ROW: Describes a Row (208h)

A ROW record describes a single row on a Microsoft Excel sheet. ROW records and their associated cell records occur in blocks of up to 32 rows. Each block ends with a DBCELL record. For more information about row blocks and about optimizing your code when searching for cell records, see "Finding Cell Records in BIFF Files" on page 440.

Record Data

Offset	Name	Size	Contents

4	rw	2	Row number.
6	colMic	2	First defined column in the row.
8	colMac	2	Last defined column in the row, plus 1.
10	miyRw	2	Row height.
12	irwMac	2	Used by Microsoft Excel to optimize loading the file; if you are creating a BIFF file, set irwMac to 0.
14	(Reserved)	2
16	grbit	2	Option flags.
18	ixfe	2	If fGhostDirty = 1 (see grbit field), this is the index to the XF record for the row. Otherwise, this field is undefined. Note: ixfe uses only the low-order 12 bits of the field (bits 11–0). Bit 12 is fExAsc, bit 13 is fExDsc, and bits 14 and 15 are reserved. fExAsc and fExDsc are set to true if the row has a thick border on top or on bottom, respectively.

The grbit field contains the option flags listed in the following table.

Offset	Bits	Mask	Name	Contents

0	2–0	07h	iOutLevel	Outline level of the row
	3	08h	(Reserved)
	4	10h	fCollapsed	= 1 if the row is collapsed in outlining
	5	20h	fDyZero	= 1 if the row height is set to 0 (zero)
0	6	40h	fUnsynced	= 1 if the font height and row height are not compatible
	7	80h	fGhostDirty	= 1 if the row has been formatted, even if it contains all blank cells
1	7–0	FFh	(Reserved)

The rw field contains the 0-based row number. The colMic and colMac fields give the range of defined columns in the row.

The miyRw field contains the row height, in units of 1/20th of a point. The miyRw field may have the 8000h (215) bit set, indicating that the row is standard height. The low-order 15 bits must still contain the row height. If you hide the row — either by setting row height to 0 (zero) or by using the Hide command — miyRw still contains the original row height. This allows Microsoft Excel to restore the original row height when you click the Unhide button.

Each row can have default cell attributes that control the format of all undefined cells in the row. By specifying default cell attributes for a particular row, you are effectively formatting all the undefined cells in the row without using memory for those cells. Default cell attributes do not affect the formats of cells that are explicitly defined.

For example, if you want all of row 3 to be left-aligned, you could define all 256 cells in the row and specify that each individual cell be left-aligned. This would require storage for each of the 256 cells. An easy alternative would be to set the default cell for row 3 to be left-aligned and not define any individual cells in row 3.