Shape.LinkToData Method

Links a shape to a data row in a data recordset.

Note
This Visio object or member is available only to licensed users of Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007.

Version Information
 Version Added:  Visio 2007

Syntax

expression.LinkToData(DataRecordsetID, RowID, AutoApplyDataGraphics)

expression   An expression that returns a Shape object.

Parameters

Return Value
Nothing

Remarks

The Shape.LinkToData method functions much like the same method of the Selection object, Selection.LinkToData, except that it links a single shape, instead of a selection of shapes, to a single data row.

If you pass True for the AutoApplyDataGraphics parameter, Microsoft Office Visio re-applies the existing data graphic to a shape if it already had a data graphic applied before you called the method. For a shape that previously had no data graphic, Visio applies the data graphic most recently applied to any other shape in the current document.

Example

The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro shows how to use the LinkToData method to link a shape to a data row.

Before running this macro, add at least one data recordset to the DataRecordsets collection of the document. The macro uses the ID of the data recordset most recently added to the collection. It draws a rectangle shape on the page and links it to the data in the first row of the data recordset, while applying the default data graphic to the shape.

  Public Sub LinkToData_Example()
Dim vsoDataRecordset As Visio.DataRecordset
Dim vsoShape As Visio.Shape
Dim intCount As Integer

intCount = Visio.ActiveDocument.DataRecordsets.Count
Set vsoDataRecordset = Visio.ActiveDocument.DataRecordsets(intCount)

Set vsoShape = ActivePage.DrawRectangle(2, 2, 5, 5)

vsoShape.LinkToData vsoDataRecordset.ID, 1, True

End Sub

See Also

• Shape Object
• Shape Object Members