Publisher.MailMergeDataField.Parent.md

title	keywords	f1_keywords	api_name	ms.assetid	ms.date	ms.localizationpriority
MailMergeDataField.Parent property (Publisher)	vbapb10.chm6422531	vbapb10.chm6422531	Publisher.MailMergeDataField.Parent	cca35fe6-b959-0cfe-85de-347db2655c38	06/11/2019	medium

MailMergeDataField.Parent property (Publisher)

Returns an object that represents the parent object of the specified object. For example, for a TextFrame object, returns a Shape object representing the parent shape of the text frame. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.Parent

expression A variable that represents a MailMergeDataField object.

Example

This example accesses the parent object of the selected shape, and then adds a new shape to it and sets the fill for the new shape.

Sub ParentObject() 
 Dim shp As Shape 
 Dim pg As Page 
 
 Set pg = Selection.ShapeRange(1).Parent 
 Set shp = pg.Shapes.AddShape(Type:=msoShape5pointStar, _ 
 Left:=72, Top:=72, Width:=72, Height:=72) 
 
 shp.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(Red:=180, Green:=180, Blue:=180) 
End Sub

This example returns the parent object of a text frame, which is the first shape in the active publication, and then fills the shape with a pattern.

Sub ParentShape() 
 Dim shpParent As Shape 
 Set shpParent = ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes(1).TextFrame.Parent 
 shpParent.Fill.Patterned Pattern:=msoPatternSphere 
End Sub

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