Merge column in row

Is it possible to merge column in row like in Excel ?

Alex,

Do the activewidgets have support for this? I need the merging of cell functionality. If it doesn't have, could you add this to the next version, if possible?

Alex, Do we have this support (out-of-box or hacked)? This is very critical to clients...

oh well, we really need merge columns :(
any chance to do this alex?