Connect Shapes
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Connect Shapes
This section explains how to connect two shapes using Aspose.Diagram for .NET.
Connect Shapes
The ConnectShapesViaConnector method connect two shapes via a connector in the Page class.
The code below shows how to:
- Create a diagram from stencil.
- Add two rectangles shape to page.
- Add a connector shape to page.
- Connect the two rectangles with the connector using ConnectShapesViaConnector mothod
- save diagram
Connect Shapes Programming Sample
Use the following code in your .NET application to connect shapes using Aspose.Diagram for .NET.
// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-diagram/Aspose.Diagram-for-.NET
// The path to the documents directory.
string dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_VisioPages();
string stencil = dataDir + "Basic Shapes.vss";
// create a diagram from stencil
Diagram diagram = new Diagram(stencil);
string connectorMaster = "Dynamic connector";
string rectangleMaster = "Rectangle";
// add two rectangles to page 0
long rectangle1 = diagram.AddShape(2, 2, rectangleMaster, 0);
long rectangle2 = diagram.AddShape(2, 4, rectangleMaster, 0);
// add a connector to page 0
Shape connector1 = new Shape();
long connecter1Id = diagram.AddShape(connector1, connectorMaster, 0);
// connect the two rectangles with the connector
diagram.Pages[0].ConnectShapesViaConnector(rectangle1, ConnectionPointPlace.Right, rectangle2, ConnectionPointPlace.Bottom, connecter1Id);
// If the connection of shapes has name, we also could use connection name to connect like below
//diagram.Pages[0].ConnectShapesViaConnector(shape1, "Port7", shape2, "Port21", connecter1Id);
// The code line above is equal to the below two lines
//diagram.Pages[0].GlueShapeToConnectorBeginX(shape1, "Port7", connecter1Id);
//diagram.Pages[0].GlueShapeToConnectorEndX(shape2, "Port21", connecter1Id);
// Save diagram
diagram.Save(dataDir + "ConnectShapes_out.vsdx", SaveFileFormat.VSDX);
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