Setting Borders and Gridlines

In This Topic

You can set the color or line style of the border around the cells, columns, or rows. You can also specify the color and whether to show grid lines. Use the SetBorder method to set a border. The ShowGridLine and GridLineColor properties can be used to make changes to the horizontal and vertical grid lines in the control.

The following image displays a border around a cell range.

An image showing cell borders and gridlines in a spreadsheet

Using Code

The following example creates a border around a block of cells.

CS	Copy Code
GrapeCity.Windows.SpreadSheet.Data.CellRange r; r = new GrapeCity.Windows.SpreadSheet.Data.CellRange(1, 1, 2, 2); gcSpreadSheet1.Sheets[0].SetBorder(r, GrapeCity.Windows.SpreadSheet.Data.SheetArea.Cells, new GrapeCity.Windows.SpreadSheet.Data.BorderLine(Colors.Blue), GrapeCity.Windows.SpreadSheet.Data.SetBorderOptions.All); gcSpreadSheet1.Invalidate();

VB.NET	Copy Code
Dim r As New GrapeCity.Windows.SpreadSheet.Data.CellRange(2, 2, 2, 2) GcSpreadSheet1.Sheets(0).SetBorder(r, GrapeCity.Windows.SpreadSheet.Data.SheetArea.Cells, New GrapeCity.Windows.SpreadSheet.Data.BorderLine(Colors.Blue), GrapeCity.Windows.SpreadSheet.Data.SetBorderOptions.All)