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Shapes.AddOLEObject method (Excel)

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Creates an OLE object. Returns a Shape object that represents the new OLE object.

Syntax

expression.AddOLEObject (ClassType, FileName, Link, DisplayAsIcon, IconFileName, IconIndex, IconLabel, Left, Top, Width, Height)

expression A variable that represents a Shapes object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data type Description
ClassType Optional Variant A string that contains the programmatic identifier for the object to be created. You must specify either ClassType or FileName. If ClassType is specified, FileName and Link are ignored.
FileName Optional Variant The file from which the object is to be created. If the path isn't specified, the current working folder is used. You must specify either the ClassType or FileName argument for the object, but not both.
Link Optional Variant True to link the OLE object to the file from which it was created. False to make the OLE object an independent copy of the file. If you specified a value for ClassType, this argument must be False. The default value is False.
DisplayAsIcon Optional Variant True to display the OLE object as an icon. The default value is False.
IconFileName Optional Variant The file that contains the icon to be displayed.
IconIndex Optional Variant The index of the icon within IconFileName. The order of icons in the specified file corresponds to the order in which the icons appear in the Change Icon dialog box (accessed from the Object dialog box when the Display as icon check box is selected). The first icon in the file has the index number 0 (zero). If an icon with the given index number doesn't exist in IconFileName, the icon with the index number 1 (the second icon in the file) is used. The default value is 0 (zero).
IconLabel Optional Variant A label (caption) to be displayed beneath the icon.
Left Optional Variant The position (in points) of the upper-left corner of the new object relative to the upper-left corner of the document. The default value is 0 (zero).
Top Optional Variant The position (in points) of the upper-left corner of the new object relative to the top of the document. The default value is 0 (zero).
Width Optional Variant The initial dimensions of the OLE object, in points.
Height Optional Variant The initial dimensions of the OLE object, in points.

Return value

Shape

Example

This example adds a linked Word document to myDocument.

Set myDocument = Worksheets(1) 
myDocument.Shapes.AddOLEObject Left:=100, Top:=100, _ 
 Width:=200, Height:=300, _ 
 FileName:="c:\my documents\testing.doc", link:=True

This example adds a new command button to myDocument.

Set myDocument = Worksheets(1) 
myDocument.Shapes.AddOLEObject Left:=100, Top:=100, _ 
 Width:=100, Height:=200, _ 
 ClassType:="Forms.CommandButton.1"

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