So I do all kinds of crazy shapes. In one of my shapes, I was debugging why, when I make a copy, it places the new shape 1000 light years away in the andromeda galaxy.
It turns that there is subtle behavior of GUARD
if Pinx = sheet.1000!pinx + 10mm....that shape can end up in Andromeda
not consistant in same location when done several times
(copy, exit, don't save changes, open, copy, exit don't save changes,etc)
if Pinx = guard(sheet.1000!pinx + 10mm)....copy is as predicted.
it appears that guard tells visio automation to use the formula defined....no guard, visio automation loses its mind
I went thru, found the missing guard...fixed it...verified with testcase above.
So guard appears to do more than just isolate function from user interface activities
just a heads up.ion