DataTplNestedTable.vb
'''' This code is part of Document Solutions for Word demos.'' Copyright (c) MESCIUS inc. All rights reserved.''Imports System.DrawingImports System.LinqImports System.GlobalizationImports GrapeCity.Documents.Word
'' This sample uses data templates to generate a table with rows'' corresponding to oceans, and a nested table with seas.Public Class DataTplNestedTable Function CreateDocx() As GcWordDocument '' The data source (ocean And sea data from Wikipedia): Dim oceans = { New With {.name = "Pacific", .areaOfWorldOcean = 0.466, .volumeOfWorldOcean = 0.501, .seas = {New With {.name = "Australasian Mediterranean Sea"}, New With {.name = "Philippine Sea"}, New With {.name = "Coral Sea"}, New With {.name = "South China Sea"}}}, New With {.name = "Atlantic", .areaOfWorldOcean = 0.235, .volumeOfWorldOcean = 0.233, .seas = {New With {.name = "Sargasso Sea"}, New With {.name = "Caribbean Sea"}, New With {.name = "Mediterranean Sea"}, New With {.name = "Gulf of Guinea"}}}, New With {.name = "Indian", .areaOfWorldOcean = 0.195, .volumeOfWorldOcean = 0.198, .seas = {New With {.name = "Arabian Sea"}, New With {.name = "Bay of Bengal"}, New With {.name = "Andaman Sea"}, New With {.name = "Laccadive Sea"}}}, New With {.name = "Southern", .areaOfWorldOcean = 0.061, .volumeOfWorldOcean = 0.054, .seas = {New With {.name = "Weddell Sea"}, New With {.name = "Somov Sea"}, New With {.name = "Riiser-Larsen Sea"}, New With {.name = "Lazarev Sea"}}}, New With {.name = "Arctic", .areaOfWorldOcean = 0.043, .volumeOfWorldOcean = 0.014, .seas = {New With {.name = "Barents Sea"}, New With {.name = "Greenland Sea"}, New With {.name = "East Siberian Sea"}, New With {.name = "Kara Sea"}}} }
Dim doc = New GcWordDocument()
'' Add the data source to the data template data sources '' (note that in this release, only one data source can be added): doc.DataTemplate.DataSources.Add("ds", oceans)
'' Add a table for oceans, And a nested table for seas: Dim t = doc.Body.Tables.Add(3, 1) t.Style = doc.Styles.Add("my table style", StyleType.Table) t.Style.BaseStyle = doc.Styles(BuiltInStyleId.ListTable5DarkAccent1) Dim tnested = t.Rows(0).Cells(2).GetRange().Tables.Add(1, 1) tnested.Style = doc.Styles.Add("my nested table style", StyleType.Table) tnested.Style.BaseStyle = t.Style.BaseStyle tnested.Style.Font.Color.RGB = Color.PaleGoldenrod tnested.Style.Font.Size -= 1
'' Specify data bindings t.Rows(0).Cells(0).GetRange().Paragraphs.First.GetRange().Runs.Add("{{#ds}}{{name}}") t.Rows(0).Cells(1).GetRange().Paragraphs.First.GetRange().Runs.Add("{{areaOfWorldOcean}:format(0.#%)}") tnested.Rows(0).Cells(0).GetRange().Paragraphs.First.GetRange().Runs.Add("{{seas.name}}") t.Rows(0).Cells(2).GetRange().Paragraphs.First.GetRange().Runs.Add("{{/ds}}")
'' This call expands all data templates in the document, '' replacing template tags with data (iterating over all data items): doc.DataTemplate.Process(CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US"))
'' Done Return doc End FunctionEnd Class