DistanceTop Property

Microsoft Publisher Visual Basic

property of the WrapFormat object is set to pbWrapTypeSquare, returns or sets a Variant that represents the distance (in points) between the document text and the top edge of the specified shape. Read/write.

expression.DistanceTop

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

Example

This example adds an oval to the active document and specifies that the document text wrap around the left and right sides of the square that circumscribes the oval. The example sets a 0.1-inch margin between the document text and the top, bottom, left side, and right side of the square.

Sub AddNewShape()
    Dim shpOval As Shape

    Set shpOval = ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes _
        .AddShape(Type:=msoShapeOval, Left:=36, _
        Top:=36, Width:=100, Height:=35)
    With shpOval.TextWrap
        .Type = pbWrapTypeSquare
        .Side = pbWrapSideBoth
        .DistanceAuto = msoFalse
        .DistanceTop = InchesToPoints(0.1)
        .DistanceBottom = InchesToPoints(0.1)
        .DistanceLeft = InchesToPoints(0.1)
        .DistanceRight = InchesToPoints(0.1)
    End With
End Sub