Issue on filling grouped shapes

[ThxAlot]

Dear gurus,

I've racked my brain for this seemingly easy issue without solution; so, I turn to you for help!

I've got a bunch of groups shapes (maps of some European states). Some countries consist of incontiguous territories, like France, Italy etc. I failed to apply such method to them while succeding in some other single shapes!

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What's really weird is that a macro snippet is recorded on changing the "visible" attribute via Selection panel.

Pls refer to the attachment for details. Your help is much appreciated! Have a nice weekend!

[Andy Pope]

The groupitems collection only works for a single depth.

So the shapes Spain, Ireland etc work and can be, via code, identified as being grouped in "Group 44"
The shapes group in Italy are also considered part of Group 44, rather than group Italy grouped within Group 44.

If you list the groupitems of Group 44, you get

Spain
Portugal
Ireland
FR2
FR1
North Ireland
England
Wales
Scotland
It3
It2
It1
Switzerland
Austria
Germany
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands

Notice the missing inner groups.
You would have to either ungroup so you have countrys and country groups.
Or change the names of the grouped countrys such that you can loop through all the grouped items and identify parent, e.g.

ITALY_IT1
ITALY_IT2
ITALY_IT3

[ThxAlot]

Thx a lot, Andy! I'll try to change the hierarchy of the shapes' group then.