Shapes.AddPolyline Method (Word)

Adds an open or closed polygon to a drawing canvas. Returns a Shape object that represents the polygon and adds it to the CanvasShapes collection.

Syntax

expression .AddPolyline(SafeArrayOfPoints)

expression Required. A variable that represents a Shapes collection.

Parameters

Remarks

To form a closed polygon, assign the same coordinates to the first and last vertices in the polyline drawing.

Example

This example creates a V-shaped open polyline in a new drawing canvas.

Sub NewCanvasPolyline() 
 Dim docNew As Document 
 Dim shpCanvas As Shape 
 Dim sngArray(1 To 3, 1 To 2) As Single 
 
 'Creates a new document and adds a drawing canvas 
 Set docNew = Documents.Add 
 Set shpCanvas = docNew.Shapes.AddCanvas( _ 
 Left:=100, Top:=75, Width:=200, Height:=300) 
 
 'Sets the coordinates of the array 
 sngArray(1, 1) = 100 
 sngArray(1, 2) = 75 
 sngArray(2, 1) = 150 
 sngArray(2, 2) = 100 
 sngArray(3, 1) = 100 
 sngArray(3, 2) = 125 
 
 'Adds a V-shaped open polyline to the drawing canvas 
 shpCanvas.CanvasItems.AddPolyline SafeArrayOfPoints:=sngArray 
End Sub

See Also

Concepts

Shapes Collection Object

Shapes Object Members