<cxnSp> (Connection Shape)

This element specifies a connection shape that is used to connect two <sp> elements. Once a connection is specified using a <cxnSp>, it is left to the generating application to determine the exact path the connector will take. That is the connector routing algorithm is left up to the generating application as the desired path might be different depending on the specific needs of the application.

[Example: Consider the following connector shape that connects two regular shapes.

<cp:grpSp>
  ..
  <cp:sp>
    <cp:nvSpPr>
      <cp:cNvPr id="1" name="Rectangle 1"/>
      <cp:cNvSpPr/>
      <cp:nvPr/>
    </cp:nvSpPr>
    ..
  </cp:sp>
  <cp:sp>
    <cp:nvSpPr>
      <cp:cNvPr id="2" name="Rectangle 2"/>
      <cp:cNvSpPr/>
      <cp:nvPr/>
    </cp:nvSpPr>
    ..
  </cp:sp>
  <cp:cxnSp>
    <cp:nvCxnSpPr>
      <cp:cNvPr id="3" name="Elbow Connector 3"/>
      <cp:cNvCxnSpPr>
        <a:stCxn id="1" idx="3"/>
        <a:endCxn id="2" idx="1"/>
      </cp:cNvCxnSpPr>
      <cp:nvPr/>
    </cp:nvCxnSpPr>
    …
  </cp:cxnSp>
</cp:grpSp>

End example]

Parent Elements

<absSizeAnchor> (§5.8.2.1); <grpSp> (§5.8.2.13); <relSizeAnchor> (§5.8.2.21)

Child Elements

Subclause

<nvCxnSpPr> (Connector Non Visual Properties)

§5.8.2.15

<spPr> (Shape Properties)

§5.8.2.23

<style> (Shape Style)

§5.8.2.24

Attributes

Description

<fPublished> (Publish to Server)

Specifies whether the shape shall be published with the worksheet when sent to the spreadsheet server. This is for use when interfacing with a document server.

example: 
<cdr:relSizeAnchor>
  ..
  <cdr:sp fPublished="0">
  ..
  </cdr:sp>
  ..
</cdr:relSizeAnchor>

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the XML Schema boolean datatype.

<macro> (Reference to Custom Function)
This element specifies the custom function associated with the chart.
example: : A macro script, add-in function, and so on.

The format of this string shall be application-defined, and should be ignored if not understood.

example: 
<cdr:... macro="DoWork()" >

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the XML Schema string datatype.

The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this element:

<complexType name="CT_Connector">
	<sequence>
	<element name="nvCxnSpPr" type="CT_ConnectorNonVisual" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
	<element name="spPr" type="a:CT_ShapeProperties" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
	<element name="style" type="a:CT_ShapeStyle" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
	</sequence>
	<attribute name="macro" type="xsd:string" use="optional"/>
	<attribute name="fPublished" type="xsd:boolean" use="optional" default="false"/>
</complexType>