Determines whether a dashed outline is used to draw a shape when a shape has no line or fill. Read/write VgTriState.

Applies To

Shape

Tag Syntax

<v:element o:forcedash="expression">

Remarks

Used by Microsoft PowerPoint placeholders to draw a dashed outline when there is no line and no fill for a shape. Default is False. If True, a dashed outline will be used to indicate a placeholder.

Microsoft Office Extensions Attribute

Example

A dashed line will be used to render the shape if there is no line or fill.

   <v:rect id=myrect fillcolor="red" o:forcedash="True"
   style="position:relative;top:1;left:1;width:20;height:20">
   </v:rect>