DocumentProperty.LinkSource Property

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
• DocumentProperty Object Members
• LinkToContent Property