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ShapeRange.Application Property

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Publisher Developer Reference

Used without an object qualifier, this property returns an Application object that represents the current instance of Publisher. Used with an object qualifier, this property returns an Application object that represents the creator of the specified object. When used with an OLE Automation object, it returns the object's application.

Syntax

expression.Application

expression   A variable that represents a ShapeRange object.

Example
This example displays the version and build information for Publisher.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  With Application
    MsgBox "Current Publisher: version " _
        & .Version & " build " & .Build
End With

This example displays the name of the application that created each linked OLE object on page one of the active publication.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Dim shpOle As Shape

For Each shpOle In ActiveDocument.Pages(1).Shapes
If shpOle.Type = pbLinkedOLEObject Then
MsgBox shpOle.OLEFormat.Application.Name
End If
Next

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