ConnectionShape Class

Connection Shape.When the object is serialized out as xml, its qualified name is a:cxnSp.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  DocumentFormat.OpenXml.OpenXmlElement
    DocumentFormat.OpenXml.OpenXmlCompositeElement
      DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing.ConnectionShape

Namespace:  DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing
Assembly:  DocumentFormat.OpenXml (in DocumentFormat.OpenXml.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(NonVisualConnectionShapeProperties))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(ShapeProperties))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(ShapeStyle))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(ExtensionList))> _
Public Class ConnectionShape _
    Inherits OpenXmlCompositeElement
'Usage
Dim instance As ConnectionShape

[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(NonVisualConnectionShapeProperties))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(ShapeProperties))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(ShapeStyle))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(ExtensionList))]
public class ConnectionShape : OpenXmlCompositeElement

Remarks

The following table lists the possible child types:

• NonVisualConnectionShapeProperties <a:nvCxnSpPr>

• ShapeProperties <a:spPr>

• ShapeStyle <a:style>

• ExtensionList <a:extLst>

[ISO/IEC 29500-1 1st Edition]

20.1.2.2.10 cxnSp (Connection Shape)

This element specifies a connection shape that is used to connect two sp elements. Once a connection is specified using a cxnSp, it is left to the generating application to determine the exact path the connector takes. That is the connector routing algorithm is left up to the generating application as the desired path might be different depending on the specific needs of the application.

[Example: Consider the following connector shape that connects two regular shapes.

<p:spTree>
  …
<p:sp>
<p:nvSpPr>
<p:cNvPr id="1" name="Rectangle 1"/>
<p:cNvSpPr/>
<p:nvPr/>
</p:nvSpPr>
…
</p:sp>
<p:sp>
    <p:nvSpPr>
<p:cNvPr id="2" name="Rectangle 2"/>
<p:cNvSpPr/>
<p:nvPr/>
</p:nvSpPr>
…
</p:sp>
<p:cxnSp>
    <p:nvCxnSpPr>
<p:cNvPr id="3" name="Elbow Connector 3"/>
<p:cNvCxnSpPr>
<a:stCxn id="1" idx="3"/>
<a:endCxn id="2" idx="1"/>
</p:cNvCxnSpPr>
<p:nvPr/>
</p:nvCxnSpPr>
…
</p:cxnSp>
</p:spTree>

end example]

Parent Elements
grpSp (§20.1.2.2.20); lockedCanvas (§20.3.2.1)

Child Elements	Subclause
extLst (Extension List)	§20.1.2.2.15
nvCxnSpPr (Non-Visual Properties for a Connection Shape)	§20.1.2.2.25
spPr (Shape Properties)	§20.1.2.2.35
style (Shape Style)	§20.1.2.2.37

[Note: The W3C XML Schema definition of this element’s content model (CT_GvmlConnector) is located in §A.4.1. end note]

© ISO/IEC29500: 2008.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

ConnectionShape Members

DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Drawing Namespace