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OLEFormat.ConvertTo(Object, Object, Object, Object, Object) Method

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Definition

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

Converts the specified OLE object from one class to another, making it possible for you to edit the object in a different server application, or change how the object is displayed in the document.

public void ConvertTo (ref object ClassType, ref object DisplayAsIcon, ref object IconFileName, ref object IconIndex, ref object IconLabel);
abstract member ConvertTo : obj * obj * obj * obj * obj -> unit
Public Sub ConvertTo (Optional ByRef ClassType As Object, Optional ByRef DisplayAsIcon As Object, Optional ByRef IconFileName As Object, Optional ByRef IconIndex As Object, Optional ByRef IconLabel As Object)

Parameters

ClassType
Object

Optional Object. The name of the application used to activate the OLE object. You can see a list of the available applications in the Object type box on the Create New tab in the Object dialog box (Insert menu). 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."

DisplayAsIcon
Object

Optional Object. True to display the OLE object as an icon. The default value is False.

IconFileName
Object

Optional Object. The file that contains the icon to be displayed.

IconIndex
Object

Optional Object. The index number 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 (Insert menu, 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
Object

Optional Object. A label (caption) to be displayed beneath the icon.

Applies to