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Characters.FieldCategory Property

Visio Automation Reference

Returns the field category for a field represented by an object. Read-only.

Version Information
 Version Added:  Visio 3.0

Syntax

expression.FieldCategory

expression   A variable that represents a Characters object.

Return Value
Integer

Remarks

If the Characters object does not contain a field or contains non-field characters, the FieldCategory property returns an exception. Check the IsField property of the Characters object before getting its FieldCategory property.

Field categories correspond to those in the Category list in the Field dialog box (click Field on the Insert menu).

To add a custom field, use the AddCustomField method.

The following constants for field categories are declared by the Visio type library in VisFieldCategories.

Constant Value

visFCatCustom

0

visFCatDateTime

1

visFCatDocument

2

visFCatGeometry

3

visFCatObject

4

visFCatPage

5

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