[api-dev] text table cells with multiple columns?

[Anh-Tuan Le]

Hi, I am working with an XTextTable and I'm able to create all the cells
individually.  But I would like to do is to create cells that multiple
column spans.  Is this possible? I looked through as many mailings as I
could but could not find an answer.

 

Here is my code snippet.

 

       //getting the text object

        XText xText = myDoc.getText();

 

        //create a cursor object

        XTextCursor xTCursor = xText.createTextCursor();

 

        //getting MSF of the document

        XMultiServiceFactory xDocMSF = (XMultiServiceFactory)
UnoRuntime.queryInterface(XMultiServiceFactory.class,

                myDoc);

 

        //create instance of a text table

        XTextTable xTT = null;

 

        try {

            Object oInt =
xDocMSF.createInstance("com.sun.star.text.TextTable");

            xTT = (XTextTable) UnoRuntime.queryInterface(XTextTable.class,
oInt);

        } catch (Exception e) {

            System.err.println("Couldn't create instance " + e);

            e.printStackTrace(System.err);

        }

 

        //initialize the text table with 2 rows x 9 columns

        xTT.initialize(2, 9);

 

        XPropertySet xTTRowPS = null;

 

        //insert the table

        try {

            xText.insertTextContent(xTCursor, xTT, false);

 

            // get first Row

            com.sun.star.container.XIndexAccess xTTRows = xTT.getRows();

            xTTRowPS = (XPropertySet)
UnoRuntime.queryInterface(XPropertySet.class,

                    xTTRows.getByIndex(0));

        } catch (Exception e) {

            System.err.println("Couldn't insert the table " + e);

            e.printStackTrace(System.err);

        }

 

        // write Text in the Table headers

        System.out.println("Write text in the table headers");

 

        insertIntoCell("A1", "Org / Reviewer", xTT);

        insertIntoCell("B1", "Page #", xTT);

 

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   public static void insertIntoCell(String CellName, String theText,

        XTextTable xTTbl) {

        XText xTableText = (XText) UnoRuntime.queryInterface(XText.class,

                xTTbl.getCellByName(CellName));

 

        //create a cursor object

        com.sun.star.text.XTextCursor xTC = xTableText.createTextCursor();

 

        com.sun.star.beans.XPropertySet xTPS =
(com.sun.star.beans.XPropertySet)
UnoRuntime.queryInterface(com.sun.star.beans.XPropertySet.class,

                xTC);

 

        try {

            xTPS.setPropertyValue("CharHeight", new Float(8));

        } catch (Exception e) {

            System.err.println(" Exception " + e);

            e.printStackTrace(System.err);

        }

 

        //inserting some Text

        xTableText.setString(theText);

    }

 

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Anh-Tuan Le
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703.961.1818 x162