OleObjectCollection.AddLinkedOleObject(CellRange, String, OleObjectType, SpreadsheetImageSource) Method

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Inserts a linked OLE object into the specified cell range.

Namespace : DevExpress.Spreadsheet

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

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Spreadsheet.Core

csharp

OleObject AddLinkedOleObject(
    CellRange targetRange,
    string fileName,
    OleObjectType oleObjectType,
    SpreadsheetImageSource objectRepresentation = null
)

Function AddLinkedOleObject(
    targetRange As CellRange,
    fileName As String,
    oleObjectType As OleObjectType,
    objectRepresentation As SpreadsheetImageSource = Nothing
) As OleObject

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
targetRange	CellRange

A cell range to store the created OLE object.

| | fileName | String |

A path (including the file name) of the file to link.

| | oleObjectType | OleObjectType |

OLE object content type.

Optional Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
objectRepresentation	SpreadsheetImageSource	null

Specifies the image to depict the OLE object on the worksheet. If null, a white boilerplate image is used.

Returns

Type	Description
OleObject

The created OLE object.