OLE Programmatic Identifiers (PowerPoint)

Use an OLE programmatic identifier (sometimes called a ProgID) to create an Automation object. The following tables list OLE programmatic identifiers for ActiveX controls, Office applications, and Office Web Components.

ActiveX Controls

To create the ActiveX controls listed in the following table, use the corresponding OLE programmatic identifier.

To create this control Use this identifier
CheckBox Forms.CheckBox.1
ComboBox Forms.ComboBox.1
CommandButton Forms.CommandButton.1
Frame Forms.Frame.1
Image Forms.Image.1
Label Forms.Label.1
ListBox Forms.ListBox.1
MultiPage Forms.MultiPage.1
OptionButton Forms.OptionButton.1
ScrollBar Forms.ScrollBar.1
SpinButton Forms.SpinButton.1
TabStrip Forms.TabStrip.1
TextBox Forms.TextBox.1
ToggleButton Forms.ToggleButton.1

Access

To create the Access objects listed in the following table, use one of the corresponding OLE programmatic identifiers. If you use an identifier without a version number suffix, you create an object in the most recent version of Access available on the computer where the macro is running.

To create this object Use one of these identifiers
Application Access.Application
CurrentData Access.CodeData, Access.CurrentData
CurrentProject Access.CodeProject, Access.CurrentProject
DefaultWebOptions Access.DefaultWebOptions

Excel

To create the Excel objects listed in the following table, use one of the corresponding OLE programmatic identifiers. If you use an identifier without a version number suffix, you create an object in the most recent version of Excel available on the computer where the macro is running.

To create this object Use one of these identifiers Comments
Application Excel.Application
Workbook Excel.AddIn
Workbook Excel.Chart Returns a workbook containing two worksheets; one for the chart and one for its data. The chart worksheet is the active worksheet.
Workbook Excel.Sheet Returns a workbook with one worksheet.

Graph

To create the Graph objects listed in the following table, use one of the corresponding OLE programmatic identifiers. If you use an identifier without a version number suffix, you create an object in the most recent version of Graph available on the computer where the macro is running.

To create this object Use one of these identifiers
Application MSGraph.Application
Chart MSGraph.Chart

Outlook

To create the Outlook object given in the following table, use one of the corresponding OLE programmatic identifiers. If you use an identifier without a version number suffix, you create an object in the most recent version of Outlook available on the computer where the macro is running.

To create this object Use one of these identifiers
Application Outlook.Application

PowerPoint

To create the PowerPoint object given in the following table, use one of the corresponding OLE programmatic identifiers. If you use an identifier without a version number suffix, you create an object in the most recent version of PowerPoint available on the computer where the macro is running.

To create this object Use one of these identifiers
Application PowerPoint.Application

Word

To create the Word objects listed in the following table, use one of the corresponding OLE programmatic identifiers. If you use an identifier without a version number suffix, you create an object in the most recent version of Word available on the computer where the macro is running.

To create this object Use one of these identifiers
Application Word.Application
Document Word.Document, Word.Template
Global Word.Global

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