Page.GetShapesLinkedToData method (Visio)

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01/19/2022

Returns an array of all shapes on the active page linked to data in the specified data recordset.

Note

This Visio object or member is available only to licensed users of Visio Professional 2013.

Syntax

expression. GetShapesLinkedToData( _DataRecordsetID_ , _ShapeIDs()_ )

expression An expression that returns a Page object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
DataRecordsetID	Required	Long	The ID of a data recordset contained in the current document.
ShapeIDs()	Required	Long	Out parameter. An array of type Long that the method will return filled with the shape IDs of shapes on the page linked to the data recordset specified in DataRecordsetID.

Return value

Nothing

Remarks

For the ShapeIDs() parameter, pass an empty, dimensionless array of type Long. If there are no linked shapes on the page, GetShapesLinkedToData will return an empty array.

To determine the specific data row in the data recordset shapes are linked to, use the Page.GetShapesLinkedToDataRow method.

Example

The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro shows how to use the GetShapesLinkedToData method to determine the shape IDs of the shapes on the page linked to data in the data recordset most recently added to the DataRecordsets collection of the current document. It prints the shape IDs in the Immediate window.

Before running this macro, use the DataRecordsets.Add method or another means to add at least one data recordset to the DataRecordsets collection, and make sure there is at least one shape on the active page linked to data in the data recordset.

Public Sub GetShapesLinkedToData_Example() 
 
    Dim vsoDataRecordset As Visio.DataRecordset 
    Dim intRecordsetCount As Integer 
    Dim alngShapeIDs() As Long 
    Dim intArrayCounter As Integer 
     
    intRecordsetCount = Visio.ActiveDocument.DataRecordsets.Count 
    Set vsoDataRecordset = Visio.ActiveDocument.DataRecordsets(intRecordsetCount) 
     
    ActivePage.GetShapesLinkedToData vsoDataRecordset.ID, alngShapeIDs 
     
    For intArrayCounter = LBound(alngShapeIDs) To UBound(alngShapeIDs) 
        Debug.Print alngShapeIDs(intArrayCounter) 
    Next 
     
End Sub

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