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ObjectFrame.SourceItem property (Access)

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Use the SourceItem property to specify the data within a file to be linked when you create a linked OLE object. Read/write String.

Syntax

expression.SourceItem

expression A variable that represents an ObjectFrame object.

Remarks

You can set the SourceItem property by specifying data in units recognized by the application supplying the object. For example, when you link to Microsoft Excel, you specify the SourceItem property setting by using a cell or cell-range reference such as R1C1 or R3C4:R9C22 or a named range such as Revenues.

Note

To determine the syntax to describe a unit of data for a particular object, see the documentation for the application that was used to create the object.

The control's OLETypeAllowed property must be set to Linked or Either when you use this property. Use the control's SourceDoc property to specify the file to link.

Example

The following example creates a linked OLE object by using an unbound object frame named OLE1, and sizes the control to display the object's entire contents when the user chooses a command button.

Sub Command1_Click 
 OLE1.Class = "Excel.Sheet" ' Set class name. 
 ' Specify type of object. 
 OLE1.OLETypeAllowed = acOLELinked 
 ' Specify source file. 
 OLE1.SourceDoc = "C:\Excel\Oletext.xls" 
 ' Specify data to create link to. 
 OLE1.SourceItem = "R1C1:R5C5" 
 ' Create linked object. 
 OLE1.Action = acOLECreateLink 
 ' Adjust control size. 
 OLE1.SizeMode = acOLESizeZoom 
End Sub

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