CanvasShapes.AddCallout Method 

Adds a borderless line callout to a drawing canvas.

Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word (in microsoft.office.interop.word.dll)

Usage

Dim Type As MsoCalloutType
Dim Left As Single
Dim Top As Single
Dim Width As Single
Dim Height As Single
Dim returnValue As Shape
Dim canvasShapes1 As CanvasShapes
returnValue = canvasShapes1.AddCallout(Type, Left, Top, Width, Height)

Syntax

Function AddCallout( _
    <InAttribute()> ByVal Type As MsoCalloutType, _
    <InAttribute()> ByVal Left As Single, _
    <InAttribute()> ByVal Top As Single, _
    <InAttribute()> ByVal Width As Single, _
    <InAttribute()> ByVal Height As Single _
) As Shape

Shape AddCallout(
    [In] MsoCalloutType Type, 
    [In] float Left, 
    [In] float Top, 
    [In] float Width, 
    [In] float Height
);

public: Shape^ AddCallout(
    MsoCalloutType^ Type, 
    Single Left, 
    Single Top, 
    Single Width, 
    Single Height
);

public Shape AddCallout(
    /*in*/MsoCalloutType Type, 
    /*in*/float Left, 
    /*in*/float Top, 
    /*in*/float Width, 
    /*in*/float Height
);

function AddCallout(
     Type : MsoCalloutType, 
     Left : float, 
     Top : float, 
     Width : float, 
     Height : float
) : Shape;

Parameters

• Type
  The type of callout.

• Left
  The position, in points, of the left edge of the callout's bounding box.

• Top
  The position, in points, of the top edge of the callout's bounding box.

• Width
  The width, in points, of the callout's bounding box.

• Height
  The height, in points, of the callout's bounding box.

Remarks

You can insert a greater variety of callouts, such as balloons and clouds, using the AddShape method.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003, and Windows 2000

Target Platforms

See Also

Reference

CanvasShapes Interface
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word Namespace

Other Resources

CanvasShapes Members