ppPlaceholderObject

Question

You are on a slide with a placeholder and then you insert a chart in that place holder.

Now with code you can inspect the shape type of that placeholder shape. It will indicate a msoPlaceHolder.

Now I want to find out what object type is in that place holder.

I would expect that the shape.placeholderformat.type would say ppplaceholderchart, but it isn't. It shows ppPlaceHolderObject.

How to find out that there is a chart in that placeholder shape?

thx.

Answer 1

If it was a chart placeholder it would say ppPlaceholderChart but usually charts will be in an Object type placeholder. Just adding a chart does NOT change thetype.

You can test for a chart (assuming oplc is a refn to the placeholder)

EITHER

oplc.PlaceholderFormat.ContainedType = msoChart (will return True / False)

OR

oplc.HasChart (usually returns -1 =True or 0 False)

I would go for the first option.

Answer 2

That first option worked very well. Many thanks for the answer!