.PDF

Full Code:

using Spire.Pdf;
using Spire.Pdf.Graphics;
using Spire.Pdf.Grid;
using System.Drawing;


namespace MergeCells
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
            PdfPageBase page = doc.Pages.Add();

            PdfGrid grid = new PdfGrid();
            grid.Columns.Add(5);
            float width = page.Canvas.ClientSize.Width - (grid.Columns.Count + 1);
            for (int j = 0; j < grid.Columns.Count; j++)
            {
                grid.Columns[j].Width = width * 0.20f;
            }

            PdfGridRow row0 = grid.Rows.Add();
            PdfGridRow row1 = grid.Rows.Add();
            float height = 20.0f;
            for (int i = 0; i < grid.Rows.Count; i++)
            {
                grid.Rows[i].Height = height;
            }

            grid.Draw(page, new PointF(0, 50));

            row0.Style.Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 16f, FontStyle.Bold), true);
            row1.Style.Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 16f, FontStyle.Italic), true);

            row0.Cells[0].Value = "Corporation";
            row0.Cells[0].RowSpan = 2;

            row0.Cells[1].Value = "B&K Undersea Photo";
            row0.Cells[1].StringFormat = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
            row0.Cells[1].ColumnSpan = 3;

            row0.Cells[4].Value = "World";
            row0.Cells[4].Style.Font = new PdfTrueTypeFont(new Font("Arial", 10f, FontStyle.Bold | FontStyle.Italic), true);
            row0.Cells[4].StringFormat = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
            row0.Cells[4].Style.BackgroundBrush = PdfBrushes.LightGreen;

            row1.Cells[1].Value = "Diving International Unlimited";
            row1.Cells[1].StringFormat = new PdfStringFormat(PdfTextAlignment.Center, PdfVerticalAlignment.Middle);
            row1.Cells[1].ColumnSpan = 4;

            grid.Draw(page, new PointF(0, 100));

            doc.SaveToFile("result.pdf");
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("result.pdf");
        }
    }
}

Merge cells in grid via Spire.PDF

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