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PictureFormat.LinkedFileStatus Property

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Publisher Developer Reference

Returns a PbLinkedFileStatus constant that indicates the status of the file linked to the specified picture. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.LinkedFileStatus

expression   A variable that represents a PictureFormat object.

Return Value
PbLinkedFileStatus

Remarks

This property only applies to linked picture files. It returns "Permission Denied" for shapes representing embedded or pasted pictures.

Use either of the following properties to determine whether a shape represents a linked picture:

The LinkedFileStatus property value can be one of the PbLinkedFileStatus constants declared in the Microsoft Office Publisher type library.

Example

The following example generates a list of the linked pictures in the active publication for which the linked files cannot be found.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Dim pgLoop As Page
Dim shpLoop As Shape

For Each pgLoop In ActiveDocument.Pages
For Each shpLoop In pgLoop.Shapes
If shpLoop.Type = pbLinkedPicture Then


        With shpLoop.PictureFormat
            If .<strong>LinkedFileStatus</strong> = pbLinkedFileMissing Then
            Debug.Print .Filename
            End If
        End With
        
    End If
Next shpLoop



Next pgLoop

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