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Shape.Type Property

Visio Automation Reference

Returns the type of the object. Read-only.

Version Information
 Version Added:  Visio 2.0

Syntax

expression.Type

expression   A variable that represents a Shape object.

Return Value
Integer

Remarks

Type value constants for Shape objects (the possible values that the Type property of a Shape object returns) are declared by the Visio type library in VisShapeTypes.

If a Shape object is type visTypeForeignObject, use the ForeignType property to determine the type of foreign object represented by the object.

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