CanvasShapes.AddShape Method 

Adds an AutoShape to a drawing canvas.

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

Usage

Dim Type As Integer
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.AddShape(Type, Left, Top, Width, Height)

Syntax

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

Shape AddShape(
    [In] int Type, 
    [In] float Left, 
    [In] float Top, 
    [In] float Width, 
    [In] float Height
);

public: Shape^ AddShape(
    Int32 Type, 
    Single Left, 
    Single Top, 
    Single Width, 
    Single Height
);

public Shape AddShape(
    /*in*/int Type, 
    /*in*/float Left, 
    /*in*/float Top, 
    /*in*/float Width, 
    /*in*/float Height
);

function AddShape(
     Type : int, 
     Left : float, 
     Top : float, 
     Width : float, 
     Height : float
) : Shape;

Parameters

• Type
  The type of shape to be returned. Can be any Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoAutoShapeType constant.

• Left
  The position, measured in points, of the left edge of the AutoShape.

• Top
  The position, measured in points, of the top edge of the AutoShape.

• Width
  The width, measured in points, of the AutoShape.

• Height
  The height, measured in points, of the AutoShape.

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