Shape.Text property - Developer Area

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Shape.Text property

Allows users to access the text properties

Syntax:

Property Get Text() As Text

Remarks:

The Text property returns a Text object that represents the settings for a text shape.

Examples:

The following VBA example displays the type of the text.

Sub Test()
  Dim s As Shape
  Dim TextType As String
  Set s = ActiveLayer.CreateArtisticText(1, 2, "This is a shape.")
  s.Text.ConvertToParagraph
  Select Case s.Text.Type
    Case 0
      TextType = "Artistic Text"
    Case 1
      TextType = "Paragraph Text"
    Case 2
      TextType = "Artistic Fitted Text"
    Case 3
      TextType = "Paragraph Fitted Text"
  End Select
  MsgBox TextType
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