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ShapeSheet. Category Events and actions control flow

Note

This table contain only functions which included in table for similar category in the book MS Visio 2003 Developer’s Survival Pack by Graham Wideman (see chapter 37).

The version information in which the function was added is taken from John's Goldsmith article Visio ShapeSheet Functions by Version

Name

Details

DEFAULTEVENT

Version Added: Pre 2003

Performs the default event associated with the object.

Syntax

DEFAULTEVENT( )

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GOTOPAGE

Version Added: Pre 2003

Displays the page that has the name pagename in the currently active window.

Syntax

GOTOPAGE("pagename")

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HELP

Version Added: Pre 2003

Opens an HTML Help file with the specifed keyword in the Search box.

Syntax

HELP("filename.chm!keyword")

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HYPERLINK

Version Added: Pre 2003

Navigates to the specified address, which can be a file, UNC, or URL path.

Syntax

HYPERLINK("address"[,"subaddress","extrainfo",window,"frame"])

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OPENFILE

Version Added: Pre 2003

Opens a Microsoft Visio document, if it's not already open, and activates the document window.

Syntax

OPENFILE("filename")

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OPENGROUPWIN

Version Added: Pre 2003

Opens the group in the group window. If the object is not a group, this function does nothing.

Syntax

OPENGROUPWIN( )

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OPENSHEETWIN

Version Added: Pre 2003

Opens the ShapeSheet window in a new window.

Syntax

OPENSHEETWIN( )

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OPENTEXTWIN

Version Added: Pre 2003

Opens the shape's text block so that the text can be edited.

Syntax

OPENTEXTWIN( )

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PLAYSOUND

Version Added: Pre 2003

Plays a sound file or system sound.

Syntax

PLAYSOUND("filename"|"alias",isAlias,beep,synch)

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QUEUEMARKEREVENT

Version Added: 2003

Causes the application to fire a marker event to your add-on, Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code, or COM add-in.

Syntax

QUEUEMARKEREVENT (event_string )

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