OLE Programmatic Identifiers

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

ActiveX Controls

Microsoft Access

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Graph

Microsoft Office Web Components

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

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

Microsoft Access

To create the Microsoft 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 machine where the macro is running.

To create this object Use one of these identifiers
Application Access.Application, Access.Application.9
CurrentData Access.CodeData, Access.CurrentData
CurrentProject Access.CodeProject, Access.CurrentProject
DefaultWebOptions Access.DefaultWebOptions

Microsoft Excel

To create the Microsoft 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 machine where the macro is running.

To create this object Use one of these identifiers Comments
Application Excel.Application, Excel.Application.9  
Workbook Excel.AddIn  
Workbook Excel.Chart, Excel.Chart.8 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, Excel.Sheet.8 Returns a workbook with one worksheet.

Microsoft Graph

To create the Microsoft 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 machine where the macro is running.

To create this object Use one of these identifiers
Application MSGraph.Application, MSGraph.Application.8
Chart MSGraph.Chart, MSGraph.Chart.8

Microsoft Office Web Components

To create the Microsoft Office Web Components 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 Microsoft Office Web Components available on the machine where the macro is running.

To create this object Use one of these identifiers
ChartSpace OWC.Chart, OWC.Chart.9
DataSourceControl OWC.DataSourceControl, OWC.DataSourceControl.9
ExpandControl OWC.ExpandControl, OWC.ExpandControl.9
PivotTable OWC.PivotTable, OWC.PivotTable.9
RecordNavigationControl OWC.RecordNavigationControl, OWC.RecordNavigationControl.9
Spreadsheet OWC.Spreadsheet, OWC.Spreadsheet.9

Microsoft Outlook

To create the Microsoft Outlook 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 Outlook available on the machine where the macro is running.

To create this object Use one of these identifiers
Application Outlook.Application, Outlook.Application.9

Microsoft PowerPoint

To create the Microsoft PowerPoint 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 PowerPoint available on the machine where the macro is running.

To create this object Use one of these identifiers
Application PowerPoint.Application, PowerPoint.Application.9

Microsoft Word

To create the Microsoft 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 machine where the macro is running.

To create this object Use one of these identifiers
Application Word.Application, Word.Application.9
Document Word.Document, Word.Document.9, Word.Template.8
Global Word.Global