ShapeRouteStyle Cell (Shape Layout Section)

Determines the routing style and direction for a selected connector on the drawing page.

Value Routing style Direction Automation constant
0
Use page default
None
visLORouteDefault
1
Right angle
None
visLORouteRightAngle
2
Straight
None
visLORouteStraight
3
Organization chart
Top to bottom
visLORouteOrgChartNS
4
Organization chart
Left to right
visLORouteOrgChartWE
5
Flowchart
Top to bottom
visLORouteFlowchartNS
6
Flowchart
Left to right
visLORouteFlowchartWE
7
Tree
Top to bottom
visLORouteTreeNS
8
Tree
Left to right
visLORouteTreeWE
9
Network
None
visLORouteNetwork
10
Organization chart
Bottom to top
visLORouteOrgChartSN
11
Organization chart
Right to left
visLORouteOrgChartEW
12
Flowchart
Bottom to top
visLORouteFlowchartSN
13
Flowchart
Right to left
visLORouteFlowchartEW
14
Tree
Bottom to top
visLORouteTreeSN
15
Tree
Right to left
visLORouteTreeEW
16
Center to center
None
visLORouteCenterToCenter
17
Simple
Top to bottom
visLORouteSimpleNS
18
Simple
Left to right
visLORouteSimpleWE
19
Simple
Bottom to top
visLORouteSimpleSN
20
Simple
Right to left
visLORouteSimpleEW
21
Simple horizontal-vertical
None
visLORouteSimpleHV
22
Simple vertical-horizontal
None
visLORouteSimpleVH

Remarks

You can also set the value of this cell for a particular connector on the Connector tab in the Behavior dialog box (with a connector selected, click Behavior on the Developer tab, and then click the Connector tab).

To set this behavior for all the connectors on a page, use the RouteStyle cell in the Page Layout section.

In versions earlier than Visio 2000, you set this behavior using the ObjBehavior cell in the Miscellaneous section.

To get a reference to the ShapeRouteStyle cell by name from another formula, or from a program using the CellsU property, use:

Value
Cell name:
ShapeRouteStyle

To get a reference to the ShapeRouteStyle cell by index from a program, use the CellsSRC property with the following arguments:

Value
Section index:
visSectionObject
Row index:
visRowShapeLayout
Cell index:
visSLORouteStyle