SourceDoc Property

Applies To

Bound Object Frame control, Chart control, Unbound Object Frame control.

Description

You can use the SourceDoc property to specify the file to create a link to or to embed when you create a linked object or embedded object by using the Action property in Visual Basic.

Setting

For an embedded object, enter the full path and file name for the file you want to use as a template and set the Action property to acOLECreateEmbed.

For a linked object, enter the full path and file name of the file to create a link to and set the Action property to acOLECreateLink.

You can set this property in a property sheet, in a macro, or by using Visual Basic.

Note While this property appears in the property sheet, it takes effect only after the Action property is set in a macro or by using Visual Basic.

Remarks

You can use the SourceDoc property to specify the file to create a link to and the control's SourceItem property to specify the data within that file. If you want to create a link to the entire object, leave the SourceItem property blank.

When a linked unbound object is created, the control's SourceItem property setting is concatenated with its SourceDoc property setting. In Form view, Datasheet view, and Print Preview, the control's SourceItem property setting is a zero-length string (" "), and its SourceDoc property setting is the full path to the linked file, followed by an exclamation point (!) or a backslash (\) and the SourceItem property setting, as in the following example:

"C:\Work\Qtr1\Revenue.xls!R1C1:R30C15"