Missing Method for GroupShape?

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1

Hello,
I wonder why the class GroupShape doesn’t have the method “getStoryType” like implemented for simple Shapes.

Shouldn’t that be a feature of their common parent class “ShapeBase”?

So long,
Tom

2

Hi Tom,
Thanks for your request. GroupShape cannot be a Story. Story is a base class for elements that contain block-level nodes Paragraph and Table. Since, GroupShape can contain only other Shapes it is not Story and that is why it does not have StoryType property.
Best regards,

3

Hello Alexey,
thx for your fast response.

Ah I see! I used this method the wrong way. I thought I could use it to determine if the shape itself is placed within header, footer or body of a document.

So, by the way, is it possible to check in which story a shape is placed?

So long,
Tom

4

Hi Tom,
Thanks for your request. I think, you can simply try to get an ancestor of the shape of the specific type. If ancestor of this type is not null then shape is a child of this ancestor. For example:

///
/// Returns true if the node is onside HeaderFooter.
///
private bool IsHeaderFooterChild(Node node)
{
    return node.GetAncestor(NodeType.HeaderFooter) != null;
}

Hope this helps.
Best regards,

5

Jepp, that’s it!

I should have worked out that myself. :-S

Thx for your fast help.

So long,
Tom