AnchorPattern.SetArrowStyleForPoint Method

Defines the Style and number of Segments to use for arrows that a user draws from the specified anchor point.

 Syntax

VB6

Public Sub SetArrowStyleForPoint( _
    ByVal Index As Long, _
    ByVal ArrowStyle As EArrowStyle, _
    ByVal SegmentCount As Integer _
)

C++

public:
void SetArrowStyleForPoint (
    int Index,
    EArrowStyle ArrowStyle,
    short SegmentCount
)

 Parameters

Index

The index of an anchor point in this pattern.

ArrowStyle

Defines the style of arrows to draw from the specified point.

SegmentCount

Defines the number of segments that arrows drawn from the specified point have.

 Remarks

These properties are applied only to arrows going out of the point. If no style is set for an anchor point, the default values set in the ArrowStyle and ArrowSegments properties of FlowChart are used.

 Example

Arrows drawn from the bottom-most point of the anchor pattern defined below will have asPerpendicular style and 3 segments.

VB6

Private Sub Form_Load()

    Dim ap As AnchorPattern

    ap = New AnchorPattern
    ap.AddAnchorPoint 50, 0, True, False, msCross, vbBlue
    ap.AddAnchorPoint 100, 50, False, True, msCircle, vbGreen
    ap.AddAnchorPoint 50, 100, False, True, msCircle, vbGreen
    ap.SetArrowStyleForPoint 2, asPerpendicular, 3
    ap.PatternId = "mixed"

End Sub

Private Sub fcx_BoxCreated(ByVal box As FLOWCHARTLibCtl.IBoxItem)

    box.AnchorPattern = fcx.AnchorPatterns("mixed")

End Sub