Visio2000: Sample Macro to Iterate Through All the Individual Shapes in a Group (282231)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visio 2000 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Visio 2000 Professional Edition
  • Microsoft Visio 2000 Technical Edition
  • Microsoft Visio 2000 Enterprise Edition
This article was previously published under Q282231

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro that you can use to iterate through all the shapes in a group, for example, to apply common formatting to the individual shapes.

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Sample Code

The following procedure changes the colors in a selected group to yellow: 
Public Sub ChangeGroupColors()

   Dim visGroupShape As Visio.Shape
   Dim visShapeCount As Integer
    
   Set visGroupShape = ActiveWindow.Selection(1)
    
   'Ensure that the selection is a Group.
   If visGroupShape.Type <> visTypeGroup Then
      Exit Sub
   End If
    
   ' Iterate through each of the Group's shapes, and
   ' apply the color formatting.
    For visShapeCount = 1 To visGroupShape.Shapes.Count
        visGroupShape.Shapes(visShapeCount).Cells("FillForeGnd") = 5
    Next

End Sub

REFERENCES

For additional information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

277011 Visio2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

Or, go to the following Microsoft Web site:

MSDN Online Visio Development Center

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/11/2006
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