CreateShd

Creates the shading which can be applied to text, a paragraph, a table or a table cell.

Syntax

expression.CreateShd(type, color);

expression - A variable that represents an Api class.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Default	Description
type	Required	ShdType		The shading type: "nil" - no shading, "clear" - solid fill.
color	Optional	ApiColor		The shading color. Required for the "clear" type.

Returns

ApiShd

Example

Create a shading object and apply it to table cells in a PDF.

// Build the shading once with Api.CreateShd and reuse it for several table cells in a PDF.

// Shade the first row of a new table with the accent1 theme color in a PDF.

const doc = Api.GetDocument();
const page = doc.GetPage(0);

const table = Api.CreateTable(2, 3);
const shd = Api.CreateShd('clear', Api.Color('accent1'));
const row = table.GetRow(0);
for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
    row.GetCell(i).SetShd(shd);
}

page.AddObject(table);