DocumentProperty.LinkSource property (Office)

Gets or sets the source of a linked custom document property. Read/write.

Syntax

expression.LinkSource(pbstrSourceRetVal)

expression A variable that represents a DocumentProperty object.

Parameters

Remarks

This property applies only to custom document properties; you cannot use it with built-in document properties.

The source of the specified link is defined by the container application.

Setting the LinkSource property sets the LinkToContent property to True.

Example

This example displays the linked status of a custom document property. For the example to work, dp must be a valid DocumentProperty object.

Sub DisplayLinkStatus(dp As DocumentProperty) 
 Dim stat As String, tf As String 
 If dp.LinkToContent Then 
 tf = "" 
 Else 
 tf = "not " 
 End If 
 stat = "This property is " & tf & "linked" 
 If dp.LinkToContent Then 
 stat = stat + Chr(13) & "The link source is " & dp.LinkSource 
 End If 
 MsgBox stat 
End Sub

See also

• DocumentProperty object members

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