Parent Property (ServObj, Shape objects)

Read-only. Returns a Shape object that corresponds to the group (parent group) which owns this shape / service object.

Applies to: ServObj object, Shape object

Syntax

[[Set] parentShapeRet =] object.Parent

The Parent property syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object Required. An expression that returns an object in the Applies to list.
parentShapeRet Optional. A Shape type variable.

Remarks

If object is located on a document page, the Parent property returns Nothing as in this case the parent object for this object is the page (the Page property). For shapes inside a library this property always returns Nothing.

 

See Also

Document property, Page property, Page object