OLE Programmatic Identifiers (PowerPoint)

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

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 Office Access

To create the Microsoft Office 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 computer where the macro is running.

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

Microsoft Office Excel

To create the Microsoft Office 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 computer where the macro is running.

To create this object	Use one of these identifiers	Comments
Application	Excel.Application
Workbook	Excel.AddIn
Workbook	Excel.Chart	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	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 computer where the macro is running.

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

Microsoft Office Outlook

To create the Microsoft Office Outlook object given 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 computer where the macro is running.

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

Microsoft Office PowerPoint

To create the Microsoft Office PowerPoint object given 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 computer where the macro is running.

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

Microsoft Office Word

To create the Microsoft Office 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 computer where the macro is running.

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