MsoType for converted Smartshape Rectangles

[Drofidnas]

Hi

I'm writing some code to convert a SmartArt organisation chart to shapes and then extract the text.
The converted rectangles don't appear to be msoShapeRectangles though.
They are called Freeform xx which isn't a valid mso type.

Any idea what they might be?!

Thanks

Chris

 

[pgc01]

Re: MsoType for converted Smartshape Recrangles

Hi

They are MsoFreeform. You get them when you draw a polyline.
In the Ribbon->Insert->Shapes you can click on the symbol that has the tooltip Freeform.
You just click on vertices and the tool connects them automatically with segment lines (can also be with curved lines).

Record a macro and build one to see how the code works.
It starts by creating a FreeformBuilder Object and then adds the vertices. At the end it converts to a shape.

 

[Drofidnas]

That's great - thanks very much!
Even with my embarrassing title typo you knew what I meant.

 

[pgc01]

I'm glad it helped.

Even with my embarrassing title typo you knew what I meant.

Oh! Well, the answer to the Recrangles question was easy. For the Rectangles question I'll need more time.