Page borders

The following example shows you how to add borders around the page.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word.Sections;

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

            // Create content
            Run run = new Run();
            run.AddText("This page has a decorative border around it.");

            Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
            paragraph.Add(run);

            // Create page borders
            string borderColor = "0000FF"; // Blue
            int borderWidth = 12;

            TopBorder topBorder = new TopBorder();
            topBorder.Style = StandardBorderStyle.DoubleLine;
            topBorder.Color = borderColor;
            topBorder.Width = borderWidth;

            BottomBorder bottomBorder = new BottomBorder();
            bottomBorder.Style = StandardBorderStyle.DoubleLine;
            bottomBorder.Color = borderColor;
            bottomBorder.Width = borderWidth;

            LeftBorder leftBorder = new LeftBorder();
            leftBorder.Style = StandardBorderStyle.DoubleLine;
            leftBorder.Color = borderColor;
            leftBorder.Width = borderWidth;

            RightBorder rightBorder = new RightBorder();
            rightBorder.Style = StandardBorderStyle.DoubleLine;
            rightBorder.Color = borderColor;
            rightBorder.Width = borderWidth;

            PageBorders pageBorders = new PageBorders();
            pageBorders.TopBorder = topBorder;
            pageBorders.BottomBorder = bottomBorder;
            pageBorders.LeftBorder = leftBorder;
            pageBorders.RightBorder = rightBorder;

            Section section = new Section();
            section.PageBorders = pageBorders;
            paragraph.Section = section;

            doc.Body.Add(paragraph);

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

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word.Sections

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)

        Dim doc As WordDocument = New WordDocument()

        ' Create content
        Dim run As Run = New Run()
        run.AddText("This page has a decorative border around it.")

        Dim paragraph As Paragraph = New Paragraph()
        paragraph.Add(run)

        ' Create page borders
        Dim borderColor As String = "0000FF"  ' Blue
        Dim borderWidth As Integer = 12

        Dim topBorder As TopBorder = New TopBorder()
        topBorder.Style = StandardBorderStyle.DoubleLine
        topBorder.Color = borderColor
        topBorder.Width = borderWidth

        Dim bottomBorder As BottomBorder = New BottomBorder()
        bottomBorder.Style = StandardBorderStyle.DoubleLine
        bottomBorder.Color = borderColor
        bottomBorder.Width = borderWidth

        Dim leftBorder As LeftBorder = New LeftBorder()
        leftBorder.Style = StandardBorderStyle.DoubleLine
        leftBorder.Color = borderColor
        leftBorder.Width = borderWidth

        Dim rightBorder As RightBorder = New RightBorder()
        rightBorder.Style = StandardBorderStyle.DoubleLine
        rightBorder.Color = borderColor
        rightBorder.Width = borderWidth

        Dim pageBorders As PageBorders = New PageBorders()
        pageBorders.TopBorder = topBorder
        pageBorders.BottomBorder = bottomBorder
        pageBorders.LeftBorder = leftBorder
        pageBorders.RightBorder = rightBorder

        Dim section As Section = New Section()
        section.PageBorders = pageBorders
        paragraph.Section = section

        doc.Body.Add(paragraph)

        doc.Save("c:\test\output.docx", True)

    End Sub
End Module

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