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OLEFormat.ActivateAs(String) Method

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Definition

Namespace:
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
Assembly:
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.dll

Sets the Windows registry value that determines the default application used to activate the specified OLE object.

public:
 void ActivateAs(System::String ^ ClassType);
public void ActivateAs (string ClassType);
abstract member ActivateAs : string -> unit
Public Sub ActivateAs (ClassType As String)

Parameters

ClassType
String

Required String. The name of the application in which an OLE object is opened. To see a list of object types that the OLE object can be activated as, click the object and then open the Convert dialog box (Edit menu, Object submenu). You can find the ClassType string by inserting an object as an inline shape and then viewing the field codes. The class type of the object follows either the word "EMBED" or the word "LINK."

Applies to