ValidationRule.TargetType Property (Visio)

Determines the type of object to which the validation rule applies. Read/write.

Version Information

Version Added: Visio 2010

Syntax

expression .TargetType

expression A variable that represents a ValidationRule object.

Return Value

VisRuleTargets

Remarks

Valid validation-rule targets include documents, pages, and shapes. The TargetType property value must be one of the following VisRuleTargets constants.

Constant

Value

Description

visRuleTargetShape

0

The rule applies to shapes in the document.

visRuleTargetPage

1

The rule applies to pages in the document.

visRuleTargetDocument

2

The rule applies to the document itself.

If you pass any other value to the TargetType property, Visio returns an invalid-parameter error.

Example

The following Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example shows how to use the TargetType property to specify the type of object to which the validation rule named "Unglued2DShape" should apply.

Set vsoValidationRule = vsoValidationRuleSet.Rules.Add("Unglued2DShape")
vsoValidationRule.TargetType = Visio.VisRuleTargets.visRuleTargetShape