ApiExamples.ExTable.InsertTableUsingNodeConstructors C# (CSharp) Method

        public void InsertTableUsingNodeConstructors()
        {
            //ExStart
            //ExFor:Table
            //ExFor:Row
            //ExFor:Row.RowFormat
            //ExFor:RowFormat
            //ExFor:Cell
            //ExFor:Cell.CellFormat
            //ExFor:CellFormat
            //ExFor:CellFormat.Shading
            //ExFor:Cell.FirstParagraph
            //ExId:InsertTableUsingNodeConstructors
            //ExSummary:Shows how to insert a table using the constructors of nodes.
            Document doc = new Document();

            // We start by creating the table object. Note how we must pass the document object
            // to the constructor of each node. This is because every node we create must belong
            // to some document.
            Table table = new Table(doc);
            // Add the table to the document.
            doc.FirstSection.Body.AppendChild(table);

            // Here we could call EnsureMinimum to create the rows and cells for us. This method is used
            // to ensure that the specified node is valid, in this case a valid table should have at least one
            // row and one cell, therefore this method creates them for us.

            // Instead we will handle creating the row and table ourselves. This would be the best way to do this
            // if we were creating a table inside an algorthim for example.
            Row row = new Row(doc);
            row.RowFormat.AllowBreakAcrossPages = true;
            table.AppendChild(row);

            // We can now apply any auto fit settings.
            table.AutoFit(AutoFitBehavior.FixedColumnWidths);

            // Create a cell and add it to the row
            Cell cell = new Cell(doc);
            cell.CellFormat.Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = Color.LightBlue;
            cell.CellFormat.Width = 80;
            
            // Add a paragraph to the cell as well as a new run with some text.
            cell.AppendChild(new Paragraph(doc));
            cell.FirstParagraph.AppendChild(new Run(doc, "Row 1, Cell 1 Text"));

            // Add the cell to the row.
            row.AppendChild(cell);

            // We would then repeat the process for the other cells and rows in the table.
            // We can also speed things up by cloning existing cells and rows.
            row.AppendChild(cell.Clone(false));
            row.LastCell.AppendChild(new Paragraph(doc));
            row.LastCell.FirstParagraph.AppendChild(new Run(doc, "Row 1, Cell 2 Text"));

            doc.Save(MyDir + @"\Artifacts\Table.InsertTableUsingNodes.doc");
            //ExEnd

            Assert.AreEqual(1, doc.GetChildNodes(NodeType.Table, true).Count);
            Assert.AreEqual(1, doc.GetChildNodes(NodeType.Row, true).Count);
            Assert.AreEqual(2, doc.GetChildNodes(NodeType.Cell, true).Count);
            Assert.AreEqual("Row 1, Cell 1 Text\r\nRow 1, Cell 2 Text", doc.FirstSection.Body.Tables[0].ToString(SaveFormat.Text).Trim());
        }