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TextFrame.Previous property

Returns the previous text frame, if any

Syntax:

Property Get Previous() As TextFrame

Remarks:

The Previous property returns the previous paragraph-text frame, if any.

Examples:

The following VBA example links frames of paragraph text, displaying the index number of the frame before the last frame.

Sub Test()
  Dim s As Shape
  Dim s1 As Shape
  Dim s2 As Shape
  Dim t As Text
  Dim f As TextFrame
  Dim d As Document
  Set d = CreateDocument
  Set s = d.ActiveLayer.CreateParagraphText(2, 2, 5, 5, String$(750, "Z"))
  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
  ' Get the first frame.
  Set f = t.Frames(3)
  MsgBox "The index number of the previous frame is: " & f.Previous.Index
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