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 within the same layer.


Parameters	Description
Shape	Identifies the shape that has another shape placed in front of it in the stacking order

The following code 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