gather Method

object.

expression.gather(range)

expression    Required. An expression that returns an IFPStyleState object.

range    Required IHTMLTxtRange object. The text range to be associated with the IFPStyleState object.

Example

The following example inserts a formatted paragraph into the current document, then creates an IFPStyleState object and an IHTMLTxtRange object and uses the gather method of the IFPStyleState object (stored in the objSS variable) to associate the style properties in the IHTMLTxtRange object (stored in the objRng variable). The example then clears existing formatting in the objSS variable and applies a background color.

Sub GatherAndClearStyleProperties()
    Dim objSS As IFPStyleState
    Dim objDoc As FPHTMLDocument
    Dim objRng As IHTMLTxtRange
 
    Set objDoc = ActiveDocument
    
    objDoc.body.innerHTML = "<p><b><i><u>Heading 1</u></i></b></p>"
    Set objSS = objDoc.createStyleState
    Set objRng = objDoc.body.createTextRange
    
    With objSS
        .gather objRng
        .ClearAllFormatting
        .Apply
        .backgroundColor = vbBlue
        .Apply
    End With
    
    Set objSS = Nothing
    Set objDoc = Nothing
    Set objRng = Nothing
End Sub