UICat Element

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Visio XML Reference

Specifies the category of an inserted field in versions of Microsoft Office Visio earlier than Visio 2000.

Syntax

  <UICat
    [Unit]
    [F]
    [Err]>
</UICat>

Attributes

Unit

Optional string. Represents a unit of measure. The default is NUM. For details about NUM, see Units of measure.

F

Optional string. Represents the element's formula. This attribute can contain one of the following strings: "someFormula" if the formula exists locally, "No Formula" if the formula is locally deleted or blocked, or "Inh" if the formula is inherited.

If the attribute is not present, the element's formula is a simple constant, for example, <element>5</element>.

Err

Optional string. Indicates that the formula evaluates to an error. The value of Err is the current value (an error message string); the value of the element is the last valid value.

Element properties

Property Value
Name UICat 
Minimum Occurrences 0 
Maximum Occurrences 1 

Element information

Parent elements

Field

Child elements

None

Remarks

Use this element if you need to deal with backward capability issues, such as saving a Visio 2000 drawing in Visio 5.0 file format.

The UICat element is relevant only when contained in a Shape element. It is ignored when contained in a DocumentSheet, PageSheet, or StyleSheet element.

See also

UICategory cell (Text Fields section)