Re: ParentShape! Help please. (Visio 2007)

Hello Bob,

The example uses two shapes that it calls (for want of better terms) Parent
and Child. You could actually name your shapes as such but more likely is
that they'll have real ID values

In this case you're entering a formula into the Child shape, whose really ID
might be something like ***.2, so that it tracks the position of the
Parent shape (possibly ***.1). Right click on your first shape that you
want to track and select Format / Special... Make a note of its ID
property, which is at the top. The example calls this shape the parent
shape, So if your ID is 1 say, then your shape reference that you place in
the child shape PinX cell should be "***.1!PinX".

A further point is that the example formula references a two User cells.
These needs to be in place before you add the PinX/Y formulae otherwise
you'll get an error as you're trying to reference a cell that isn't there.

Best regards

John


John Goldsmith
www.visualSignals.co.uk

"Lucky Bob" <LuckyBob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The SETATREF Function
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms425563.aspx)

Uses ParentShape!PinX in it's second example. but I just get error in
formula if I try and use it as in the example or on its own.

when I search for ParentShape! it seems like everyone wants this but that
it
doesn't exist!

Does it? if so any idea why it won't work


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