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TextFrame.Creator Property

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PowerPoint Developer Reference

Returns a Long that represents the four-character creator code for the application in which the specified object was created. For example, if the object was created in Microsoft Office PowerPoint, this property returns the hexadecimal number 50575054. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.Creator

expression   A variable that represents a TextFrame object.

Return Value
Long

Remarks

The Creator property is designed to be used in Microsoft Office applications for the Macintosh.

Example

This example displays a message about the creator of myObject.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Set myObject = Application.ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes(1)
If myObject.Creator = &h50575054 Then
    MsgBox "This is a PowerPoint object"
Else
    MsgBox "This is not a PowerPoint object"
End If

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