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Beresford
Beresford

Reputation: 187

C# Nested Tables in Word

I'm trying to design a table that has 3 additional tables in the last cell. Like this. Nested table example

I've managed to get the first nested table into row 4, but my second nested table is going into cell(1,1) of the first table.

Incorrect nested table example

var wordApplication = new Word.Application();
wordApplication.Visible = true;
var wordDocument = wordApplication.Documents.Add();
var docRange = wordDocument.Range();
docRange.Tables.Add(docRange, 4, 1);
var mainTable = wordDocument.Tables[1];
mainTable.set_Style("Table Grid");
mainTable.Borders.Enable = 0;
mainTable.PreferredWidthType = Word.WdPreferredWidthType.wdPreferredWidthPercent;
mainTable.PreferredWidth = 100;
docRange.Collapse(Word.WdCollapseDirection.wdCollapseStart);

var phoneRange = mainTable.Cell(4, 1).Range;
phoneRange.Collapse(Word.WdCollapseDirection.wdCollapseStart);
phoneRange.Tables.Add(phoneRange, 3, 2);

var phoneTable = mainTable.Cell(4, 1).Tables[1];
phoneTable.set_Style("Table Grid");
phoneTable.Borders.Enable = 0;
phoneTable.AutoFitBehavior(Word.WdAutoFitBehavior.wdAutoFitContent);
phoneTable.Rows.RelativeHorizontalPosition = Word.WdRelativeHorizontalPosition.wdRelativeHorizontalPositionMargin;

phoneRange.Collapse(Word.WdCollapseDirection.wdCollapseEnd);

I've tried collapsing the range, adding in a paragraph then collapsing the range again. No luck. I found this post and many similar ones, but I must be missing something.

Thanks for your time.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1595

Answers (1)

Cindy Meister
Cindy Meister

Reputation: 25693

It usually helps in situation like these to add a line in your code: phoneRange.Select(); and having code execution end with that. Take a look at where the Range actually is. Now you can test using the keyboard where the Range needs to be in order to insert the next table successfully.

Since you say phoneRange selects outside the third row, rather than working with phoneRange try setting a new Range object to phoneTable.Range then collapse it to its end-point.

Upvotes: 1

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