OLE Programmatic Identifiers (Outlook)

You can use an OLE programmatic identifier (sometimes called a ProgID) to create an Automation object. The following tables list OLE programmatic identifiers for ActiveX controls, Microsoft Office applications, and Microsoft Office Web Components.

ActiveX Controls

Microsoft Access

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Graph

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

ActiveX Controls

To create the ActiveX controls listed in the following table, use the corresponding OLE programmatic identifier.

To create this Microsoft Forms 2.0 control	Use this identifier
CheckBox	Forms.CheckBox.1
ComboBox	Forms.ComboBox.1
CommandButton	Forms.CommandButton.1
Frame	Forms.Frame.1
Image	Forms.Image.1
Label	Forms.Label.1
ListBox	Forms.ListBox.1
MultiPage	Forms.MultiPage.1
OptionButton	Forms.OptionButton.1
ScrollBar	Forms.ScrollBar.1
SpinButton	Forms.SpinButton.1
TabStrip	Forms.TabStrip.1
TextBox	Forms.TextBox.1
ToggleButton	Forms.ToggleButton.1

Microsoft Access

To create the Microsoft Access objects listed in the following table, use one of the corresponding OLE programmatic identifiers. If you use an identifier without a version number suffix, you create an object in the most recent version of Access available on the machine where the macro is running.

To create this object	Use one of these identifiers
Application	Access.Application
CurrentData	Access.CodeData, Access.CurrentData
CurrentProject	Access.CodeProject, Access.CurrentProject
DefaultWebOptions	Access.DefaultWebOptions

Microsoft Excel

To create the Microsoft Excel objects listed in the following table, use one of the corresponding OLE programmatic identifiers. If you use an identifier without a version number suffix, you create an object in the most recent version of Excel available on the machine where the macro is running.

To create this object	Use one of these identifiers	Comments
Application	Excel.Application
Workbook	Excel.AddIn
Workbook	Excel.Chart	Returns a workbook containing two worksheets; one for the chart and one for its data. The chart worksheet is the active worksheet.
Workbook	Excel.Sheet	Returns a workbook with one worksheet.

Microsoft Graph

To create the Microsoft Graph objects listed in the following table, use one of the corresponding OLE programmatic identifiers. If you use an identifier without a version number suffix, you create an object in the most recent version of Graph available on the machine where the macro is running.

To create this object	Use one of these identifiers
Application	MSGraph.Application
Chart	MSGraph.Chart

Microsoft Outlook

To create the Microsoft Outlook object given in the following table, use one of the corresponding OLE programmatic identifiers. If you use an identifier without a version number suffix, you create an object in the most recent version of Outlook available on the machine where the macro is running.

To create this object	Use one of these identifiers
Application	Outlook.Application

To create the ActiveX controls that are specific for Outlook forms, as listed in the following table, use the corresponding OLE programmatic identifier.

To create this Outlook control	Use this identifier
OlkBusinessCardControl	Outlook.OlkBusinessCardControl
OlkCategory	Outlook.OlkCategoryStrip
OlkCheckBox	Outlook.OlkCheckBox
OlkComboBox	Outlook.OlkComboBox
OlkCommandButton	Outlook.OlkCommandButton
OlkContactPhoto	Outlook.OlkContactPhoto
OlkDateControl	Outlook.OlkDateControl
OlkFrameHeader	Outlook.OlkFrameHeader
OlkInfoBar	Outlook.OlkInfoBar
OlkLabel	Outlook.OlkLabel
OlkListBox	Outlook.OlkListBox
OlkOptionButton	Outlook.OlkOptionButton
OlkPageControl	Outlook.OlkPageControl
OlkSenderPhoto	Outlook.OlkSenderPhoto
OlkTextBox	Outlook.OlkTextBox
OlkTimeControl	Outlook.OlkTimeControl
OlkTimeZoneControl	Outlook.OlkTimeZone

Microsoft PowerPoint

To create the Microsoft PowerPoint object given in the following table, use one of the corresponding OLE programmatic identifiers. If you use an identifier without a version number suffix, you create an object in the most recent version of PowerPoint available on the machine where the macro is running.

To create this object	Use one of these identifiers
Application	PowerPoint.Application

Microsoft Word

To create the Microsoft Word objects listed in the following table, use one of the corresponding OLE programmatic identifiers. If you use an identifier without a version number suffix, you create an object in the most recent version of Word available on the machine where the macro is running.

To create this object	Use one of these identifiers
Application	Word.Application
Document	Word.Document, Word.Template
Global	Word.Global