How can i perfect use ColSpan in table with report generator?

I want to remove the line in the red circle

i tried use ColSpan like this

 table.entry(3,2).ColSpan = 2;

then it just adds another column automatically

this is annoying, then i saw there is a property 'ColSep' for table, but it failed when i tried to apply this (ColSep set to 'none') on table entry (oh, of course). I'd like to know if there is a good way to perfect use 'ColSpan' without coming new Column? Or can we do something like 'ColSep' for an entry?

Answer 1

[Krishnan Ramkumar]

Hello Tong,

You can update the RowSep, ColSep styles of TableEntry using the style property to remove the TableEntry borders.

 table.entry(1,2).Style = [table.entry(1,2).Style {mlreportgen.dom.ColSep('none'), mlreportgen.dom.RowSep('none')}];

Below is the sample code on using the RowSep, ColSep for particular table entry

import mlreportgen.dom.*
d = Document('ColSepCheck', 'pdf');
table = Table(magic(4));
table.RowSep = 'Solid';
table.ColSep = 'Solid';
table.Border = 'Solid';
% append the ColSep and RowSep styles to the existing TableEntry styles.
table.entry(1,2).Style = [table.entry(1,2).Style {mlreportgen.dom.ColSep('none'), mlreportgen.dom.RowSep('none')}];
append(d,table);
close(d);
rptview(d);

On the other hand RowSpan and ColSpan properties are used to span the TableEntry to multiple rows/columns.

[Tong Wang]

Thanks! This works!