Paragraph border

The following example shows how to add a border around a paragraph.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Odf;
using Independentsoft.Office.Odf.Styles;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            TextDocument doc = new TextDocument();

            Border border = new Border();
            border.Style = BorderStyle.Solid;
            border.Width = new Size(1, Unit.Millimeter);
            border.Color = "#000000";

            ParagraphStyle boxStyle = new ParagraphStyle("BoxStyle");
            boxStyle.ParagraphProperties.Border = border;
            boxStyle.ParagraphProperties.Padding = new Size(3, Unit.Millimeter);
            doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(boxStyle);

            Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph();
            p1.Style = "BoxStyle";
            p1.Add("This paragraph has a border around it.");
            doc.Body.Add(p1);

            Paragraph p2 = new Paragraph();
            p2.Add("This paragraph has no border.");
            doc.Body.Add(p2);

            doc.Save("c:\\test\\output.odt", true);
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Odf
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Odf.Styles

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
        Dim doc As TextDocument = New TextDocument

        Dim border As Border = New Border
        border.Style = LineStyle.Solid
        border.Width = New Size(1, Unit.Millimeter)
        border.Color = "#000000"

        Dim style1 As ParagraphStyle = New ParagraphStyle("P1")
        style1.ParagraphProperties.Border = border
        style1.ParagraphProperties.TopMargin = New Size(3, Unit.Millimeter)
        style1.ParagraphProperties.BottomMargin = New Size(3, Unit.Millimeter)
        doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(style1)

        Dim p1 As Paragraph = New Paragraph
        p1.Style = "P1"
        p1.Add("This paragraph has a solid black border.")
        doc.Body.Add(p1)

        doc.Save("c:\test\output.odt", True)
    End Sub
End Module

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