Shape.Type Property
Represents the type of shape or shapes in a range of shapes. Read-only.
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint (in Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Type As MsoShapeType
Get
'Usage
Dim instance As Shape
Dim value As MsoShapeType
value = instance.Type
MsoShapeType Type { get; }
Property Value
Type: Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoShapeType
MsoShapeType
Remarks
The value of the Type property can be one of these MsoShapeType constants.
msoAutoShape |
msoCallout |
msoCanvas |
msoChart |
msoComment |
msoDiagram |
msoEmbeddedOLEObject |
msoFormControl |
msoFreeform |
msoGroup |
msoLine |
msoLinkedOLEObject |
msoLinkedPicture |
msoMedia |
msoOLEControlObject |
msoPicture |
msoPlaceholder |
msoScriptAnchor |
msoShapeTypeMixed |
msoTable |
msoTextBox |
msoTextEffect |
Examples
This example loops through all the shapes on all the slides in the active presentation and sets all linked Microsoft Office Excel worksheets to be updated manually.
For Each sld In ActivePresentation.Slides
For Each sh In sld.Shapes
If sh.Type= msoLinkedOLEObject Then
If sh.OLEFormat.ProgID = "Excel.Sheet" Then
sh.LinkFormat.AutoUpdate = ppUpdateOptionManual
End If
End If
Next
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