Parent property (Shape object)
Determines the parent of a Shape object.
Version added
2002
Syntax
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objRet |
The parent of the object. |
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object |
Required. An expression that returns a Shape object. |
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objExpression |
Required. The new parent of the object. |
Remarks
In general, an object's parent is the object that contains it. If a Shape object is a member of a group, the parent is that group. Otherwise, its parent is a Page or a Master object.
When assigning a new parent shape, you must assign a Shape object. If you want to assign a page or master to be the parent of a shape, you must assign the Shape object returned by the Page or Master object's PageSheet property.
A shape and its parent shape must be in the same containing page or containing master. If the new parent is not a Shape object, or if the ContainingPage or ContainingMaster property of the parent shape is different from that of the shape, Visio raises an exception.