FormulaForceU Property [Visio 2003 SDK Documentation]

Sets the universal syntax formula in a Cell object, even if the formula is protected with a GUARD function.

object**.FormulaForceU** = stringExpression

object     Required. An expression that returns a Cell object.

stringExpression     Required String. The new formula for the cell.

Version added

2.0

Remarks

Many of the SmartShapes symbols provided with Microsoft Office Visio have guarded cells to maintain their smart behavior. When you change the formula in a guarded cell, the shape's behavior might change in unexpected ways.

Note  Beginning with Microsoft Visio 2000, you can use both local and universal names to refer to Visio shapes, masters, documents, pages, rows, add-ons, cells, hyperlinks, styles, fonts, master shortcuts, UI objects, and layers. When a user names a shape, for example, the user is specifying a local name. Beginning with Microsoft Office Visio 2003, the ShapeSheet spreadsheet displays only universal names in cell formulas and values. (In prior versions, universal names were not visible in the user interface.)

As a developer, you can use universal names in a program when you don't want to change a name each time a solution is localized. Use the FormulaForce property when you want to use local syntax in the formula. Use the FormulaForceU property when you want to use universal syntax in the formula.

Applies to | Cell object