Page.Layers Property (Visio)
Office 2013
Published: July 16, 2012
Returns the Layers collection of an object. Read-only.
This Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro shows how to use the Layers property to add shapes to layers. It also uses the Layer property to get a reference to a particular layer, the LayerCount property to determine the number of layers to which a shape is assigned, and the Name property to get the name of the current layer.
Public Sub Layers_Example()
Dim vsoPage As Visio.Page
Dim vsoShape As Visio.Shape
Dim vsoLayer As Visio.Layer
Dim vsoLayers As Visio.Layers
If ActiveDocument Is Nothing Then
Documents.Add ("")
End If
Set vsoPage = ActivePage
If vsoPage Is Nothing Then
Set vsoPage = ActiveDocument.Pages(1)
End If
'Draw a rectangle.
Set vsoShape = vsoPage.DrawRectangle(1, 5, 5, 1)
'Get the Layers collection.
Set vsoLayers = vsoPage.Layers
'Create a layer named ExampleLayer1 and add the shape to it.
Set vsoLayer = vsoLayers.Add("ExampleLayer1")
vsoLayer.Add vsoShape, 1
'Create a layer named ExampleLayer2 and add the shape to it.
Set vsoLayer = vsoLayers.Add("ExampleLayer2")
vsoLayer.Add vsoShape, 1
'Verify that the shape has been assigned to 2 layers.
Debug.Print "The shape is assigned to " & vsoShape.LayerCount & " layers."
'Get a reference to the first layer.
Set vsoLayer = vsoShape.Layer(1)
'Verify by using the Name property.
Debug.Print "Current layer name is """ & vsoLayer.Name & "."""
End Sub
