Application.ConnectorToolDataObject property (Visio)

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Returns an IDataObject interface representing the active Connector tool used in the Microsoft Visio user interface. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.ConnectorToolDataObject

expression A variable that represents an Application object.

Return value

IDataObject

Remarks

By default, ConnectorToolDataObject returns the built-in Visio Connector tool. If a master from a stencil is the active connector, ConnectorToolDataObject returns a data object for that master. If Visio fails to retrieve the internal IDataObject, it raises an exception.

Example

The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro shows how to use the ConnectorToolDataObject property to connect two shapes. It drops two masters on the page and connects them with a Dynamic Connector shape, using dynamic glue. Before running this macro, open the Basic Shapes stencil if it is not already open.

Public Sub ConnectorToolDataObject_Example() 
 
 Dim vsoSquareShape As Visio.Shape 
 Dim vsoCircleShape As Visio.Shape 
 Dim vsoConnectorShape As Visio.Shape 
 
 Dim vsoCell1 As Visio.Cell 
 Dim vsoCell2 As Visio.Cell 
 Dim vsoCell3 As Visio.Cell 
 Dim vsoCell4 As Visio.Cell 
 
 Set vsoSquareShape = ActiveWindow.Page.Drop(Documents("BASIC_U.VSS").Masters.ItemU("Square"), 4, 9) 
 Set vsoCircleShape = ActiveWindow.Page.Drop(Documents("BASIC_U.VSS").Masters.ItemU("Circle"), 4#, 6) 
 Set vsoConnectorShape = Application.ActiveWindow.Page.Drop(Application.ConnectorToolDataObject, 2, 2) 
 
 Set vsoCell1 = ActivePage.Shapes(3).Cells("BeginX") 
 Set vsoCell2 = ActivePage.Shapes(1).CellsSRC(7, 0, 0) 
 vsoCell1.GlueTo vsoCell2 
 
 Set vsoCell3 = ActivePage.Shapes(3).Cells("EndX") 
 Set vsoCell4 = ActivePage.Shapes(2).CellsSRC(7, 1, 0) 
 vsoCell3.GlueTo vsoCell4 
 
End Sub

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