Shape.OrderIsInFrontOf

Function OrderIsInFrontOf(Shape As Shape) As Boolean

Member of Shape

The OrderIsInFrontOf method determines whether a shape is in front of a specified shape in the stacking order.


Parameter	Description
Shape	Specifies the shape to be checked, to determine whether another shape is in front of it (that is, above it) in the stacking order

The following VBA example fills, with red, all shapes above the selected one.

Sub Test()

Dim s As Shape, ss As Shape

Set s = ActiveShape

For Each ss In ActiveLayer.Shapes

If ss.OrderIsInFrontOf(s) And Not ss Is s Then

ss.Fill.UniformColor.RGBAssign 255, 0, 0

End If

Next ss

End Sub