Hello, all.
Once again I am running into something that is probably easy, but just cannot figure it out. A group shape is treated as a Shape by VBA. We can set its parameters with the same commands that are used with simple shapes. Let us pretend our selected shape is a group and do this:
Sub GroupTrouble() Dim S As Shape Set S = ActiveSelectionRange.Shapes.First S.Outline.SetProperties 1, , CreateRGBColor(255, 0, 0) End Sub
That works just fine (as well as most simple shape commands - fill, movement, rotation etc), but this:
Sub GroupTrouble() Dim S As Shape Set S = ActiveSelectionRange.Shapes.First Debug.Print S.Outline.Color.RGBGreen End Sub
Throws an error. We cannot get settings from a group as from a shape.
In my case the important options are outline colors and the ability to do IsOnCurve checkups. I have done some functions that go through the subshapes. But, for example, CreateBoundary creates an object that is already inside the group and that is super annoying. Same with other functions.
Any help with this will be greatly appreciated.
In the first example, the properties are propagated to all shapes in the shape group. The shape group itself doesn't hold these properties. If every shape in the group has the same properties, you could simply ask for the first shape in the group. Like "S.Shapes.First.Outline.Color.RGBGreen"