TextColumns.Count property - Developer Area

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TextColumns.Count property

Gets the number of items in the collection

Syntax:

Property Get Count() As Long

Remarks:

The Count property returns the number of text columns in a collection.

Examples:

The following VBA example links frames of paragraph text. In the first frame, it then creates three columns displays the number of columns.

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 sentence must be long enough " & _
    "to span across multiple columns in this frame. I am sure " & _
    "that it will cross multiple columns now."
  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)
  MsgBox "The column count for the frame is " & t.Frame.Range.Columns.Count
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