_Presentation.FollowHyperlink Method

Displays a cached document, if it has already been downloaded. Otherwise, this method resolves the hyperlink, downloads the target document and displays it in the appropriate application.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint (in Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub FollowHyperlink ( _
    Address As String, _
    SubAddress As String, _
    NewWindow As Boolean, _
    AddHistory As Boolean, _
    ExtraInfo As String, _
    Method As MsoExtraInfoMethod, _
    HeaderInfo As String _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As _Presentation
Dim Address As String
Dim SubAddress As String
Dim NewWindow As Boolean
Dim AddHistory As Boolean
Dim ExtraInfo As String
Dim Method As MsoExtraInfoMethod
Dim HeaderInfo As String

instance.FollowHyperlink(Address, SubAddress, _
    NewWindow, AddHistory, ExtraInfo, _
    Method, HeaderInfo)

void FollowHyperlink(
    string Address,
    string SubAddress,
    bool NewWindow,
    bool AddHistory,
    string ExtraInfo,
    MsoExtraInfoMethod Method,
    string HeaderInfo
)

Parameters

• Address
  Type: System.String
  The address of the target document.

• SubAddress
  Type: System.String
  The location in the target document. By default, this argument is an empty string.

• NewWindow
  Type: System.Boolean
  true to have the target application opened in a new window. The default value is false.

• AddHistory
  Type: System.Boolean
  true to add the link to the current day's history folder.

• ExtraInfo
  Type: System.String
  String or byte array that specifies information for HTTP. This argument can be used, for example, to specify the coordinates of an image map or the contents of a form. It can also indicate a FAT file name. The Method argument determines how this extra information is handled.

• Method
  Type: Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoExtraInfoMethod
  Specifies how ExtraInfo is posted or appended.

• HeaderInfo
  Type: System.String
  A string that specifies header information for the HTTP request. The default value is an empty string. You can combine several header lines into a single string by using the following syntax: "string1" & vbCr & "string2". The specified string is automatically converted into ANSI characters. Note that the HeaderInfo argument may overwrite default HTTP header fields.

Remarks

ExtraInfo can be one of these MsoExtraInfoMethod constants.

Constant	Description
msoFalse	The default. ExtraInfo is a string that is appended to the address.
msoTrue	ExtraInfo is posted as a string or byte array.

See Also

Reference

_Presentation Interface

_Presentation Members

Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint Namespace