Sample macro to duplicate a page in Visio

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This article was previously published under Q290581

For a Microsoft Visio 2000 version of this article, see 289859 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289859/ ) .

SUMMARY

This article explains how to duplicate a page, along with the shapes on that particular page, by using Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications. The sample code also provides an example of how to use the Page.PageSheet property to get access to a page's ShapeSheet cells.

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Sample code

The following sample code duplicates a page.

Public Sub DuplicateActivePage()
    Dim OriginalPage As Visio.Shape
    Dim DuplicatePage As Visio.Shape
    
    Dim ShapeDropX As Double
    Dim ShapeDropY As Double
    
    Set OriginalPage = ActivePage.PageSheet
    ActiveWindow.SelectAll 'Select everything on the first page...
    ActiveWindow.Group '...then group it all...
    ActiveWindow.Copy '... then copy it to the clipboard.
    
    ShapeDropX = ActiveWindow.Selection(1).Cells("PinX") 
    'Get the new Group's x position.

    ShapeDropY = ActiveWindow.Selection(1).Cells("PinY") 
    'Get the new Group's y position.
    
    Set DuplicatePage = ActiveDocument.Pages.Add.PageSheet 
    'Create the new page.
    
    'Set attributes of the new page to be the same as the original page.
    With DuplicatePage
        .Cells("PageWidth") = OriginalPage.Cells("PageWidth")
        .Cells("PageScale") = OriginalPage.Cells("PageScale")
        .Cells("ShdwOffsetX") = OriginalPage.Cells("ShdwOffsetX")
        .Cells("PageHeight") = OriginalPage.Cells("PageHeight")
        .Cells("DrawingScale") = OriginalPage.Cells("DrawingScale")
        .Cells("ShdwOffsetY") = OriginalPage.Cells("ShdwOffsetY")
        .Cells("DrawingSizeType") = OriginalPage.Cells("DrawingSizeType")
        .Cells("DrawingScaleType") = OriginalPage.Cells("DrawingScaleType")
        .Cells("InhibitSnap") = OriginalPage.Cells("InhibitSnap")
        .Cells("PlaceStyle") = OriginalPage.Cells("PlaceStyle")
        .Cells("PlaceDepth") = OriginalPage.Cells("PlaceDepth")
        .Cells("PlowCode") = OriginalPage.Cells("PlowCode")
        .Cells("ResizePage") = OriginalPage.Cells("ResizePage")
        .Cells("DynamicsOff") = OriginalPage.Cells("DynamicsOff")
        .Cells("EnableGrid") = OriginalPage.Cells("EnableGrid")
        .Cells("CtrlAsInput") = OriginalPage.Cells("CtrlAsInput")
        .Cells("LineAdjustFrom") = OriginalPage.Cells("LineAdjustFrom")
        .Cells("BlockSizeX") = OriginalPage.Cells("BlockSizeX")
        .Cells("BlockSizeY") = OriginalPage.Cells("BlockSizeY")
        .Cells("AvenueSizeX") = OriginalPage.Cells("AvenueSizeX")
        .Cells("AvenueSizeY") = OriginalPage.Cells("AvenueSizeY")
        .Cells("RouteStyle") = OriginalPage.Cells("RouteStyle")
        .Cells("PageLineJumpDirX") = OriginalPage.Cells("PageLineJumpDirX")
        .Cells("PageLineJumpDirY") = OriginalPage.Cells("PageLineJumpDirY")
        .Cells("LineAdjustTo") = OriginalPage.Cells("LineAdjustTo")
        .Cells("LineToNodeX") = OriginalPage.Cells("LineToNodeX")
        .Cells("LineToNodeY") = OriginalPage.Cells("LineToNodeY")
        .Cells("LineToLineX") = OriginalPage.Cells("LineToLineX")
        .Cells("LineToLineY") = OriginalPage.Cells("LineToLineY")
        .Cells("LineJumpFactorX") = OriginalPage.Cells("LineJumpFactorX")
        .Cells("LineJumpFactorY") = OriginalPage.Cells("LineJumpFactorY")
        .Cells("LineJumpCode") = OriginalPage.Cells("LineJumpCode")
        .Cells("LineJumpStyle") = OriginalPage.Cells("LineJumpStyle")
        .Cells("XRulerOrigin") = OriginalPage.Cells("XRulerOrigin")
        .Cells("YRulerOrigin") = OriginalPage.Cells("YRulerOrigin")
        .Cells("XRulerDensity") = OriginalPage.Cells("XRulerDensity")
        .Cells("YRulerDensity") = OriginalPage.Cells("YRulerDensity")
        .Cells("XGridOrigin") = OriginalPage.Cells("XGridOrigin")
        .Cells("YGridOrigin") = OriginalPage.Cells("YGridOrigin")
        .Cells("XGridDensity") = OriginalPage.Cells("XGridDensity")
        .Cells("YGridDensity") = OriginalPage.Cells("YGridDensity")
        .Cells("XGridSpacing") = OriginalPage.Cells("XGridSpacing")
        .Cells("YGridSpacing") = OriginalPage.Cells("YGridSpacing")
    End With
    
    ActivePage.Paste 'Paste the copied group from the Clipboard.
    ActiveWindow.Selection(1).Cells("PinX") = ShapeDropX 
    'Position the group.
    ActiveWindow.Selection(1).Cells("PinY") = ShapeDropY
    ActiveWindow.Selection(1).Ungroup 'Ungroup the group.
    
    ActiveWindow.Page = OriginalPage.ContainingPage.Name 
    'Go back to the original page...

    ActiveWindow.SelectAll '...then select the group...
    ActiveWindow.Selection(1).Ungroup '...and ungroup it...
    ActiveWindow.DeselectAll ' and then deselect all of the shapes.
    
    MsgBox DuplicatePage.ContainingPage.Name & " has been created."
End Sub

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REFERENCES

For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

277011 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/277011/ ) How to run sample code from Knowledge Base articles

Alternatively, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

MSDN Online Visio Development Center (http://msdn.microsoft.com/visio/)

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