2.31.2 CellContents.ColSpan

Applies to RDL 2008/01, RDL 2010/01, and RDL 2016/01

The CellContents.ColSpan element specifies the number of consecutive columns that the parent CellContents element uses. The CellContents.ColSpan element is optional and MUST NOT be specified more than once.

The CellContents.ColSpan element is ignored for CellContents elements that have a TablixHeader element ancestor.

If the CellContents.ColSpan element is specified, its value MUST be an UnsignedInt. If this element is not specified, its value is interpreted as 1.

The sum of the CellContents.ColSpan values that are descendants of each TablixRow element MUST equal the number of TablixColumn elements of the Tablix.

If the CellContents.ColSpan element is a descendant of a TablixCell element, its value MUST be 1 unless one of the following conditions is true:

The sum of the value of all peer CellContents.ColSpan elements MUST equal the number of columns of their ancestor.

Following is the parent element of the CellContents.ColSpan element.

Parent elements

CellContents

The following is the XML Schema definition of the CellContents.ColSpan element.

 <xsd:element name="ColSpan" type="xsd:unsignedInt" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
 </xsd:element>