Range.BorderAround Method

  • Article
Excel Developer Reference

Adds a border to a range and sets the Color, LineStyle, and Weight properties for the new border. Variant.

Syntax

expression.BorderAround(LineStyle, Weight, ColorIndex, Color)

expression   A variable that represents a Range object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
LineStyle Optional Variant One of the constants of XlLineStyle specifying the line style for the border.
Weight Optional XlBorderWeight The border weight.
ColorIndex Optional XlColorIndex The border color, as an index into the current color palette or as a XlColorIndex constant.
Color Optional Variant The border color, as an RGB value.

Return Value
Variant

Remarks

You must specify either ColorIndex or Color, but not both.

You can specify either LineStyle or Weight, but not both. If you don't specify either argument, Microsoft Excel uses the default line style and weight.

This method outlines the entire range without filling it in. To set the borders of all the cells, you must set the Color , LineStyle , and Weight properties for the Borders collection. To clear the border, you must set the LineStyle property to xlLineStyleNone for all the cells in the range.

Example

This example adds a thick red border around the range A1:D4 on Sheet1.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1:D4").BorderAround _
        ColorIndex:=3, Weight:=xlThick

See Also