DownloadComponents Property

You can use the DownloadComponents property to specify or determine if the Microsoft Office tools are automatically downloaded with the Web page. Read/write Boolean.

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

Remarks

The DownloadComponents property uses the following settings.

Setting	Visual Basic	Description
Yes	True	The necessary Office controls are downloaded when you view the saved document in a Web browser.
No	False	(Default) Do not download the controls.

The DownloadComponents property is available only by using Visual Basic.

You can set the LocationOfComponents property to a central URL where the controls can be downloaded by authorized users viewing your saved data access page. The path must be valid and must point to a location that contains the necessary components, and the user must have a valid Microsoft Office license.

Office Web components add interactivity to data access pages that you save as Web pages. If you view a Web page in a browser on a computer that does not have the components installed, the interactive portions of the page will be static.

Example

This example allows the Office Web components to be downloaded with the specified Web page, if they are not already installed.

Application.DefaultWebOptions.DownloadComponents = True
Application.DefaultWebOptions.LocationOfComponents = _
    Application.CurrentProject & "\foo"