InlineShapes

[Francisco Lopez]

I'm writing an application that make some operations with some objects stored
as inlineshapes in a word document, but when I insert an Autoshape in Word
XP, and an activeX object (CalendarControl) as an inline object, then
InlineShapes.Count returns 1 (I guess because of the calendar control), but
when I try to get the item with InlineShapes.Item(1), it throws an exception,
saying that the item is out of range.

I must get the CalendarControl with InlineShapes.Item(2), despite that the
count property returned that there are only 1 element (count returned 1).

When I check Shapes.Count it returns 1 as well. (I guess because of the
autoshape)
I must get the AutoShape with Shapes.Item(1);


So it seems that there are 2 collections (InlineShapes and Shapes) that
share the indexes.

Is this a bug?

How could I now which index is a InlineShape and which one is a Shape? in
order to not to get the exception when I use the .Item(index) member?

Thanks.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?RnJhbmNpc2NvIExvcGV6?=,

You can't be using just InlineShapes or Shapes. These have to be the property of
some object (such as Document or Range or Selection). What code are you using,
more exactly? And in which version of Word?

I'm writing an application that make some operations with some objects stored
as inlineshapes in a word document, but when I insert an Autoshape in Word
XP, and an activeX object (CalendarControl) as an inline object, then
InlineShapes.Count returns 1 (I guess because of the calendar control), but
when I try to get the item with InlineShapes.Item(1), it throws an exception,
saying that the item is out of range.

I must get the CalendarControl with InlineShapes.Item(2), despite that the
count property returned that there are only 1 element (count returned 1).

When I check Shapes.Count it returns 1 as well. (I guess because of the
autoshape)
I must get the AutoShape with Shapes.Item(1);


So it seems that there are 2 collections (InlineShapes and Shapes) that
share the indexes.

Is this a bug?

How could I now which index is a InlineShape and which one is a Shape? in
order to not to get the exception when I use the .Item(index) member?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Francisco Lopez]

It fails with Word Xp (2002) and Word 2003.

You must create a word document and insert an autoshape and an inlineshape
as an ActiveX Control (CalendarControl for example- insert- Object -Calendar
control)

This is the code in C#: (It happens the same in any other language)

object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
Word.ApplicationClass oWordApp = new Word.ApplicationClass();

Word.Document oWordDoc = oWordApp.Documents.Open(ref fileName,ref
missing,ref readOnly, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,
ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref isVisible);

int count=oWordDoc.InlineShapes.Count; //This will return 1.

Word.InlineShape shape= oWordDoc.InlineShapes.Item(1); //This will thow the
exception: The requested member of the collection does not exist.

Word.InlineShape shape2= oWordDoc.InlineShapes.Item(2); //This will work.

I think that the first Item sentence should have been worked, because Count
return 1 and it is the first inlineshape, But I must retrieve the calendar
control with Item(2).

How can I know what are the indexs of the items that are inlineShapes?