IsEmpty Property

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IsEmpty Property

Returns a MsoTriState constant that represents whether the specified shape is an empty picture frame. Read-only.

MsoTriState can be one of these MsoTriState constants.
msoCTrue Not used with this property.
msoFalse The shape is not a empty picture frame.
msoTriStateMixed Indicates a combination of msoTrue and msoFalse for the specified shape range.
msoTriStateToggle Not used with this property.
msoTrue The specified shape is an empty picture frame.

expression.IsEmpty()

expression    Required. An expression that returns a PictureFrame object.

Example

The following example tests each picture in the active publication, and if it is not an empty picture frame, prints selected image properties for the picture.

    Dim pgLoop As Page
Dim shpLoop As Shape

For Each pgLoop In ActiveDocument.Pages
    For Each shpLoop In pgLoop.Shapes
        If shpLoop.Type = pbPicture Or shpLoop.Type = pbLinkedPicture Then
        
            With shpLoop.PictureFormat

                   If .IsEmpty = msoFalse Then

                        Debug.Print "File Name: " & .Filename
                        Debug.Print "Horizontal Scaling: " & .HorizontalScale & "%"
                        Debug.Print "Vertical Scaling: " & .VerticalScale & "%"
                        Debug.Print "File size in publication: " & .FileSize & " bytes"

                   End If

            End With
        End If
    Next shpLoop
Next pgLoop