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Shape.Parent property (Visio)

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Determines the parent of a Shape object. Read/write.

Syntax

expression.Parent

expression A variable that represents a Shape object.

Return value

Object

Remarks

In general, an object's parent is the object that contains it. If a Shape object is a member of a group, the parent is that group. Otherwise, its parent is a Page or a Master object.

When assigning a new parent shape, you must assign a Shape object. If you want to assign a page or master to be the parent of a shape, you must assign the Shape object returned by the Page or Master object's PageSheet property.

A shape and its parent shape must be in the same containing page or containing master. If the new parent is not a Shape object, or if the ContainingPage or ContainingMaster property of the parent shape is different from that of the shape, Microsoft Visio raises an exception.

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