Merged Cells BackGround or ForeGround In Excel

Question

I am using Apache Poi for writing of data Into the Excel Sheet. I have a requirement to merge cells and set background for the merged Cells. I have a code for merged cell but I don't know how to set background or foreground for the Cell.

// This code is the I used for merging cells and setting border for the cells

CellRangeAddress cellRangeAddress = new CellRangeAddress(rowNum,rowNum,colNum,colNum);

sheet.addMergedRegion(cellRangeAddress);

RegionUtil.setBorderTop(CellStyle.BORDER_MEDIUM, mergedCell, sheet, workBook);

RegionUtil.setBorderBottom(CellStyle.BORDER_MEDIUM, mergedCell,sheet, workBook);

RegionUtil.setBorderLeft(CellStyle.BORDER_MEDIUM, mergedCell, sheet, workBook);

RegionUtil.setBorderRight(CellStyle.BORDER_MEDIUM, mergedCell,sheet, workBook);

I want to have background for the merged cells . Please help me with a code for setting background or foreground for the merged cells.

Answer 1

Try below steps. Let me know if you have any question.

Create CellStyle object from workbook ie workbook.createCellStyle set CellStyle properties like setAlignment,font,setFillForegroundColor,setFillPattern

and then pass the object to cell.setCellStyle