Paragraph borders

The following example shows you how to add borders to a paragraph.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;

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

            // Create paragraph with borders
            Run run = new Run();
            run.AddText("This paragraph has borders on all sides.");

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

            // Create borders
            string borderColor = "000000";
            int borderWidth = 4; // size in eighths of a point

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

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

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

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

            paragraph.TopBorder = topBorder;
            paragraph.BottomBorder = bottomBorder;
            paragraph.LeftBorder = leftBorder;
            paragraph.RightBorder = rightBorder;

            // Create paragraph with bottom border only (horizontal line effect)
            Run run2 = new Run();
            run2.AddText("This paragraph has only a bottom border.");

            Paragraph paragraph2 = new Paragraph();
            paragraph2.Add(run2);

            BottomBorder bottomOnly = new BottomBorder();
            bottomOnly.Style = StandardBorderStyle.SingleLine;
            bottomOnly.Color = "0000FF";
            bottomOnly.Width = 8;
            paragraph2.BottomBorder = bottomOnly;

            doc.Body.Add(paragraph);
            doc.Body.Add(paragraph2);

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

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word

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

        Dim doc As WordDocument = New WordDocument()

        ' Create paragraph with borders
        Dim run As Run = New Run()
        run.AddText("This paragraph has borders on all sides.")

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

        ' Create borders
        Dim borderColor As String = "000000"
        Dim borderWidth As Integer = 4  ' size in eighths of a point

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

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

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

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

        paragraph.TopBorder = topBorder
        paragraph.BottomBorder = bottomBorder
        paragraph.LeftBorder = leftBorder
        paragraph.RightBorder = rightBorder

        ' Create paragraph with bottom border only (horizontal line effect)
        Dim run2 As Run = New Run()
        run2.AddText("This paragraph has only a bottom border.")

        Dim paragraph2 As Paragraph = New Paragraph()
        paragraph2.Add(run2)

        Dim bottomOnly As BottomBorder = New BottomBorder()
        bottomOnly.Style = StandardBorderStyle.SingleLine
        bottomOnly.Color = "0000FF"
        bottomOnly.Width = 8
        paragraph2.BottomBorder = bottomOnly

        doc.Body.Add(paragraph)
        doc.Body.Add(paragraph2)

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

    End Sub
End Module

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