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ApplicationSettings.StencilLinesPerMaster Property

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Visio Automation Reference

For shapes on stencils in Microsoft Office Visio, determines how many lines of text of each shape's name can appear below the shape before the text is truncated and "..." is appended. Read/write.

Version Information
 Version Added:  Visio 2003

Syntax

expression.StencilLinesPerMaster

expression   A variable that represents an ApplicationSettings object.

Return Value
Long

Remarks

Setting the StencilLinesPerMaster property is equivalent to setting the Lines per master option under Stencil spacing on the View tab in the Options dialog box (Tools menu).

The minimum value for StencilLinesPerMaster is 1 line per master and the maximum is 4. By default, Visio displays 2 lines per master.

This property affects the overall spacing of shapes on a stencil, which affects how many shapes users can see without scrolling.

Example

This Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro shows how to use the StencilCharactersPerLine property to print the current number of stencil lines per master in the Immediate window. It also shows how to get an ApplicationSettings object from the Visio Application object.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Public Sub StencilLinesPerMaster_Example()

Dim vsoApplicationSettings As Visio.ApplicationSettings
Dim lngLinesPerMaster As Long

Set vsoApplicationSettings = Visio.Application.Settings
lngLinesPerMaster = vsoApplicationSettings.StencilLinesPerMaster

Debug.Print lngLinesPerMaster



End Sub

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