Visio2000: Sample Macro to Add Text to Custom Property Fields (279232)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visio 2000 Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft Visio 2000 Professional Edition
  • Microsoft Visio 2000 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Visio 2000 Technical Edition
This article was previously published under Q279232

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that adds text to the existing custom properties of a selected object in a Visio drawing.

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Sample Macro

The following sample macro adds text to an existing field in a custom property of a selected object: 
Public Sub Test()
   Dim visShape As Visio.Shape
    
   Set visShape = ThisDocument.Application.ActiveWindow.Selection(1)
    
   visShape.Cells("Prop.Test").Formula = Chr(34) & "Testing" & Chr(34)
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

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