EffectContour.Steps property - Developer Area

API Documentation > CorelDRAW > X7 > EffectContour > IVGEffectContour

EffectContour.Steps property

Gets or sets the number of steps in the contour

Syntax:

Property Get Steps() As Long
Property Let Steps(ByVal Value As Long)

Remarks:

The Steps property returns or specifies the number of steps in a contour effect.

Examples:

The following VBA example checks all contours on the current page and changes them as follows: all outside contours are to have twice as many steps, and all inside contours are to have a step distance of half of the previous size. The contours to the center of the shape are left unchanged.

Sub Test()
  Dim s As Shape, eff As Effect
  For Each s In ActivePage.Shapes
    For Each eff In s.Effects
      If eff.Type = cdrContour Then
        Select Case eff.Contour.Direction
          Case cdrContourOutside
            eff.Contour.Steps = eff.Contour.Steps * 2
          Case cdrContourInside
            eff.Contour.Offset = eff.Contour.Offset / 2
          Case cdrContourToCenter
            ' Do nothing
        End Select
      End If
    Next eff
  Next s
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