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InvisibleApp.CommandLine property (Visio)

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Determines how Microsoft Visio was started. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.CommandLine

expression A variable that represents an InvisibleApp object.

Return value

String

Remarks

When you double-click a drawing, template, or stencil icon to start the application, the name of the file appears in the string returned by the CommandLine property. When you use a CreateObject call to start the application, "/Automation" appears in the string. When you double-click a Visio embedded object in an OLE container application, "/Embedding" appears in the string.

The following table includes other command line switches that you can use to start the application.

Command line switch Description
/nonew The New tab is not shown on startup.
/nologo The startup screen is not shown on startup.
/p filename The Print dialog box is shown so that you can quickly print a file.
filename Opens a Visio file. Either the file has to be in the Drawings file path in the File Locations dialog box (File tab > Options > Advanced > General > File Locations), or you must name an absolute path.
/1, /2, /3,.../9 Opens one of the last-opened files.
/noreg Prevents Visio from registering itself.
/u Unregisters Visio.
/r Registers Visio.
/s Silently registers Visio.
/pt filename, [printername, drivername, portname] Directs the file to print on a particular printer (added in Visio version 5.0c).
::ODMA Visio uses ODMA to open a file.

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