Char class

Char class

Contains the formatting attributes for the shape’s text, such as font, color, text style, case, position relative to the baseline, and point size.

The Char type exposes the following members:

Constructors

Constructor Description
Char() Constructor.

Properties

Property Description
ix The zero-based index of the element within its parent element.
font Specifies the ID number of the font used to format the text.
font_name It specified the font name of the font used to format the text.It is using for visio 2013
color When contained in a Char element, the Color element.
style Specifies the character formatting applied to a range of text in the shape’s text block.
case Determines the case of a shape’s text.
pos Specifies the position of the shape’s text relative to the baseline.
font_scale Specifies the font width.
locale It specified the locale of the text run for spell-checking purposes.
size Specifies the size of the text in the shape’s text block.
dbl_underline Specifies whether the range of text has a double underline below it.
overline Specifies whether the text has a line above it.
highlight It specified highlight.
perpendicular It specified whether a text field appears perpendicular to the other text in a text block.
strikethru Specifies whether the text is formatted as strikethrough.
double_strikethrough Determines whether text is formatted as double strikethrough.
rtl_text Determines if the text direction of the current character run is left to right or right to left.
use_vertical Determines whether the character run is vertical or horizontal.
letterspace Specifies the amount of space between two or more characters. Space can be added or subtracted in 1/20th point increments.
color_trans Determines the degree of transparency for a layer or shape’s text color, from 0 (completely opaque) to 1 (completely transparent).
asian_font Specifies the ID number of the font used to format text containing Asian characters.
asian_font_name It specified the asian font name of the font used to format the text.It is using for visio 2013
localize_font Specifies whether the shape text should be localized (translated into another language).
is_double_underline Indicating whether the font is double underline.
is_subscript Indicating whether the font is subscript.
is_superscript Indicating whether the font is superscript.
is_strikethrough Indicating whether the font is strikethrough.
is_double_strikethrough Indicating whether the font is doubleStrikethrough.
is_underline Indicating whether the font is underline.
is_italic Indicating whether the font is italic.
is_bold Indicating whether the font is bold.
complex_script_size The size of the font used to format text composed of complex script characters. Complex scripts are languages whose characters require ligation or shaping, such as the right-to-left languages (Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew, and Urdu) and several South Asian languages.
complex_script_font Contains the number of the font used to format text composed of complex script characters. Complex scripts are languages whose characters require ligation or shaping, such as the right-to-left languages (Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew, and Urdu) and several South Asian languages.
complex_script_font_name It specified the ComplexScript font name of the font used to format the text.It is using for visio 2013
lang_id Indicates the locale ID (LCID) of the language in which the cell formula, text, custom property, or comment was entered.
For a list of languages supported by Microsoft Office applications and their corresponding language IDs, see the DocLangID element.

Methods

Method Description
clone() Creates deep copy of this instance.

See Also