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Shape.CatalogMergeItems Property

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Returns a CatalogMergeShapes collection that represents the shapes included in the catalog merge area. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.CatalogMergeItems

expression   A variable that represents a Shape object.

Return Value
CatalogMergeShapes

Remarks

The catalog merge area can contain picture and text data fields you have inserted, in addition to other design elements you choose.

Example

The following example tests whether any page in the specified publication contains a catalog merge area and, if it does, it returns a list of the shapes it contains.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub ListCatalogMergeAreaContents()
 
    Dim pgPage As Page
    Dim mmLoop As Shape
    Dim intCount As Integer

For Each pgPage In ThisDocument.Pages
    For Each mmLoop In pgPage.Shapes

        If mmLoop.Type = pbCatalogMergeArea Then

            With mmLoop.CatalogMergeItems
                For intCount = 1 To .Count
                    Debug.Print "Shape ID: " & _
                        mmLoop.<strong>CatalogMergeItems</strong>.Item(intCount).ID
                    Debug.Print "Shape Name: " &amp; _
                        mmLoop.CatalogMergeItems.Item(intCount).Name
                Next
            End With

        End If

    Next mmLoop
Next pgPage



End Sub

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