MergeCells

Imports NPOI.SS.UserModel
Imports NPOI.HSSF.Util  
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Public Sub MergeCells()
        Dim srcWB As HSSFWorkbook = Nothing
        Dim filePath = "C:\test.xls"
        Using fs As New FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
            srcWB = New HSSFWorkbook(fs)
        End Using

        Dim sheet As HSSFSheet = srcWB.GetSheetAt(0)
      
        'Set row number
        Dim startRow = 2
        Dim endRow = 4

        'Set column number
        Dim startColumn = 2
        Dim endColumn = 2

        sheet.AddMergedRegion(New CellRangeAddress(startRow, endRow, startColumn, endColumn))

        Dim savePath As String"C:\test1.xls"
        Using fs As New FileStream(savePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write)
            srcWB.Write(fs)
        End Using

        MsgBox("done")

    End Sub