How to: Delete a Table

• Oct 29, 2020

The following example illustrates how to delete a table cell, row or an entire table.

• To delete a single cell, use the TableCell.Delete method. The required cell will be deleted and the next one will be moved to the left.
• The TableRow.Delete method deletes a specified row from the table.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/word-processing-document-api-examples-t418535

TablesActions.cs

Document document = server.Document;
Table tbl = document.Tables.Create(document.Range.Start, 3, 3, AutoFitBehaviorType.AutoFitToWindow);
tbl.BeginUpdate();
tbl.Rows[2].Delete();
tbl.Cell(1, 1).Delete();

tbl.EndUpdate();

TablesActions.vb

Dim document As Document = server.Document
Dim tbl As Table = document.Tables.Create(document.Range.Start, 3, 3, AutoFitBehaviorType.AutoFitToWindow)
tbl.BeginUpdate()
tbl.Rows(2).Delete()
tbl.Cell(1, 1).Delete()

tbl.EndUpdate()

• To delete the whole table, delete it from the collection of tables contained in the current document. To do that, use the TableCollection.Remove method.

C#

Table tbl = document.Tables.Create(document.Range.Start, 3, 4);
//To delete the table, uncomment the method below:
//  document.Tables.Remove(tbl);

VB.NET

Dim tbl As Table = document.Tables.Create(document.Range.Start, 3, 4)
'To delete the table, uncomment the method below:
'  document.Tables.Remove(tbl);