ChildShapeRange Property

expression.ChildShapeRange

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

Example

This example creates a new document with a drawing canvas, populates the drawing canvas with shapes, and selects the shapes added to the canvas. Then after checking that the shapes selected are child shapes, it fills the child shapes with a pattern.

Sub ChildShapes()
    Dim sldNew As Slide
    Dim shpCanvas As Shape

    'Create a new slide with a drawing canvas and shapes
    Set sldNew = Presentations(1).Slides _
        .Add(Index:=1, Layout:=ppLayoutBlank)
    Set shpCanvas = sldNew.Shapes.AddCanvas( _
        Left:=100, Top:=100, Width:=200, Height:=200)

    With shpCanvas.CanvasItems
        .AddShape msoShapeRectangle, Left:=0, Top:=0, _
            Width:=100, Height:=100
        .AddShape msoShapeOval, Left:=0, Top:=50, _
            Width:=100, Height:=100
        .AddShape msoShapeDiamond, Left:=0, Top:=100, _
            Width:=100, Height:=100
    End With

    'Select all shapes in the canvas
    shpCanvas.CanvasItems.SelectAll

    'Fill canvas child shapes with a pattern
    With ActiveWindow.Selection

        If .HasChildShapeRange = True Then
            .ChildShapeRange.Fill.Patterned Pattern:=msoPatternDivot
        Else
            MsgBox "This is not a range of child shapes."
        End If

    End With

End Sub