How do I to format fill for a picture using VBA?

OaklandJim

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I have code below. It copies some cells in one worksheet (Inputs), then pastes them as a picture into another worksheet (Report). It is transparent after the paste but I want it to not be transparent and I want it to have fill of white. I tried approaches that I could think of but get "Object does not support this property or method" error. What basic concept/syntax am I missing?

VBA Code:
Sub PictureOfTopToReport()

    Dim wsInput As Worksheet
    
    Dim wsReport As Worksheet
    
    Dim picTop As Picture
    
    Dim sPicTopName As String
    
    Set wsInput = Worksheets("Inputs")
    
    Set wsReport = Worksheets("Report")
    
    sPicTopName = "TopPart"
    
    wsInput.Range("A1:AK19").Copy
    
    With wsReport
        .Activate
        .Range("A1").Activate
        Set picTop = .Pictures.Paste
        picTop.Name = sPicTopName
    End With
    
    Application.CutCopyMode = False
    
'   Code below causes "Object does not support this property or method" errors
    With picTop
        .Visible = msoTrue
        .ForeColor.ObjectThemeColor = msoThemeColorBackground1
        .ForeColor.TintAndShade = 0
        .ForeColor.Brightness = 0
        .Transparency = 0
        .Solid
    End With

    With wsReport.Shapes(picTop.Name)
        .Visible = msoTrue
        .ForeColor.ObjectThemeColor = msoThemeColorBackground1
        .ForeColor.TintAndShade = 0
        .ForeColor.Brightness = 0
        .Transparency = 0
        .Solid
    End With

End Sub
 

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VBA Code:
    With wsReport.Shapes.Range(Array(sPicTopName))
        .Visible = msoTrue
        With .Fill
            .ForeColor.ObjectThemeColor = msoThemeColorBackground1
            .ForeColor.TintAndShade = 0
            .ForeColor.Brightness = 0
            .Transparency = 0
            .Solid
        End With
    End With
 
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Try:

VBA Code:
Sub PictureOfTopToReport()
  Dim wsInput As Worksheet, wsReport As Worksheet
  Dim picTop As Picture
  Dim sPicTopName As String
  
  Set wsInput = Worksheets("Inputs")
  Set wsReport = Worksheets("Report")
  
  sPicTopName = "TopPart"
  wsInput.Range("A1:AK19").Copy
  
  With wsReport
    .Activate
    .Range("A1").Activate
    Set picTop = .Pictures.Paste
    picTop.Name = sPicTopName
  End With
  
  Application.CutCopyMode = False
  
  With picTop.ShapeRange.Fill
    .Visible = msoTrue
    .ForeColor.RGB = RGB(255, 255, 255)     'white
    .Transparency = 0
  End With
End Sub
 
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Solution
DanteAmor: I figured that out after my last post. Thank you for the assist!

VBA Code:
    With picTop.ShapeRange
        .Visible = msoTrue
        With .Fill
            .ForeColor.ObjectThemeColor = msoThemeColorBackground1
            .ForeColor.TintAndShade = 0
            .ForeColor.Brightness = 0
            .Transparency = 0
            .Solid
        End With
    End With
 
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