Visio.Selection class

Represents the Selection in the page.

Extends

Remarks

[ API set: 1.1 ]

Properties

context

The request context associated with the object. This connects the add-in's process to the Office host application's process.

shapes

Gets the Shapes of the Selection.

Methods

load(propertyNames)

Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.

load(propertyNamesAndPaths)

Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.

toJSON()

Overrides the JavaScript toJSON() method in order to provide more useful output when an API object is passed to JSON.stringify(). (JSON.stringify, in turn, calls the toJSON method of the object that is passed to it.) Whereas the original Visio.Selection object is an API object, the toJSON method returns a plain JavaScript object (typed as Visio.Interfaces.SelectionData) that contains shallow copies of any loaded child properties from the original object.

Property Details

context

The request context associated with the object. This connects the add-in's process to the Office host application's process.

context: RequestContext;

Property Value

shapes

Gets the Shapes of the Selection.

readonly shapes: Visio.ShapeCollection;

Property Value

Remarks

[ API set: 1.1 ]

Method Details

load(propertyNames)

Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.

load(propertyNames?: string | string[]): Visio.Selection;

Parameters

propertyNames

string | string[]

A comma-delimited string or an array of strings that specify the properties to load.

Returns

load(propertyNamesAndPaths)

Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.

load(propertyNamesAndPaths?: {
            select?: string;
            expand?: string;
        }): Visio.Selection;

Parameters

propertyNamesAndPaths

{ select?: string; expand?: string; }

propertyNamesAndPaths.select is a comma-delimited string that specifies the properties to load, and propertyNamesAndPaths.expand is a comma-delimited string that specifies the navigation properties to load.

Returns

toJSON()

Overrides the JavaScript toJSON() method in order to provide more useful output when an API object is passed to JSON.stringify(). (JSON.stringify, in turn, calls the toJSON method of the object that is passed to it.) Whereas the original Visio.Selection object is an API object, the toJSON method returns a plain JavaScript object (typed as Visio.Interfaces.SelectionData) that contains shallow copies of any loaded child properties from the original object.

toJSON(): Visio.Interfaces.SelectionData;

Returns