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Object Model Reference : Classes : T : TextColumns : Properties : TextColumns.Count


TextColumns.Count

Property Count As Long

Description

Member of TextColumns

The Count property returns the number of text columns in a collection.

The Count property returns a read-only value.

VBA example

The following VBA example links frames of paragraph text. In the first frame, it then creates three columns displays the number of columns.

Sub Test()
 Dim s As Shape
 Dim s1 As Shape
 Dim s2 As Shape
 Dim d As Document
 Dim t As Text
 Dim strText As String
 strText = "This is a test. This sentence must be long enough " & _
  "to span across multiple columns in this frame. I am sure " & _
  "that it will cross multiple columns now."
 strText = strText & " This is the next sentence. " & strText
 Set d = CreateDocument
 Set s = d.ActiveLayer.CreateParagraphText(2, 2, 5, 5, strText)
 Set s1 = d.ActiveLayer.CreateParagraphText(5, 5, 8, 8)
 Set s2 = d.ActiveLayer.CreateParagraphText(8, 8, 10, 10)
 Set t = s.Text
 ' Link the frames together
 t.Frame.LinkTo s1
 s1.Text.Frame.LinkTo s2
 ' Set the columns
 t.Frame.SetColumns 3, False, Array(0.7, 0.1, 1, 0.1, 1)
 MsgBox "The column count for the frame is " & t.Frame.Range.Columns.Count
End Sub

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