Application.QueueMarkerEvent method (Visio)

Queues a MarkerEvent event that fires after all other queued events.

Syntax

expression.QueueMarkerEvent (ContextString)

expression A variable that represents an Application object.

Parameters

Return value

Long

Remarks

The QueueMarkerEvent method works in conjunction with the MarkerEvent event to allow an Automation client to queue an event to itself. The QueueMarkerEvent method causes the application to fire a MarkerEvent event after it has fired all the events in its event queue.

The QueueMarkerEvent method returns the sequence number of the MarkerEvent event to fire, and the string passed to the QueueMarkerEvent method (legally empty) is passed to the MarkerEvent event handler.

A client program can use either the sequence number or the string to correlate QueueMarkerEvent calls with MarkerEvent events. In this way, the client is able to distinguish events it caused and events it did not cause.

Example

Paste this example code into the ThisDocument object and then run the UseMarker procedure. The output will be displayed in the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Immediate window.

 
Dim WithEvents vsoApplication As Visio.Application 
 
Private Sub vsoApplication_MarkerEvent(ByVal app As Visio.IVApplication, _ 
 ByVal SequenceNum As Long, ByVal ContextString As String) 
 
 Debug.Print "Marker: " & app.EventInfo(0) 
 
End Sub 
 
Private Sub vsoApplication_ShapeAdded(ByVal Shape As Visio.IVShape) 
 
 Debug.Print " ShapeAdded: " & Shape.Name 
 
End Sub 
 
Public Sub UseMarker() 
 
 Set vsoApplication = ThisDocument.Application 
 
 'Marker events can be used to comment a segment 
 'of events in the queue. 
 vsoApplication.QueueMarkerEvent "I am starting..." 
 ActivePage.DrawRectangle 0, 0, 3, 3 
 vsoApplication.QueueMarkerEvent "I am finished..." 
 
End Sub

The output in the VBA Immediate window looks like this:

Marker: I am starting...

ShapeAdded: Sheet.1

Marker: I am finished...

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