Columns.cs
//
// This code is part of Document Solutions for Word demos.
// Copyright (c) MESCIUS inc. All rights reserved.
//
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Drawing;
using GrapeCity.Documents.Word;

namespace DsWordWeb.Demos
{
    // Shows how to create a document with multi-column layout.
    public class Columns
    {
        public GcWordDocument CreateDocx()
        {
            const float In = 72;
            GcWordDocument doc = new GcWordDocument();

            var sec1 = doc.Body.Sections.First;

            sec1.PageSetup.TextColumns.Add();

            var pars1 = sec1.GetRange().Paragraphs;
            pars1.Add("Section 1, Paragraph 1: " + Util.LoremIpsumPar());
            pars1.Add("Section 1, Paragraph 2: " + Util.LoremIpsumPar());
            pars1.Add("Section 1, Paragraph 3: " + Util.LoremIpsumPar());

            var sec2 = doc.Body.Paragraphs.Last.AddSectionBreak();
            sec2.PageSetup.Margin.Left = sec2.PageSetup.Margin.Right =
                sec2.PageSetup.Margin.Top = sec2.PageSetup.Margin.Bottom = In / 2;

            // For the 2nd section, change page orientation:
            sec2.PageSetup.Size.Orientation = PageOrientation.Landscape;

            // Add 3 manually laid out columns:
            // - First is 2" wide
            // - 2nd and 3rd equally sharing the remaining space
            float pw = sec2.PageSetup.ClientWidth;
            float space = sec2.PageSetup.TextColumns[0].SpaceAfter;
            float c0w = In * 2;
            float cw = (pw - c0w - space * 2) / 2;
            sec2.PageSetup.TextColumns[0].Width = In * 2;
            sec2.PageSetup.TextColumns.Add(cw);
            sec2.PageSetup.TextColumns.Add(cw);

            var pars2 = sec2.GetRange().Paragraphs;
            pars2.Add("Section 2, Paragraph 1 followed by a column break.");
            pars2.Last.GetRange().Runs.Last.GetRange().Texts.AddBreak(BreakType.Column);

            pars2.Add("Section 2, Paragraph 2: " + Util.LoremIpsumPar());
            pars2.Add("Section 2, Paragraph 3: " + Util.LoremIpsumPar());

            // Done:
            return doc;
        }
    }
}