GroupShapes.vb
''
'' This code is part of Document Solutions for Word demos.
'' Copyright (c) MESCIUS inc. All rights reserved.
''
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Linq
Imports GrapeCity.Documents.Word

'' This sample demonstrates the use of group shapes.
'' Group shapes allow to group several shapes, 
'' and apply the same settings (such as fills)
'' to all grouped shapes at once.
Public Class GroupShapes
    Function CreateDocx() As GcWordDocument
        '' Layout constants:
        Const N = 12
        Const NCOLS = 3
        Const NROWS = 4
        Const SIDEX = 130
        Const SIDEY = 120
        Const DX = 6
        Const DY = 4

        Dim doc = New GcWordDocument()

        '' Add a few ungrouped shapes to the document:
        Dim shapes = AddGeometryTypes(doc, New SizeF(SIDEX, SIDEY), N, True, False)

        '' Spread out the shapes:
        For i = 0 To NROWS - 1
            For j = 0 To NCOLS - 1
                Dim k = i * NCOLS + j
                If (k >= N) Then
                    Exit For
                End If
                shapes(k).Position.Horizontal.Offset = (SIDEX + DX) * j
                shapes(k).Position.Vertical.Offset = (SIDEY + DY) * i
            Next
        Next

        '' Add the title:
        doc.Body.Paragraphs.Insert("Group shape with an image fill", doc.Styles(BuiltInStyleId.Title), InsertLocation.Start)

        '' Add the group containing all added shapes:
        Dim group As GroupShape
        Using shapesRange = doc.Body.GetPersistentRange(shapes(0).Start, shapes.Last().End)
            group = shapesRange.GroupShapes.Insert(RangeLocation.Whole)
        End Using

        '' Adjust the group's size:
        group.Size.Width.Value = SIDEX * NCOLS + DX * (NCOLS - 1)
        group.Size.Height.Value = SIDEY * NROWS + DY * (NROWS - 1)

        '' Create an image fill on the group shape:
        group.Fill.Type = FillType.Image
        Dim bytes = File.ReadAllBytes(Path.Combine("Resources", "Images", "roofs.jpg"))
        group.Fill.ImageFill.SetImage(bytes, "image/jpeg")
        '' And apply it to the group:
        group.ApplyGroupFill()

        Return doc
    End Function

    ''' <summary>
    ''' Adds a paragraph with a single empty run, and adds a shape for each available GeometryType.
    ''' The fill and line colors of the shapes are varied.
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <param name="doc">The target document.</param>
    ''' <param name="size">The size of shapes to create.</param>
    ''' <param name="count">The maximum number of shapes to create (-1 for no limit).</param>
    ''' <param name="skipUnfillable">Add only shapes that support fills.</param>
    ''' <param name="noNames">Do not add geometry names as shape text frames.</param>
    ''' <returns>The list of shapes added to the document.</returns>
    Private Shared Function AddGeometryTypes(doc As GcWordDocument, size As SizeF, Optional count As Integer = -1, Optional skipUnfillable As Boolean = False, Optional noNames As Boolean = False) As List(Of Shape)

        '' Line and fill colors:
        Dim lines = New Color() {Color.Blue, Color.SlateBlue, Color.Navy, Color.Indigo, Color.BlueViolet, Color.CadetBlue}
        Dim line = 0
        Dim fills = New Color() {Color.MistyRose, Color.BurlyWood, Color.Coral, Color.Goldenrod, Color.Orchid, Color.Orange, Color.PaleVioletRed}
        Dim fill = 0

        '' The supported geometry types:
        Dim geoms As GeometryType() = [Enum].GetValues(GetType(GeometryType))

        '' Add a paragraph and a run where the shapes will live:
        doc.Body.Paragraphs.Add("")
        Dim run = doc.Body.Runs.Last

        Dim shapes = New List(Of Shape)
        For Each g In geoms
            '' Line geometries do not support fills:
            If skipUnfillable AndAlso g.IsLineGeometry() Then
                Continue For
            End If
            If count = 0 Then
                Exit For
            End If
            count -= 1

            Dim w = size.Width, h = size.Height
            Dim shape = run.GetRange().Shapes.Add(w, h, g)
            If Not g.IsLineGeometry() Then
                shape.Fill.Type = FillType.Solid
                If fill < fills.Length - 1 Then
                    fill += 1
                Else
                    fill = 0
                End If
                shape.Fill.SolidFill.RGB = fills(fill)
            End If
            shape.Line.Width = 3
            If line < lines.Length - 1 Then
                line += 1
            Else
                line = 0
            End If
            shape.Line.Fill.SolidFill.RGB = lines(line)
            If Not noNames AndAlso g.TextFrameSupported() Then
                shape.AddTextFrame(g.ToString())
            End If
            shape.AlternativeText = $"This is shape {g}"
            shape.Size.EffectExtent.AllEdges = 8
            shapes.Add(shape)
        Next
        Return shapes
    End Function
End Class