Visionary User's Guide

Visionary User's Guide
Appendix B: Data Types, Casts, and Value Formats

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Enumerated Types

Enumerated types such as fill types, line styles, and alignments can be specified in integer format or in descriptive text. The descriptive text options are provided in list boxes by the Object Inspector, and are treated as integers when used in calculations. The following enumerated types are common to many properties.


Enumerated Type	Descriptive Text Option	Integer Value
LineStyle	Solid	0
	Dash	1
	Dot	2
	DashDot	3
	DashDotDot	4
	Null	5
FillStyle (including GainFillStyle, LossFillStyle, and FillPattern)	Unfilled	0
	Solid	1
	Horizontal	2
	Vertical	3
	ForwardDiagonal	4
	BackwardDiagonal	5
	CrossHatch	6
	DiagonalHatch	7
BorderType	NoBorder	0
	SingleBorder	1
	SunkenBorder	2
	RaisedBorder	3
	TabbedBorder	4

The following additional Enum types are listed for the specific property to which they apply, according to the object to which they belong:

Scale
FromAttachment
ToAttachment
Shape
LocationAnchor
HorizAlign
VertAlign

See Appendix A for descriptions of objects, their properties, and required data types.

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