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AddLine Method

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Adds a new Shape object representing a line to the specified Shapes collection.

expression.AddLine(BeginX, BeginY, EndX, EndY)

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

BeginX  Required Variant. The x-coordinate of the beginning point of the line.

BeginY  Required Variant. The y-coordinate of the beginning point of the line.

EndX  Required Variant. The x-coordinate of the ending point of the line.

EndY  Required Variant. The y-coordinate of the ending point of the line.

Remarks

For the BeginX, BeginY, EndX, and EndY arguments, numeric values are evaluated in points; strings can be in any units supported by Microsoft Publisher (for example, "2.5 in").

Example

The following example adds a new line to the first page of the active publication.

  Dim shpLine As Shape

Set shpLine = ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes.AddLine _
    (BeginX:=144, BeginY:=144, _
    EndX:=180, EndY:=72)