ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – VBScript – Merge cells and set alignment with spreadsheet sdk

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ByteScout Data Extraction Suite – VBScript – Merge cells and set alignment with spreadsheet sdk

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How to merge cells and set alignment with spreadsheet sdk in VBScript using ByteScout Data Extraction Suite

Continuous learning is a crucial part of computer science and this tutorial shows how to merge cells and set alignment with spreadsheet sdk in VBScript

Quickly learn how to merge cells and set alignment with spreadsheet sdk in VBScript with this sample source code. ByteScout Data Extraction Suite: the bundle that includes three SDK tools for data extraction from PDF, scans, images and from spreadsheets: PDF Extractor SDK, Data Extraction SDK, Barcode Reader SDK. It can merge cells and set alignment with spreadsheet sdk in VBScript.

This prolific sample source code in VBScript for ByteScout Data Extraction Suite contains various functions and other necessary options you should do calling the API to merge cells and set alignment with spreadsheet sdk. Simply copy and paste in your VBScript project or application you and then run your app! Further improvement of the code will make it more robust.

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MergeCellsAndSetAlignment.vbs

      Set document = CreateObject("Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Spreadsheet")

document.RegistrationName = "demo"
document.RegistrationKey = "demo"

 ' Add new worksheet
Set worksheet = document.Workbook.Worksheets.Add("HelloWorld")

' change width of the column #1
set column = worksheet.columns.Item(1)
column.Width = 200

' change height of row #1
set row = worksheet.rows.Item(1)
row.Height = 100

' Merge cells
Set range = worksheet.Range_2("A1:D5")
range.Merge()

' Write text
Set cell = worksheet.Cell_2("A2")
set leftCell = cell.MergedWithCell()

leftCell.ValueAsHTML = "<center><b>Bold text</b> and <i>Italic text</i></center>"

' set alignment 
' setting right alignment for the cell
leftcell.AlignmentHorizontal = 3 ' see (0) Bytescout.Spreadsheet.Constants.AlignmentHorizontal.Right


' delete output file if exists already
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If (fso.FileExists("Output.xls")) Then fso.DeleteFile("Output.xls")
Set fso = nothing

' save document
document.SaveAs "Output.xls"

' close Spreadsheet
Set document = Nothing