PictureFormat.IsEmpty Property

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Returns a MsoTriState constant that represents whether the specified shape is an empty picture frame. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.IsEmpty

expression   A variable that represents an PictureFormat object.

Return Value
MsoTriState

Remarks

The IsEmpty property value can be one of the MsoTriState constants declared in the Microsoft Office type library and shown in the following table.

Constant Description
msoFalse The specified shape is not an empty picture frame.
msoTriStateMixed Indicates a combination of msoTrue and msoFalse for the specified shape range.
msoTrue The specified shape is an empty picture frame.

Example

The following example tests each picture in the active publication, and if it is not an empty picture frame, prints selected image properties for the picture.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Dim pgLoop As Page
Dim shpLoop As Shape

For Each pgLoop In ActiveDocument.Pages
For Each shpLoop In pgLoop.Shapes
If shpLoop.Type = pbPicture Or shpLoop.Type = pbLinkedPicture Then


        With shpLoop.PictureFormat

               If .<strong>IsEmpty</strong> = msoFalse Then

                    Debug.Print "File Name: " &amp; .Filename
                    Debug.Print "Horizontal Scaling: " &amp; .HorizontalScale &amp; "%"
                    Debug.Print "Vertical Scaling: " &amp; .VerticalScale &amp; "%"
                    Debug.Print "File size in publication: " &amp; .FileSize &amp; " bytes"

               End If

        End With
    End If
Next shpLoop



Next pgLoop

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