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Represents an ActiveX control or a linked or embedded OLE object on a worksheet. The OLEObject object is a member of the OLEObjects collection. The OLEObjects collection contains all the OLE objects on a single worksheet.

The OLEObject type exposes the following members.

Properties

  Name Description
Public property AltHTML Reserved for internal use. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property Application This property returns an Application object that represents the creator of the specified object (you can use this property with an OLE Automation object to return the application of that object). Read-only. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property AutoLoad True if the OLE object is automatically loaded when the workbook that contains it is opened. Read/write Boolean. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property AutoUpdate True if the OLE object is updated automatically when the source changes. Valid only if the object is linked (its OLEType property must be xlOLELink). Read-only Boolean. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property Border Returns a Border object that represents the border of the object. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property BottomRightCell Returns a Range object that represents the cell that lies under the lower-right corner of the object. Read-only. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property Creator Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which this object was created. If the object was created in Microsoft Excel, this property returns the string XCEL, which is equivalent to the hexadecimal number 5843454C. Read-only xlCreatorCode. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property Enabled True if the object is enabled. Read/write Boolean. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property Height The height, in points, of the object. Read/write Double. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property Index Returns the index number of the object within the collection of similar objects. Read-only Integer. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property Interior Returns an Interior object that represents the interior of the specified object. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property Left The distance, in points, from the left edge of the object to the left edge of column A (on a worksheet) or the left edge of the chart area (on a chart). Read/write Double. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property LinkedCell Returns or sets the worksheet range linked to the control's value. If you place a value in the cell, the control takes this value. Likewise, if you change the value of the control, that value is also placed in the cell. Read/write String. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property ListFillRange Returns or sets the worksheet range used to fill the specified list box. Setting this property destroys any existing list in the list box. Read/write String. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property Locked True if the object is locked, False if the object can be modified when the sheet is protected. Read/write Boolean. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property Name Returns or sets the name of the object. Read/write String. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property Object Returns the OLE Automation object associated with this OLE object. Read-only Object. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property OLEType Returns the OLE object type. Can be one of the following XlOLEType constants: xlOLELink or xlOLEEmbed. Returns xlOLELink if the object is linked (it exists outside of the file) or returns xlOLEEmbed if the object is embedded (it's entirely contained within the file). Read-only Object. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property OnAction Returns or sets the name of a macro that’s run when the specified object is clicked. Read/write String. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property Parent Returns the parent object for the specified object. Read-only. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property Placement Returns or sets the way the object is attached to the cells below it. Read/write Object. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property PrintObject True if the object will be printed when the document is printed. Read/write Boolean. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property progID Returns the programmatic identifiers for the object. Read-only String. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property Shadow True if the font is a shadow font or if the object has a shadow. Read/write Boolean. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property ShapeRange Returns a ShapeRange object that represents the specified object or objects. Read-only. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property SourceName Returns or sets the specified object's link source name. Read/write String. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property Top The distance, in points, from the top edge of the object to the top of row 1 (on a worksheet) or the top of the chart area (on a chart). Read/write Double. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property TopLeftCell Returns a Range object that represents the cell that lies under the upper-left corner of the specified object. Read-only. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property Visible Determines whether the object is visible. Read/write Boolean. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property Width The width, in points, of the object. Read/write Double. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public property ZOrder Returns the z-order position of the object. Read-only Integer. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method Activate Activates the object. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public method add_GotFocus (Inherited from OLEObjectEvents_Event.)
Public method add_LostFocus (Inherited from OLEObjectEvents_Event.)
Public method BringToFront Brings the object to the front of the z-order. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public method Copy Copies the object to the Clipboard. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public method CopyPicture Copies the selected object to the Clipboard as a picture. Object. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public method Cut Cuts the object to the Clipboard or pastes it into a specified destination. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public method Delete Deletes the object. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public method Duplicate Duplicates the object and returns a reference to the new copy. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public method remove_GotFocus (Inherited from OLEObjectEvents_Event.)
Public method remove_LostFocus (Inherited from OLEObjectEvents_Event.)
Public method Select Selects the object. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public method SendToBack Sends the object to the back of the z-order. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public method Update Updates the link. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)
Public method Verb Sends a verb to the server of the specified OLE object. (Inherited from _OLEObject.)

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Events

  Name Description
Public event GotFocus (Inherited from OLEObjectEvents_Event.)
Public event LostFocus (Inherited from OLEObjectEvents_Event.)

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See Also

Reference

OLEObject Interface

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel Namespace