Shape.OrderFrontOf

Sub OrderFrontOf(Shape As Shape)

Member of Shape

The OrderFrontOf method places a shape in front of a specified shape in the stacking order of the same layer.


Parameter	Description
Shape	Specifies the shape to have another shape placed in front of it in the stacking order

The following VBA example creates a gray rectangle in front of the selected shape, and it then moves the selected shape in front of the rectangle.

Sub Test()

Dim s As Shape, r As Shape

Dim x As Double, y As Double, sx As Double, sy As Double

If ActiveSelection.Shapes.Count = 1 Then

Set s = ActiveLayer.CreateEllipse(2, 2, 5, 5)

s.GetBoundingBox x, y, sx, sy

Set r = ActiveLayer.CreateRectangle2(x, y, sx, sy)

r.Fill.UniformColor.RGBAssign 225, 225, 225

s.OrderFrontOf r

End If

End Sub