Support for height in the Tables (SetHeight, MinHeight)

patch provided by Nick Kusters

DocX/Table.cs

@@ -2107,6 +2107,16 @@ namespace Novacode
             this.mainPart = table.mainPart;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The property name to set when specifiying an exact height
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <created>Nick Kusters</created>
+        const string _hRule_Exact = "exact";
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The property name to set when specifying a minimum height
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <created>Nick Kusters</created>
+        const string _hRule_AtLeast = "atLeast";
         /// <summary>
         /// Height in pixels. // Added by Joel, refactored by Cathal.
         /// </summary>
@@ -2152,39 +2162,71 @@ namespace Novacode
                 // 15 "word units" in one pixel
                 return (heightInWordUnits / 15);
             }
-
             set
             {
-                /*
-                 * Get the trPr (table row properties) element for this Row,
-                 * null will be return if no such element exists.
-                 */
-                XElement trPr = Xml.Element(XName.Get("trPr", DocX.w.NamespaceName));
-                if (trPr == null)
-                {
-                    Xml.SetElementValue(XName.Get("trPr", DocX.w.NamespaceName), string.Empty);
-                    trPr = Xml.Element(XName.Get("trPr", DocX.w.NamespaceName));
-                }
+                SetHeight(value, true);
+            }
+        }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Helper method to set either the exact height or the min-height
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="height">The height value to set (in pixels)</param>
+        /// <param name="exact">
+        /// If true, the height will be forced. 
+        /// If false, it will be treated as a minimum height, auto growing past it if need be.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <created>Nick Kusters</created>
+        void SetHeight(double height, bool exact)
+        {
+            /*
+             * Get the trPr (table row properties) element for this Row,
+             * null will be return if no such element exists.
+             */
+            XElement trPr = Xml.Element(XName.Get("trPr", DocX.w.NamespaceName));
+            if (trPr == null)
+            {
+                Xml.SetElementValue(XName.Get("trPr", DocX.w.NamespaceName), string.Empty);
+                trPr = Xml.Element(XName.Get("trPr", DocX.w.NamespaceName));
+            }
 
-                /*
-                 * Get the trHeight element for this Row,
-                 * null will be return if no such element exists.
-                 */
-                XElement trHeight = trPr.Element(XName.Get("trHeight", DocX.w.NamespaceName));
-                if (trHeight == null)
-                {
-                    trPr.SetElementValue(XName.Get("trHeight", DocX.w.NamespaceName), string.Empty);
-                    trHeight = trPr.Element(XName.Get("trHeight", DocX.w.NamespaceName));
-                }
+            /*
+             * Get the trHeight element for this Row,
+             * null will be return if no such element exists.
+             */
+            XElement trHeight = trPr.Element(XName.Get("trHeight", DocX.w.NamespaceName));
+            if (trHeight == null)
+            {
+                trPr.SetElementValue(XName.Get("trHeight", DocX.w.NamespaceName), string.Empty);
+                trHeight = trPr.Element(XName.Get("trHeight", DocX.w.NamespaceName));
+            }
 
-                // The hRule attribute needs to be set to exact.
-                trHeight.SetAttributeValue(XName.Get("hRule", DocX.w.NamespaceName), "exact");
+            // The hRule attribute needs to be set to exact.
+            trHeight.SetAttributeValue(XName.Get("hRule", DocX.w.NamespaceName), exact ? _hRule_Exact : _hRule_AtLeast);
 
-                // 15 "word units" is equal to one pixel. 
-                trHeight.SetAttributeValue(XName.Get("val", DocX.w.NamespaceName), (value * 15).ToString());
+            // 15 "word units" is equal to one pixel. 
+            trHeight.SetAttributeValue(XName.Get("val", DocX.w.NamespaceName), (height * 15).ToString());
+        }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Min-Height in pixels. // Added by Nick Kusters.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Value will be treated as a minimum height, auto growing past it if need be.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <created>Nick Kusters</created>
+        public double MinHeight
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                // Just return the value from the normal height property since it doesn't care if you've set an exact or minimum height.
+                return Height;
+            }
+            set
+            {
+                SetHeight(value, false);
             }
         }
 
+
         /// <summary>
 		/// Set to true to make this row the table header row that will be repeated on each page
 		/// </summary>