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PublishObject.Source Property

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Excel Developer Reference

Returns a Variant value that represents the unique name that identifies items that have a SourceType property value of xlSourceRange, xlSourceChart, xlSourcePrintArea, xlSourceAutoFilter, xlSourcePivotTable, or xlSourceQuery.

Syntax

expression.Source

expression   A variable that represents a PublishObject object.

Remarks

If the SourceType property is set to xlSourceRange, this property returns a range, which can be a defined name. If the SourceType property is set to xlSourceChart, xlSourcePivotTable, or xlSourceQuery, this property returns the name of the object, such as a chart name, a PivotTable report name, or a query table name.

Example

This example determines the unique name of the first chart (in the first workbook) saved as a Web page, and then it sets the Boolean variable blnChartFound to True. If no items in the document have been saved as Chart components, blnChartFound is False.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  blnChartFound = False
For Each objPO In Workbooks(1).PublishObjects
    If objPO.SourceType = xlSourceChart Then
        strFirstPO = objPO.Source
        blnChartFound = True
        Exit For
    End If
Next objPO

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