FieldCategory property

Microsoft Visio Developer Reference

FieldCategory property

   Example   

Returns the field category for a field represented by an object.

Version added

3.0

Syntax

intRet = object.FieldCategory

intRet

Integer. The field category.

object

Required. An expression that returns a Characters object.

Remarks

If the Characters object does not contain a field or contains non-field characters, the FieldCategory property returns an exception. Check the IsField property of the Characters object before getting its FieldCategory property.

Field categories correspond to those in the Category list in the Field dialog box (click Field on the Insert menu).

To add a custom field, use the AddCustomField method.

The following constants for field categories are declared by the Visio type library in VisFieldCategories.

Constant

Value

visFCatCustom

0

visFCatDateTime

1

visFCatDocument

2

visFCatGeometry

3

visFCatObject

4

visFCatPage

5