Layers.ItemU property (Visio)
Returns an object from a collection. Read-only.
Syntax
expression.ItemU (NameOrIndex)
expression A variable that represents a Layers object.
Parameters
Name | Required/Optional | Data type | Description |
---|---|---|---|
NameOrIndex | Required | Variant | Contains the universal name, unique ID, or index of the object to retrieve. |
Return value
Layer
Remarks
You can retrieve an object in an Addons, Hyperlinks, Layers, Masters, MasterShortcuts, Pages, Shapes, or Styles collection by passing the object's name as a string expression in a Variant.
If you retrieve a Shape object by name, the ItemU property searches all shapes in the Shapes collection's containing page or containing master, in addition to the collection's containing shape. Therefore, the Shape object returned by the ItemU property can be a shape that is not in the Shapes collection.
You can also pass the unique ID string of a Master or Shape object to the ItemU property. For example:
objRet = vsoShapes.ItemU("{2287DC42-B167-11CE-88E9-0020AFDDD917}")
If such a string is passed to the ItemU property of a Shapes collection, all the shapes contained in the collection are searched. Shapes within the group shapes in the containing shape are not searched.
To search all shapes in the collection, plus the shapes inside groups and the containing shape of the collection, prefix the unique ID string with an asterisk (*). For example:
objRet = vsoShapes.ItemU("*{2287DC42-B167-11CE-88E9-0020AFDDD917}")
Example
This Microsoft Visual Basic macro shows how to use the ItemU property of the Pages collection to get the Shapes collection. It then uses the ItemU property of the Shapes collection to print the universal names of all shapes on Page-1 in the Immediate window.
To run this macro, make sure the active document has shapes on Page-1.
Public Sub ItemU_Example()
Dim intCounter As Integer
Dim intShapeCount As Integer
Dim vsoShapes As Visio.Shapes
Set vsoShapes = ActiveDocument.Pages.ItemU(1).Shapes
Debug.Print "Shapes in Document: "; ActiveDocument.Name
Debug.Print " on Page: "; ActiveDocument.Pages.ItemU(1).Name
intShapeCount = vsoShapes.Count
If intShapeCount > 0 Then
For intCounter = 1 To intShapeCount
Debug.Print " "; vsoShapes.ItemU(intCounter).Name
Next intCounter
Else
Debug.Print " No Shapes On Page"
End If
End Sub
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