Layer Object Members

Visio Automation Reference

Represents a layer of a page or master. You can assign shapes to or remove them from the layer.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Add	Adds a Shape object to a Layer object.
	Delete	Deletes a Layer object. Can also delete shapes assigned to the deleted layer.
	Remove	Removes a shape from a layer.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Application	Read-only. Returns the instance of Microsoft Office Visio that is associated with an object.
	CellsC	Returns a Cell object that represents a ShapeSheet cell in a row in the Layers section. Read-only.
	Document	Gets the Document object that is associated with an object. Read-only.
	EventList	Returns the EventList collection of an object or the EventList collection that contains an Event object. Read-only.
	Index	Gets the ordinal position of a Layer object in the Layers collection. Read-only.
	Master	Returns the master that contains the Layer object. Read-only.
	Name	Specifies the name of an object. Read-only.
	NameU	Specifies the universal name of a Layer object. Read/write.
	ObjectType	Returns an object's type. Read-only.
	Page	Gets the page that contains the layer. Read-only.
	PersistsEvents	Indicates whether an object is capable of containing persistent events in its EventList collection. Read-only.
	Row	Returns the row index of a layer. Read-only.
	Stat	Returns status information for an object. Read-only.