OLEFormat.ProgID Property

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PowerPoint Developer Reference

Returns the programmatic identifier (ProgID) for the specified OLE object. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.ProgID

expression   A variable that represents a OLEFormat object.

Return Value
String

Example

This example loops through all the objects on all the slides in the active presentation and sets all linked Microsoft Office Excel worksheets to be updated manually.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  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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