AddCurve Method

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Creates a Bézier curve. Returns a Shape object that represents the new curve.

expression**.AddCurve**(SafeArrayOfPoints)

*expression   * Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

SafeArrayOfPoints    Required Variant. An array of coordinate pairs that specifies the vertices and control points of the curve. The first point you specify is the starting vertex, and the next two points are control points for the first Bézier segment. Then, for each additional segment of the curve, you specify a vertex and two control points. The last point you specify is the ending vertex for the curve. Note that you must always specify 3*n   * + 1 points, where n is the number of segments in the curve.

Example

The following example adds a two-segment Bézier curve to myDocument.

Dim pts(1 To 7, 1 To 2) As Single
pts(1, 1) = 0
pts(1, 2) = 0
pts(2, 1) = 72
pts(2, 2) = 72
pts(3, 1) = 100
pts(3, 2) = 40
pts(4, 1) = 20
pts(4, 2) = 50
pts(5, 1) = 90
pts(5, 2) = 120
pts(6, 1) = 60
pts(6, 2) = 30
pts(7, 1) = 150
pts(7, 2) = 90
Set myDocument = ActivePresentation.Slides(1)
myDocument.Shapes.AddCurve SafeArrayOfPoints:=pts

Applies to | Shapes Collection Object

See Also | Vertices Property