FillFormat.GradientDegree Property

Returns a Single indicating how dark or light a one-color gradient fill is. A value of 0 (zero) means that black is mixed in with the shape's foreground color to form the gradient; a value of 1 means that white is mixed in; and values between 0 and 1 mean that a darker or lighter shade of the foreground color is mixed in. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.GradientDegree

expression   A variable that represents a FillFormat object.

Return Value
Single

Remarks

Use the OneColorGradient method to set the gradient degree for the fill.

Example

This example adds a rectangle to the active publication and sets the degree of its fill gradient to match that of the shape named Rectangle 2. If Rectangle 2 doesn't have a one-color gradient fill, this example generates an error.

  Dim sngDegree As Single
With ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes
' Store degree of one-color gradient.
sngDegree = .Item("Rectangle 2").Fill.GradientDegree
' Add new rectangle.
With .AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, 0, 0, 40, 80).Fill
' Set color and gradient for new rectangle.
.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(128, 0, 0)
.OneColorGradient Style:=msoGradientHorizontal, _
Variant:=1, Degree:=sngDegree
End With
End With

See Also

• FillFormat Object
• FillFormat Object Members