ShapeRouteStyle Element

Specifies the routing style and direction for a connector on the drawing page.

Value	Description	Direction
0	Page default	None
1	Right angle	None
2	Straight	None
3	Organization chart	Top to bottom
4	Organization chart	Left to right
5	Flowchart	Top to bottom
6	Flowchart	Left to right
7	Tree	Top to bottom
8	Tree	Left to right
9	Network	None
10	Organization chart	Bottom to top
11	Organization chart	Right to left
12	Flowchart	Bottom to top
13	Flowchart	Right to left
14	Tree	Bottom to top
15	Tree	Right to left
16	Center to center	None
17	Simple	Top to bottom
18	Simple	Left to right
19	Simple	Bottom to top
20	Simple	Right to left
21	Simple horizontal-vertical	None
22	Simple vertical-horizontal	None

Syntax

<ShapeRouteStyle
    [Unit]
    [F]
    [Err]>
</ShapeRouteStyle>

Attributes

Unit

Optional string. Represents a unit of measure. The default is NUM. For details about NUM, see Units of measure.

F

Optional string. Represents the element's formula. This attribute can contain one of the following strings: "someFormula" if the formula exists locally, "No Formula" if the formula is locally deleted or blocked, or "Inh" if the formula is inherited.

If the attribute is not present, the element's formula is a simple constant, for example, <element>5</element>.

Err

Optional string. Indicates that the formula evaluates to an error. The value of Err is the current value (an error message string); the value of the element is the last valid value.

Element properties

Property	Value
Name	ShapeRouteStyle
Minimum Occurrences	0
Maximum Occurrences	1

Element information

Parent elements

Layout

Child elements

None

To set the default behavior of all shapes on a drawing page, use the RouteStyle element contained in the PageLayout element.

The ShapeRouteStyle element is relevant only when contained in a Shape or StyleSheet element. It is ignored when contained in a DocumentSheet or PageSheet element.

See also

ShapeRouteStyle cell (Shape Layout section)