Flip Method [Visio 2003 SDK Documentation]

Flips selected shapes either as a group or individually about their pins. Returns Nothing.

object**.Flip**(FlipDirection, [FlipType], [BlastGuards],[PinX],[PinY],[PinUnitsNameOrCode])

object    Required. An expression that returns a Selection object that contains the shapes to flip.

FlipDirection   Optional VisFlipDirection. Specifies the direction in which to flip the selection. See Remarks for possible values.

FlipType   Optional VisFlipTypes. Specifes how selection is to be flipped. See Remarks for possible values.

BlastGuards   Optional Boolean. True to override formulas in the ShapeSheet of any of the selected shapes to which the GUARD function has been applied; False to leave guarded formulas unchanged. The default is False.

PinX   Optional Double. When FlipType is visFlipSelectionWithPin, specifies the X-position of the pin about which the selection is to be flipped.

PinY   Optional Double. When FlipType is visFlipSelectionWithPin, specifies the Y-position of the pin about which the selection is to be flipped.

PinUnitsNameOrCode   Optional Variant. Specifies the units to use for PinX and PinY. See Remarks for possible values. The default is inches.

Version added

2003

Remarks

The following possible values for FlipDirection are declared in VisFlipDirection in the Visio type library.

The following possible values for FlipType are declared in VisFlipTypes in the Visio type library.

You can specify PinUnitsNameOrCode as an integer (a member of VisUnitCodes) or a string value such as "inches". If the string is invalid or the unit code is inappropriate (nontextual), an error is generated.

For a complete list of valid unit strings along with corresponding Automation constants (integer values), see About units of measure.

Example

This Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro shows how to use the Flip method to flip a selection horizontally.

Public Sub Flip_Example()

    Dim vsoShape1 As Visio.Shape
    Dim vsoShape2 As Visio.Shape
    
    
    Set vsoShape1 = Application.ActiveWindow.Page.DrawRectangle(1, 9, 3, 7)
    Set vsoShape2 = Application.ActiveWindow.Page.DrawRectangle(3, 6, 5, 5)
    
    ActiveWindow.DeselectAll
    
    ActiveWindow.Select vsoShape1, visSelect
    ActiveWindow.Select vsoShape2, visSelect
  
    
    Application.ActiveWindow.Selection.Flip visFlipHorizontal, visFlipSelection, False

End Sub

Applies to | Selection object

See Also | FlipHorizontal method | FlipVertical method