How do I draw a border on a series of cells using interop.word?

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Hi,

I am currently using Interop.Word to draw tables for a document.
I am looking to draw only the outside border for a set of cells (e.g. R1C1 to R2C3)
I roughly know how to draw a full outside border around one cell.

I am hoping that I can just call something to draw the border around the range of cells.
Worst case scenario that I am looking at is drawing the up, down, left and right borders individually.

Any advice is appreciated.

What I have tried:

I know I can set the border for a cell by calling the outsidelinestyle code.

C#

Word.Cell wrdCell = wdTable.Cell(1, 1);
wrdCell.Borders.OutsideLineStyle = Word.WdLineStyle.wdLineStyleSingle;

Posted 30-Jul-19 19:00pm

amsga

Updated 31-Jul-19 4:07am

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Gerry Schmitz · Answer 1 · 2019-07-31T04:08:00

One creates (longer) "borders" by only drawing one side of a set of contiguous cells; unless one uses a "border" CONTROL that can host "child" controls / cells.

e.g. 2 x 2 cells would require "8" side "drawings" for a border. (Thickness(1,0,0,0); etc.)

You can build WYSIWYG data entry forms up from that. Or use "line" controls / overlays.