Application Property

Microsoft PowerPoint Visual Basic

object that represents the creator of the specified object.

expression.Application

expression    Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Example

In this example, a Presentation object is passed to the procedure. The procedure adds a slide to the presentation and then saves the presentation in the folder where Microsoft PowerPoint is running.

Sub AddAndSave(pptPres As Presentation)
    pptPres.Slides.Add 1, 1
    pptPres.SaveAs pptPres.Application.Path & "\Added Slide"
End Sub
		

This example displays the name of the application that created each linked OLE object on slide one in the active presentation.

For Each shpOle In ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes
    If shpOle.Type = msoLinkedOLEObject Then
        MsgBox shpOle.OLEFormat.Application.Name
    End If
Next