How to: Create a Table with Fixed Column Width

Sep 19, 2023

To create a table with fixed column widths, specify the following settings:

Property	Value
For the table set the Table.TableLayout	TableLayoutType.Fixed
For the table set the Table.PreferredWidthType	WidthType.Fixed
For each cell set the TableCell.PreferredWidthType	WidthType.Fixed
For each cell set the TableCell.PreferredWidth	A floating point value specifying the cell width measured in document units of measurement determined by the Document.Unit property.

View Example

TablesActions.cs
TablesActions.vb

csharp

using XtraRichEdit.API.Native;
using DevExpress.Office.Utils;

using (var wordProcessor = new richEditDocumentServer())
{
    Document document = wordProcessor.Document;
    Table table = document.Tables.Create(document.Range.Start, 3, 3);

    table.TableAlignment = TableRowAlignment.Center;
    table.TableLayout = TableLayoutType.Fixed;
    table.PreferredWidthType = WidthType.Fixed;
    table.PreferredWidth = .Units.InchesToDocumentsF(4f);

    table.Rows[1].HeightType = HeightType.Exact;
    table.Rows[1].Height = Units.InchesToDocumentsF(0.8f);

    table[1, 1].PreferredWidthType = WidthType.Fixed;
    table[1, 1].PreferredWidth = Units.InchesToDocumentsF(1.5f);

    table.MergeCells(table[1, 1], table[2, 1]);
}

Imports XtraRichEdit.API.Native
Imports DevExpress.Office.Utils

Using wordProcessor = New richEditDocumentServer()
    Dim document As Document = wordProcessor.Document
    Dim table As Table = document.Tables.Create(document.Range.Start, 3, 3)

    table.TableAlignment = TableRowAlignment.Center
    table.TableLayout = TableLayoutType.Fixed
    table.PreferredWidthType = WidthType.Fixed
    table.PreferredWidth =.Units.InchesToDocumentsF(4F)

    table.Rows(1).HeightType = HeightType.Exact
    table.Rows(1).Height = Units.InchesToDocumentsF(0.8F)

    table(1, 1).PreferredWidthType = WidthType.Fixed
    table(1, 1).PreferredWidth = Units.InchesToDocumentsF(1.5F)

    table.MergeCells(table(1, 1), table(2, 1))
End Using