PictureFormat.IsLinked property (Publisher)

Returns an MsoTriState constant indicating whether the specified picture is a linked picture or OLE object. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.IsLinked

expression A variable that represents a PictureFormat object.

Return value

MsoTriState

Remarks

Returns msoFalse for pasted or embedded pictures and OLE objects.

If a picture or OLE object is linked, several additional properties of the PictureFormat object dealing with the original picture (such as OriginalFileSize) are accessible.

The IsLinked property value can be one of the MsoTriState constants declared in the Microsoft Office type library and shown in the following table.

Constant	Description
msoFalse	The specified picture is not a linked picture.
msoTriStateMixed	Indicates a combination of msoTrue and msoFalse for the specified shape range.
msoTrue	The specified picture is a linked picture.

Example

The following example returns whether the first shape on the first page of the active publication contains an alpha channel. If the picture is linked, and the original picture contains an alpha channel, that is also returned. This example assumes that the shape is a picture.

With ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes(1).PictureFormat 
 If .HasAlphaChannel = msoTrue Then 
 Debug.Print .Filename 
 Debug.Print "This picture contains an alpha channel." 
 
 If .IsLinked = msoTrue Then 
 If .OriginalHasAlphaChannel = msoTrue Then 
 Debug.Print "The linked picture " & _ 
 "also contains an alpha channel." 
 End If 
 End If 
 End If 
End With 

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