Proper way to set table borders when exporting to PDF?

[Kjell]

Before updating to the latest build and SL5, I would set table borders like this:

var headCell = headtable.Rows.First.Cells.First;

 

headCell.Borders.All = Telerik.Windows.Documents.Model.Border(0, BorderStyle.None, Colors.White);


The above would give me no borders.  This property became read only in the new stuff, so I started using Borders.SetTop(), Borders,SetBottom(), etc.  However it doesn't seem to do anything, I always get a single black border around all my cells. Here is an example of how I am trying to use SetTop:

 

headCell.Borders.SetTop(

 

new Telerik.Windows.Documents.Model.Border(0,BorderStyle.None, Colors.White));

What is the correct way to set the borders in the latest build?  I am using the 4/16 internal DLLs.

 

 

 

[Iva Toteva]

Hi Kjell,

Thank you for contacting us about this issue. This is a minor breaking change, which unfortunately is not well documented.
You can set the table borders like this:

cell.Borders = new TableBorders(new Telerik.Windows.Documents.Model.Border(BorderStyle.None));
//or
table.Borders = new TableBorders(new Telerik.Windows.Documents.Model.Border(BorderStyle.None));

We will make sure to include this point in our online help.

Regards,
Iva Toteva
the Telerik team

[Kjell]

Thanks for the quick response, but what if I want to set just the Top border for example?

[Iva Toteva]

Hi Kjell,

In that case you can use one of the overloads of the constructor of TableBorders (for the borders of the whole table) or TableCellBorders (for the borders of a specific cell).
Here is an example:

Telerik.Windows.Documents.Model.Border leftBorder = new Telerik.Windows.Documents.Model.Border(BorderStyle.Single, Colors.Blue);
Telerik.Windows.Documents.Model.Border topBorder = new Telerik.Windows.Documents.Model.Border(BorderStyle.None, Colors.White);
Telerik.Windows.Documents.Model.Border rightBorder = new Telerik.Windows.Documents.Model.Border(BorderStyle.Single, Colors.Red);
Telerik.Windows.Documents.Model.Border bottomBorder = new Telerik.Windows.Documents.Model.Border(BorderStyle.Single, Colors.Green);

cell00.Borders = new TableCellBorders(leftBorder, topBorder, rightBorder, bottomBorder);
//or
table.Borders = new TableBorders(leftBorder, topBorder, rightBorder, bottomBorder);

I hope this answers your question.

Greetings,
Iva Toteva
the Telerik team