expression A variable that represents a Document object.
Return Value
Integer
Remarks
Constants representing object types are prefixed with visObjType and are declared by the Visio type library in VisObjectTypes.
Example
This function shows how to use the ObjectType property of a page to iterate recursively through a group and identify the top shape.
Visual Basic for Applications
Public Sub ObjectType_Example()
Dim vsoShape As Visio.Shape
Dim vsoShapes As Visio.Shapes
Dim vsoPage As Visio.Page
Application.ActiveWindow.Page.Drop Application.Documents.Item("BASIC_U.VSS").Masters.ItemU("Pentagon"), 3#, 8.5
Application.ActiveWindow.Page.Drop Application.Documents.Item("BASIC_U.VSS").Masters.ItemU("Ellipse"), 3#, 7.625
Application.ActiveWindow.Page.Drop Application.Documents.Item("BASIC_U.VSS").Masters.ItemU("Rounded rectangle"), 3#, 7#
Application.ActiveWindow.Page.Drop Application.Documents.Item("BASIC_U.VSS").Masters.ItemU("Circle"), 3#, 6.25
Application.ActiveWindow.SelectAll
ActiveWindow.DeselectAll
ActiveWindow.Select Application.ActiveWindow.Page.Shapes.ItemU("Circle"), visSelect
ActiveWindow.Select Application.ActiveWindow.Page.Shapes.ItemU("Rounded rectangle"), visSelect
ActiveWindow.Select Application.ActiveWindow.Page.Shapes.ItemU("Ellipse"), visSelect
ActiveWindow.Select Application.ActiveWindow.Page.Shapes.ItemU("Pentagon"), visSelect
ActiveWindow.Selection.Group
Set vsoPage = ActivePage
Set vsoShapes = vsoPage.Shapes
Set vsoShape = vsoShapes.Item(2)
Call GetTopShape(vsoShape)
End Sub
Function GetTopShape(vsoShape As Visio.Shape) As String
Dim vsoShapeParent As Object
Dim vsoShapeParentParent As Object
Set vsoShapeParent = vsoShape.Parent
If vsoShapeParent.ObjectType = visObjTypeShape Then
Set vsoShapeParentParent = vsoShapeParent.Parent
'If vsoShapeParent's parent isn't a page, keep going up.
If vsoShapeParentParent.ObjectType = visObjTypePage Then
GetTopShape = vsoShapeParent.Name
Else
GetTopShape = GetTopShape(vsoShapeParent)
End If
End If
Debug.Print vsoShapeParent.Name