How to display outline number of a topic with a macro

I add some outline numbers to my topics in MM17. (1. First Topic; 2. Topic; 2.1 Sub Topic...)

Now I'm trying to find out how to display the number of a topic. I know I can display the topic text of a actual selection with

Debug.Print ActiveDocument.Selection.PrimaryTopic.Text

What is the right object? Does anyone have some example for this?

Thomas Muehlbauer

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2 years ago

Nick Duffill, Champion

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Debug.Print ActiveDocument.Selection.PrimaryTopic.Title.GetDisplayText(MmDisplayTextFlags.mmDisplayTextNumberPrefix)

You can use Debug > Browse to examine the enumeration MmDisplayTextFlags for other options. Unfortunately the parameter does not seem to be shown by Intellisense in the macro editor.

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Thomas Muehlbauer

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Thank you Nick, this was great. Helps me a lot

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Ary Velstra, Expert Trainer

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Just Curious...

Why is this necessary?
I use the Numbering function of Insert Tab, Topic elements. and I can show the numbers everywhere.

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Nick Duffill, Champion

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Hello Ary. The numbering applied by this function does not become part of the topic text and you can't edit it together with the text. When you read the topic through the API, the text is same, whether or not the topic is numbered. You need to access a different property in the object model to find the numbering.