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Shapes.AddPolyline Method

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Adds a new Shape object representing an open polyline or a closed polygon to the specified Shapes collection.

Syntax

expression.AddPolyline(SafeArrayOfPoints)

expression   A variable that represents a Shapes object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
SafeArrayOfPoints Required Variant An array of coordinate pairs that specifies the polyline's or polygon's vertices.

Return Value
Shape

Remarks

For the array elements in SafeArrayOfPoints, numeric values are evaluated in points; strings can be in any units supported by Microsoft Office Publisher (for example, "2.5 in").

To form a closed polygon, assign the same coordinates to the first and last vertices in the polyline drawing.

Example

The following example adds a triangle to the first page of the active publication. Because the first and last points have the same coordinates, the polygon is closed.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Dim shpPolyline As Shape
Dim arrPoints(1 To 4, 1 To 2) As Single

arrPoints(1, 1) = 25
arrPoints(1, 2) = 100
arrPoints(2, 1) = 100
arrPoints(2, 2) = 150
arrPoints(3, 1) = 150
arrPoints(3, 2) = 50
arrPoints(4, 1) = 25
arrPoints(4, 2) = 100


Set shpPolyline = ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes.AddPolyline _
(SafeArrayOfPoints:=arrPoints)

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