Rotate Method [Visio 2003 SDK Documentation]

Rotates selected shapes either as a group or individually about their pins. Returns Nothing.

object**.Rotate**(Angle, [FlipType], [BlastGuards],[PinX],[PinY],[PinUnitsNameOrCode])

object    Required. An expression that returns a Selection object that contains the shapes to rotate.

Angle   Required Double. Specifies the angle to rotate the selection. See Remarks for possible values.

AngleUnitsNameOrCode   Optional Variant. Specifies the units to use for Angle. See Remarks for possible values. The default is degrees.

BlastGuards   Optional Boolean. True to override formulas in the ShapeSheet of any of the selected shapes to which the GUARD function has been applied; False to leave guarded formulas unchanged. The default is False.

RotationType   Optional VisRotationTypes. Specifes how the selection is to be rotated. See Remarks for possible values.

PinX   Optional Double. When RotationType is visRotateSelectionWithPin, specifies the X-position of the pin about which the selection is to be rotated.

PinY   Optional Double. When RotationType is visRotateSelectionWithPin, specifies the Y-position of the pin about which the selection is to be rotated.

PinUnitsNameOrCode   Optional Variant. Specifies the units to use for PinX and PinY. See Remarks for possible values. The default is inches.

Version added

2003

Remarks

The following possible values for RotationType are declared in VisRotationTypes in the Visio type library.

Constant	Value	Description
visRotateSelectionWithPin	1	Rotates the selection around a pin.
visRotateSelection	0	Rotates the selection relative to the center of the selection.
visRotateShapes	2	Rotates the selected shapes around their pins relative to their current angle.

Passing True for the optional BlastGuards argument overrides formulas in the ShapeSheet of any of the selected shapes to which the GUARD function has been applied.

The default value for RotationType is visRotateSelection.

You can specify AngleUnitsNameOrCode or PinUnitsNameOrCode as an integer (a member of VisUnitCodes) or a string value such as "radians" or "inches". If the string is invalid or the unit code is inappropriate (nontextual), an error is generated.

For a complete list of valid unit strings along with corresponding Automation constants (integer values), see About units of measure.

Example

This Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro shows how to use the Rotate method to rotate a selection 45 degrees relative to the center of the selection.

Public Sub Rotate_Example()

    Dim vsoShape1 As Visio.Shape
    Dim vsoShape2 As Visio.Shape
    
    Set vsoShape1 = Application.ActiveWindow.Page.DrawRectangle(1, 9, 3, 7)
    Set vsoShape2 = Application.ActiveWindow.Page.DrawRectangle(3, 6, 5, 5)
    
    ActiveWindow.DeselectAll
    
    ActiveWindow.Select vsoShape1, visSelect
    ActiveWindow.Select vsoShape2, visSelect
  
    Application.ActiveWindow.Selection.Rotate 45, visDegrees

End Sub

Applies to | Selection object