Document.Masters property (Visio)

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07/12/2022

Returns the Masters collection for a document's stencil. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.Masters

expression A variable that represents a Document object.

Return value

Masters

Remarks

If your Visual Studio solution includes the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Visio reference, this property maps to the following types:

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Visio.IVDocument.Masters

Example

This Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) program shows how to use the Masters property to print all the master shape names in the current document to the Immediate window.

Before running this macro, open a Microsoft Visio drawing and drag at least one shape from a stencil onto to the drawing page.

 
Public Sub Masters_Example() 
  
    Dim intCounter As Integer 
    Dim intMasterCount As Integer 
    Dim vsoApplication As Visio.Application  
    Dim vsoCurrentDocument As Visio.Document  
    Dim vsoMasters As Visio.Masters 
 
    Set vsoApplication = GetObject(, "visio.application") 
  
    If vsoApplication Is Nothing Then 
        MsgBox "Microsoft Office Visio is not loaded" 
        Exit Sub   
 
    End If   
 
    Set vsoCurrentDocument = vsoApplication.ActiveDocument  
 
    If vsoCurrentDocument Is Nothing Then 
        MsgBox "No stencil is loaded" 
        Exit Sub   
 
    End If   
 
    Set vsoMasters = vsoCurrentDocument.Masters  
    Debug.Print "Masters in document : "; vsoCurrentDocument.Name  
    intMasterCount = vsoMasters.Count  
 
    If intMasterCount > 0 Then 
        For intCounter = 1 To intMasterCount  
            Debug.Print " "; vsoMasters.Item(intCounter).Name  
        Next intCounter  
    Else 
        Debug.Print " No masters in document"  
    End If   
 
End Sub

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