Document.FooterLeft Property

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Visio Automation Reference

Gets or sets the text string that appears on the left side of a document's footer. Read/write.

Version Information
 Version Added:  Visio 2002

Syntax

expression.FooterLeft

expression   A variable that represents a Document object.

Return Value
String

Remarks

You can also set this value in the Left box under Footer in the Header and Footer dialog box (View menu).

Both the string returned by FooterLeft and the string to which you set FooterLeft can contain escape codes that represent data. These escape codes can be concatenated with other text.

Following is a list of valid escape codes for document footers and headers.

Escape code Description

&p

Page number

&t or &T

Current time

&d (short version) or &D (long version)

Current date

&&

Ampersand

&e

File name extension

&f

File name

&f&e

File name and extension

&n

Page name

&P

Total printed pages

Example

The following macro shows how to place a string containing the current date into the left portion of a document's footer. After you run this macro, if the date is May 4, 2007, the left portion of the footer contains "The date is Thursday, May 4, 2007".

Visual Basic for Applications 
  
Sub FooterLeft_Example() 

Dim strFooter as String

'Build the footer string. 
strFooter = "The date is " & "&D" 

'Set the footer of the current document. 
ThisDocument.FooterLeft = strFooter 



End Sub

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