FillPattern Element

Specifies the fill pattern for the shape.

Value	Description
0	None (transparent fill)
1	Solid foreground color
2 - 40	Assorted fill patterns that correspond to indexed entries in the Visio application
USE(strval )	Custom fill pattern (where strval is name of custom pattern to use)

Syntax

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

Attributes

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	FillPattern
Minimum Occurrences	0
Maximum Occurrences	1

Element information

Parent elements

Fill

Child elements

None

The FillPattern 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

FillPattern cell (Fill Format section)