TextRange.Columns property - Developer Area

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TextRange.Columns property

Collection of text columns in the range

Syntax:

Property Get Columns() As TextColumns

Remarks:

The Columns property returns all the text columns in a text range.

Examples:

The following VBA example links frames of paragraph text. Three columns are created in the first frame, and the second column is filled with red.

Sub Test()
  Dim s As Shape
  Dim s1 As Shape
  Dim s2 As Shape
  Dim d As Document
  Dim t As Text
  Dim strText As String
  strText = "This is a test. This is a test. This is a test. " & _
    "This is a test. This is a test. This is a test."
  strText = strText & " This is the next sentence. " & strText
  Set d = CreateDocument
  Set s = d.ActiveLayer.CreateParagraphText(2, 2, 5, 5, strText)
  Set s1 = d.ActiveLayer.CreateParagraphText(5, 5, 8, 8)
  Set s2 = d.ActiveLayer.CreateParagraphText(8, 8, 10, 10)
  Set t = s.Text
  ' Link the frames together.
  t.Frame.LinkTo s1
  s1.Text.Frame.LinkTo s2
  ' set the columns
  t.Frame.SetColumns 3, False, Array(0.7, 0.1, 1, 0.1, 1)
  t.Story.Columns.Item(2).Fill.UniformColor.RGBAssign 155, 0, 0
End Sub

Version Information:

CorelDRAW:	X7.4, X7, X7.6, X8, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2019.2, 2020, 2021, 2020.1, 2021.5, 2022-v24, 2022-v24.1, 2022-v24.2, 2023-v24.3, 2023-v24.5, 2024-v25
Corel DESIGNER:	X7, 2017.1, 20.1, 2019.2, 2020.1, 2021.5, 2022-v24, 2022-v24.1, 2022-v24.2, 2023-v24.3, 2023-v24.5, 2024-v25