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Text.UnusedFramesInLink property
Gets the number of unused frames in the chain of linked text frames
Syntax:
Property Get UnusedFramesInLink() As Long
Remarks:
The UnusedFramesInLink property returns the total number of empty frames in a chain of linked paragraph-text frames.
Examples:
The following VBA example displays the total number of frames in the text chain and the number of empty (or unused) frames.
Sub Test()
If ActiveShape Is Nothing Then
  MsgBox "Nothing Selected"
  Exit Sub
End If
If ActiveShape.Type <> cdrTextShape Then
  MsgBox "Please select a text object"
  Exit Sub
End If
If ActiveShape.Text.Type <> cdrParagraphText And ActiveShape.Text.Type <> cdrParagraphFittedText Then
  MsgBox "Please select a paragraph text object"
  Exit Sub
End If
MsgBox "The number of frames in the text chain is: " & _
  ActiveShape.Text.FramesInLink & vbCr & _
  "Unused frames: " & ActiveShape.Text.UnusedFramesInLink 
End Sub