This topic has not yet been rated - Rate this topic

WebCommandButton.Parent Property (Publisher)

Office 2013

Office 2010

Returns an object that represents the parent object of the specified object. For example, for a TextFrame object, returns a Shape object representing the parent shape of the text frame. Read-only.

Syntax

expression .Parent

expression A variable that represents a WebCommandButton object.

Example

This example accesses the parent object of the selected shape, and then adds a new shape to it and sets the fill for the new shape.

Sub ParentObject() 
 Dim shp As Shape 
 Dim pg As Page 
 
 Set pg = Selection.ShapeRange(1).Parent 
 Set shp = pg.Shapes.AddShape(Type:=msoShape5pointStar, _ 
 Left:=72, Top:=72, Width:=72, Height:=72) 
 
 shp.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(Red:=180, Green:=180, Blue:=180) 
End Sub

This example returns the parent object of a text frame, which is the first shape in the active publication, and then fills the shape with a pattern.

Sub ParentShape() 
 Dim shpParent As Shape 
 Set shpParent = ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes(1).TextFrame.Parent 
 shpParent.Fill.Patterned Pattern:=msoPatternSphere 
End Sub

Did you find this helpful? Yes No

Not accurate

Not enough depth

Need more code examples

(1500 characters remaining)

Community Additions

ADD