FillFormat.TwoColorGradient Method

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Sets the specified fill to a two-color gradient.

Syntax

expression.TwoColorGradient(Style, Variant)

expression   A variable that represents a FillFormat object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Style Required MsoGradientStyle The gradient style.
Variant Required Long The gradient variant.

Remarks

The

Style

parameter value can be one of these MsoGradientStyle constants.

msoGradientDiagonalDown
msoGradientDiagonalUp
msoGradientFromCenter
msoGradientFromCorner
msoGradientFromTitle
msoGradientHorizontal
msoGradientMixed
msoGradientVertical

The Variant parameter value can be from 1 to 4, corresponding to the four variants on the Gradient sub-tab on the Shape Fill tab. If Style is msoGradientFromTitle or msoGradientFromCenter, this argument can be either 1 or 2.

Example

This example adds a rectangle with a two-color gradient fill to myDocument and sets the background and foreground color for the fill.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Set myDocument = ActivePresentation.Slides(1)
With myDocument.Shapes.AddShape(Type:=msoShapeRectangle, Left:=0, _
        Top:=0, Width:=40, Height:=80).Fill
    .ForeColor.RGB = RGB(Red:=128, Green:=0, Blue:=0)
    .BackColor.RGB = RGB(Red:=0, Green:=170, Blue:=170)
    .TwoColorGradient Style:=msoGradientHorizontal, Variant:=1
End With

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