TextFrame.ValidLinkTarget Method

Word Developer Reference

Determines whether the text frame of one shape can be linked to the text frame of another shape. .

Syntax

expression.ValidLinkTarget(TargetTextFrame)

expression   Required. A variable that represents a TextFrame object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
TargetTextFrame Required TextFrame The target text frame to which you want to link the text frame returned by expression.

Return Value
Boolean

Remarks

This method returns True if TargetTextFrame is a valid target and returns False if TargetTextFrame already contains text, is already linked, or if the shape doesn't support attached text.

Example

This example checks to see whether the text frames for the first and second shapes in the active document can be linked to one another. If so, the example links the two text frames.

Visual Basic for Applications
  Dim textFrame1 As TextFrame
Dim textFrame2 As TextFrame

Set textFrame1 = ActiveDocument.Shapes(1).TextFrame Set textFrame2 = ActiveDocument.Shapes(2).TextFrame If textFrame1.ValidLinkTarget(textFrame2) = True Then textFrame1.Next = textFrame2 End If

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