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ChildShapeRange Property

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Returns a ShapeRange object representing the child shapes of a selection.

expression.ChildShapeRange

expression Required. An expression that returns a Selection object.

Example

This example creates a new document with a drawing canvas, populates the drawing canvas with shapes, and then, after checking that the shapes selected are child shapes, fills the child shapes with a pattern.

Sub ChildShapes()
    Dim docNew As Document
    Dim shpCanvas As Shape

    'Create a new document with a drawing canvas and shapes
    Set docNew = Documents.Add
    Set shpCanvas = docNew.Shapes.AddCanvas( _
        Left:=100, Top:=100, Width:=200, Height:=200)
    shpCanvas.CanvasItems.AddShape msoShapeRectangle, _
        Left:=0, Top:=0, Width:=100, Height:=100
    shpCanvas.CanvasItems.AddShape msoShapeOval, _
        Left:=0, Top:=50, Width:=100, Height:=100
    shpCanvas.CanvasItems.AddShape msoShapeDiamond, _
        Left:=0, Top:=100, Width:=100, Height:=100

    'Select all shapes in the canvas
    shpCanvas.CanvasItems.SelectAll

    'Fill canvas child shapes with a pattern
    If Selection.HasChildShapeRange = True Then
        Selection.ChildShapeRange.Fill.Patterned msoPatternDivot
    Else
        MsgBox "This is not a range of child shapes."
    End If

End Sub

Applies to | Selection Object