Shape Name

[Nai]

Is it possible to change the name of a shape using Action in the shape sheet?

 

[Chris Roth [MVP]]

Hi Nai,

The shape's name isn't stored in a ShapeSheet cell, so you can't really do
it with any kind of function.

An Action can call code that could change the name using RUNADDON(),
RUNADDONWARGS(), CALLTHIS(), or RUNMACRO()

You could also pop up the Format > Special dialog, which allows the user to
change the shape's name. Use this function in the action:

= DOCMD(1073)

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Hope this helps,

Chris Roth
Visio MVP

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[Nai]

Thanks. The function =DOCMD(1073) works perfect.

Does the action you mentioned that 'can call code that could change the name
using RUNADDON(), RUNADDONWARGS(), CALLTHIS(), or RUNMACRO()', resides in the
action of the shapesheet? Where can I find the right format/syntax of these
codes?

Thanks again...

 

[Chris Roth [MVP]]

You can look in the Developer Reference that ships with Visio, or look in
MSDN online:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa246644(office.11).aspx

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Hope this helps,

Chris Roth
Visio MVP

Free Visio shapes:
http://www.visguy.com/category/shapes
Visio programming info:
http://www.visguy.com/category/programming/
Other Visio resources:
http://www.visguy.com/visio-links/