OLETypeAllowed Property

You can use the OLETypeAllowed property to specify the type of OLE object a control can contain. Read/write Byte.

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

Remarks

The OLETypeAllowed property uses the following settings.

Setting	Constant	Description
Linked	acOLELinked	The control can contain only a linked object.
Embedded	acOLEEmbedded	The control can contain only an embedded object.
Either	acOLEEither	(Default) The control can contain either a linked or an embedded object.

You can set the OLETypeAllowed property by using the control's property sheet, a macro, or Visual Basic. You can set the default for this property by using a control's default control style or the DefaultControl method in Visual Basic.

Note   For unbound object frames and charts, you can't change the OLETypeAllowed setting after an object is created. For bound object frames, you can change the setting after the object is created. Changing the OLETypeAllowed property setting only affects new objects that you add to the control.

To determine the type of OLE object a control already contains, you can use the OLEType property.

Example

The following example creates a linked OLE object using an unbound object frame named OLE1 and sizes the control to display the object's entire contents when the user clicks 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