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Shapes.PasteSpecial Method

Pastes the contents of the Clipboard, using a special format.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint (in Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function PasteSpecial ( _
    DataType As PpPasteDataType, _
    DisplayAsIcon As MsoTriState, _
    IconFileName As String, _
    IconIndex As Integer, _
    IconLabel As String, _
    Link As MsoTriState _
) As ShapeRange
'Usage
Dim instance As Shapes
Dim DataType As PpPasteDataType
Dim DisplayAsIcon As MsoTriState
Dim IconFileName As String
Dim IconIndex As Integer
Dim IconLabel As String
Dim Link As MsoTriState
Dim returnValue As ShapeRange

returnValue = instance.PasteSpecial(DataType, _
    DisplayAsIcon, IconFileName, IconIndex, _
    IconLabel, Link)
ShapeRange PasteSpecial(
    PpPasteDataType DataType,
    MsoTriState DisplayAsIcon,
    string IconFileName,
    int IconIndex,
    string IconLabel,
    MsoTriState Link
)

Parameters

  • DataType
    Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.PpPasteDataType
    A format for the Clipboard contents when they are inserted into the document. The default value varies, depending on the contents in the Clipboard. An error occurs if the specified data type in the DataType argument is not supported by the clipboard contents.
  • IconFileName
    Type: System.String
    If DisplayAsIcon is set to msoTrue, this argument is the path and file name for the file in which the icon to be displayed is stored. If DisplayAsIcon is set to msoFalse, this argument is ignored.
  • IconIndex
    Type: System.Int32
    If DisplayAsIcon is set to msoTrue, this argument is a number that corresponds to the icon that you want to use in the program file specified by IconFilename. For example, 0 (zero) corresponds to the first icon, and 1 corresponds to the second icon. If this argument is omitted, the first (default) icon is used. If DisplayAsIcon is set to msoFalse, then this argument is ignored. If IconIndex is outside the valid range, then the default icon (index 0) is used.
  • IconLabel
    Type: System.String
    If DisplayAsIcon is set to msoTrue, this argument is the text that appears below the icon. If this label is missing, Microsoft PowerPoint generates an icon label based on the Clipboard contents. If DisplayAsIcon is set to msoFalse, then this argument is ignored.
  • Link
    Type: Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoTriState
    Determines whether to create a link to the source file of the Clipboard contents. An error occurs if the Clipboard contents do not support a link.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.ShapeRange

Remarks

Adds the shape to the collection of shapes in the specified format. If the specified data type is a text data type, a new text box is created with the text. If the paste succeeds, the PasteSpecial method returns a ShapeRange object representing the shape range that was pasted.

The DataType parameter value can be one of these PpPasteDataType constants.

ppPasteBitmap

ppPasteDefault

ppPasteEnhancedMetafile

ppPasteHTML

ppPasteGIF

ppPasteJPG

ppPasteMetafilePicture

ppPastePNG

ppPasteShape

See Also

Reference

Shapes Interface

Shapes Members

Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint Namespace