CreatePlateCollection Method

Microsoft Publisher Visual Basic

collection that represents a new collection of plates for commercial print separations.

expression.CreatePlateCollection(Mode)

expression    Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Mode   Required PbColorMode. Indicates the type of plates to create.

PbColorMode can be one of these PbColorMode constants.
pbColorModeBW
pbColorModeDesktop
pbColorModeProcess
pbColorModeSpot
pbColorModeSpotAndProcess

Example

This example creates a new spot-color plate collection and adds a plate to it.

Sub AddNewPlates()
    Dim plts As Plates
    Set plts = ActiveDocument.CreatePlateCollection(pbColorModeSpot)
    plts.Add
    With plts(1)
        .Color.RGB = RGB(Red:=255, Green:=0, Blue:=0)
        .Luminance = 4
    End With
End Sub