Shape.Guide property - Developer Area

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Shape.Guide property

Allows users to access guide properties

Syntax:

Property Get Guide() As Guide

Remarks:

The Guide property returns a Guide object that represents the guideline properties of a guideline shape.

Examples:

The following VBA example shows how many guidelines of each type exist on the master page.

Sub Test()
  Dim s As Shape
  Dim hg As Long, vg As Long, sg As Long
  vg = 0: sg = 0: hg = 0
  For Each s In ActiveDocument.Pages(0).Guides(cdrAllGuides)
    Select Case s.Guide.Type
      Case cdrVerticalGuide
        vg = vg + 1
      Case cdrSlantedGuide
        sg = sg + 1
      Case cdrHorizontalGuide
        hg = hg + 1
    End Select
  Next s
  MsgBox "The document contains:" & vbCr & _
    "Horizontal guides: " & hg & vbCr & _
    "Vertical guides: " & vg & vbCr & _
    "Slanted guides: " & sg
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