Microsoft KB Archive/238564

= XL97: AutoShape Lines Created in Macro Are Not Horizontal or Vertical =

Article ID: 238564

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q238564



SYMPTOMS
When you use a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro to create horizontal or vertical lines, they may appear to be broken or offset. Also, they may appear as diagonal or slanted lines when printed.



CAUSE
This behavior may occur when the following conditions are true:


 * You use a Visual Basic for Applications macro to create the line.

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 * You use the AddLine Method to draw the line.

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 * The lines are very short.



WORKAROUND
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For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

Use the AddPolyline method instead of the AddLine method to draw the line. For example, instead of using the following code ActiveChart.Shapes.AddLine 40, 200, 100, 400 use the following code to create the same line: Sub Add_Vertical_Line Dim myArray(1 To 2, 1 To 2) As Single

myArray(1, 1) = 40 myArray(1, 2) = 200 myArray(2, 1) = 100 myArray(2, 2) = 400

ActiveChart.Shapes.AddPolyline (myArray) End Sub



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: xl97 vba addline addpolyline horizontal vertical offset diagonal jaggy jagged

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB238564

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