ShapeCollection.InsertOleObjectAsIcon(DocumentPosition, String, String, DocumentImageSource) Method

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Inserts an OLE object that contains a link to the specified file. The object is displayed in the document as an icon.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v25.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

Declaration

C#

Shape InsertOleObjectAsIcon(
    DocumentPosition pos,
    string fileName,
    string progId,
    DocumentImageSource icon
)

VB.NET

Function InsertOleObjectAsIcon(
    pos As DocumentPosition,
    fileName As String,
    progId As String,
    icon As DocumentImageSource
) As Shape

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
pos	DocumentPosition	The position of the object’s anchor.
fileName	String	A path to the file associated with the OLE object.
progId	String	The file type. You can use constant fields of the OleObjectType class to set this value.
icon	DocumentImageSource	An object used to load the icon for the OLE object.

Returns

Type	Description
Shape	The OLE object added to the document.

Remarks

The following example inserts a linked OLE object as an icon:

C#

Document document = wordProcessor.Document;
// Insert an OLE object. Link it to an Excel worksheet.
// The OLE object is displayed in the document as an icon.
Shape oleObject = document.Shapes.InsertOleObjectAsIcon(document.CreatePosition(1780), @"D:\ExcelWorkbook.xlsx",
    OleObjectType.ExcelWorksheet, DocumentImageSource.FromFile(@"Images\Excel.ico"));
// Specify the object position on the page.
oleObject.RelativeHorizontalPosition = ShapeRelativeHorizontalPosition.Column;
oleObject.RelativeVerticalPosition = ShapeRelativeVerticalPosition.Paragraph;
oleObject.Offset = new PointF(0, 0);
// Specify how text wraps around the object. 
oleObject.TextWrapping = TextWrappingType.TopAndBottom;

VB.NET

Dim document As Document = wordProcessor.Document
' Insert an OLE object. Link it to an Excel worksheet.
' The OLE object is displayed in the document as an icon.
Dim oleObject As Shape = document.Shapes.InsertOleObjectAsIcon(document.CreatePosition(1780), "D:\ExcelWorkbook.xlsx", _ 
    OleObjectType.ExcelWorksheet, DocumentImageSource.FromFile("Images\Excel.ico"))
' Specify the object position on the page.
oleObject.RelativeHorizontalPosition = ShapeRelativeHorizontalPosition.Column
oleObject.RelativeVerticalPosition = ShapeRelativeVerticalPosition.Paragraph
oleObject.Offset = New PointF(0, 0)
' Specify how text wraps around the object. 
oleObject.TextWrapping = TextWrappingType.TopAndBottom

Open the document in Microsoft® Word® and double-click the icon to open the file associated with the OLE object.