BE THE CODER > Excel > Java Excel API Examples > How to add Border to Excel Cells

Java Excel API is an open source java library to read, write and modify Excel spread sheets. This requires the library jxl-2.6.12.jar to be in classpath. The following example shows how to set Cell border in Excel Spread sheet.

File Name :	com/bethecoder/tutorials/jexcelapi/write/CellBorderTest.java
Author :	Sudhakar KV
Email :	[email protected]


package com.bethecoder.tutorials.jexcelapi.write;



import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;



import jxl.Workbook;

import jxl.format.Border;

import jxl.format.BorderLineStyle;

import jxl.read.biff.BiffException;

import jxl.write.Label;

import jxl.write.WritableCellFormat;

import jxl.write.WritableSheet;

import jxl.write.WritableWorkbook;

import jxl.write.WriteException;



public class CellBorderTest {



  /**

   * @param args

   * @throws IOException 

   * @throws IOException 

   * @throws WriteException 

   * @throws BiffException 

   */

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, WriteException {

    //Creates a writable workbook with the given file name

    WritableWorkbook workbook = Workbook.createWorkbook(new File("C:/JXL/Borders.xls"));



    WritableSheet sheet = workbook.createSheet("My Sheet", 0);

    

    /**

     * Add cells with different border styles

     */

    addCell(sheet, Border.LEFT, BorderLineStyle.DOTTED, 1, 1, "Left - dotted");

    addCell(sheet, Border.RIGHT, BorderLineStyle.DASHED, 1, 3, "Right - dashed");

    addCell(sheet, Border.TOP, BorderLineStyle.DOTTED, 1, 5, "Top - dotted");

    addCell(sheet, Border.BOTTOM, BorderLineStyle.DASHED, 1, 7, "Bottom - dashed");

    addCell(sheet, Border.ALL, BorderLineStyle.THIN, 1, 9, "All - thin");

    

    //Writes out the data held in this workbook in Excel format

    workbook.write(); 



    //Close and free allocated memory 

    workbook.close(); 

  }



  private static void addCell(WritableSheet sheet, 

      Border border, 

      BorderLineStyle borderLineStyle, 

      int col, int row, String desc) throws WriteException {

    

    WritableCellFormat cellFormat = new WritableCellFormat();

    cellFormat.setBorder(border, borderLineStyle);

    Label label = new Label(col, row, desc, cellFormat);

    sheet.addCell(label);

  }

}