Shapes.AddOLEObject Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel

Assembly:: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.dll

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Creates an OLE object. Returns a Shape object that represents the new OLE object.

public Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Shape AddOLEObject (object ClassType, object Filename, object Link, object DisplayAsIcon, object IconFileName, object IconIndex, object IconLabel, object Left, object Top, object Width, object Height);

Public Function AddOLEObject (Optional ClassType As Object, Optional Filename As Object, Optional Link As Object, Optional DisplayAsIcon As Object, Optional IconFileName As Object, Optional IconIndex As Object, Optional IconLabel As Object, Optional Left As Object, Optional Top As Object, Optional Width As Object, Optional Height As Object) As Shape

Parameters

ClassType: Object

Optional Object. (you must specify either ClassType or FileName). A string that contains the programmatic identifier for the object to be created. If ClassType is specified, FileName and Link are ignored.

Filename: Object

Optional Object. The file from which the object is to be created. If the path isn’t specified, the current working folder is used. You must specify either the ClassType or FileName argument for the object, but not both.

Link: Object

Optional Object. True to link the OLE object to the file from which it was created. False to make the OLE object an independent copy of the file. If you specified a value for ClassType, this argument must be False. The default value is False.

DisplayAsIcon: Object

Optional Object. True to display the OLE object as an icon. The default value is False.

IconFileName: Object

Optional Object. The file that contains the icon to be displayed.

IconIndex: Object

Optional Object. The index of the icon within IconFileName. The order of icons in the specified file corresponds to the order in which the icons appear in the Change Icon dialog box (accessed from the Object dialog box when the Display as icon check box is selected). The first icon in the file has the index number 0 (zero). If an icon with the given index number doesn't exist in IconFileName, the icon with the index number 1 (the second icon in the file) is used. The default value is 0 (zero).

IconLabel: Object

Optional Object. A label (caption) to be displayed beneath the icon.

Left: Object

Optional Object. The position (in points) of the upper-left corner of the new object relative to the upper-left corner of the document. The default value is 0 (zero).

Top: Object

Optional Object. The position (in points) of the upper-left corner of the new object relative to the upper-left corner of the document. The default value is 0 (zero).

Width: Object

Optional Object. The initial dimensions of the OLE object, in points.

Height: Object

Optional Object. The initial dimensions of the OLE object, in points.

Returns

Shape

Applies to