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Window.ShowGrid property (Visio)

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Determines whether a grid is shown in a window. Read/write.

Syntax

expression. ShowGrid

expression A variable that represents a Window object.

Return value

Integer

Remarks

Setting the ShowGrid property is equivalent to selecting Grid in the Show/Hide group on the View tab.

Example

This Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro shows how to use the ShowGrid property to hide the grid. To restore the grid after running this macro, set the ShowGrid property to True.

 
Public Sub ShowGrid_Example() 
 
 'Check whether active window is a drawing window. 
 If ActiveWindow.Type = visDrawing Then 
 
 'Hide the grid. 
 ActiveWindow.ShowGrid = False 
 
 Else 
 
 'Tell the user why you are not hiding the grid. 
 MsgBox "Active window is not a drawing window.", vbOKOnly, "Show Grid" 
 
 End If 
 
End Sub

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