Add Borders in Excel using Node.js

This short tutorial describes the process to add borders in Excel using Node.js. You will get the details to set the development environment, a list of steps followed while writing the application, and a sample code showing how to create a border in Excel using Node.js. This article explains various options to customize the borders by setting different parameters.

Steps to Create a Border in Excel using Node.js

  1. Set the IDE to use Aspose.Cells for Node.js via Java for adding borders
  2. Load or create an Excel file using the Workbook class for making cells border
  3. Access a sheet, add some text and create a range of the selected cells
  4. Call the setOutlineBorders() method using the border type and color
  5. Auto-fit the columns after adding borders
  6. Save the resultant workbook

These steps summarize how to put borders in Excel using Node.js. There are two main steps: create a range for the target cells in a particular sheet of the loaded Excel file and call the setOutlineBorders() method of the Range class by providing the cell border type and the color of borders.

Code to Add Borders in Excel using Node.js

This code demonstrates how to make border in Excel using Node.js. The setOutlineBorders() method has multiple variants where different parameters can be set, such as color, border type, edge, an array of styles, and an array of colors. You can create multiple ranges and set different types of borders for these ranges say DASHED, DASH_DOT, DASH_DOT_DOT, HAIR, THICK, and THIN.

In this topic, we have learned how to add borders in Excel using Node.js. To insert a page break in Excel, refer to the article on Insert a page break in Excel with Node.js.

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