I have a series of images that I need to display multiple times on both forms (via image controls) and on worksheets (via activeX image controls). I know that I could keep the files externally and use the loadpicture method; but there is something I want to avoid if possible.
I also know I could save and load- but again I would rather not use an external file write to perform the task. Ideally, everything will stay embedded and hidden within the file itself.
I think there maybe a solution in using the clipboard- but I couldn't get the syntax to work. The object is embedded always in the same location(s); it never moves or changes size or other properties (beyond .visible). So what I would really like to do is something simple like;
Sheet1.oleobjects("toImage").object.picture = frm1.fromImage.picture
**Edit: **
I think I've found a solution to this; but still have a related question.
I worked out that I could do what I want if I embed a series of activeX images on a sheet; then reference them in the actual controls / objects I want. So;
Sheet1.oleobjects("toImage").object.picture=Sheet1.oleobjects("FromImage").object.picture
or
frm1.Controls("toImage").picture = Sheet1.oleobjects("FromImage").object.picture
But, the below doesn't work when I try to do the same using an inserted picture (a shape object);
frm1.toImage.picture = sheet1.shape("FromImage").picture
..isn't valid syntax. It seems the only thing I can do with them is copy them- I couldn't use them to set the picture of another object without using the clipboard.
The solution above works for me (using a series of activeX image objects rather than pictures)- but I am curious why I can't do with using a standard picture (shape).
If you want to add a picture to your Excel sheet use something like this:
(You can change ActiveSheet to your favorite sheet)
Dim aSheet As Worksheet
Dim aShape As Shape
Set aSheet = ActiveSheet
Set aShape = aSheet.Shapes.AddPicture("<FileName>", msoFalse, msoTrue, 120, 120, 200, 200)
And for more details :
Function AddPicture(Filename As String, LinkToFile As MsoTriState, SaveWithDocument As MsoTriState, Left As Single, Top As Single, Width As Single, Height As Single) As Shape
Function AddPicture2(Filename As String, LinkToFile As MsoTriState, SaveWithDocument As MsoTriState, Left As Single, Top As Single, Width As Single, Height As Single, Compress As MsoPictureCompress) As Shape
And if you want to load a picture to your Image component on your form :
(Add an Image component to your form [: Image1])
Set Image1.Picture = LoadPicture("<FileName>")
Related
This might be a question stemming from ignorance of OOPS concepts, but I was wondering, is it possible to work one's way backwards and reach the parent object.
'To access the embedded workbook of a Powerpoint Chart, one can use this line of code
Dim EmbdWbk
Set EmbdWbk= ThisShape.Chart.ChartData.Workbook
'Similarly can one use something like the below code to reach the chart
Dim myChart as Chart
Set myChart = EmbdWbk.Parent.Parent.Parent
'As you can see from the immediate window snap below, this just takes me
'directly to the Application bypassing the Chart and Shape.
'So is there a way this can happen ?
I am trying to link and insert a picture (*.png) into a shapes fill in powerpoint using vba in Excel. In the end I will loop through this on 100+ pages and the pictures will be updated frequently so automating this will be a huge time saver. Currently I have figured out how to loop through the pages and insert the pictures into the shapes, but I have been unable to figure out how to link the pictures too.
I'm using the below code to fill the shape with the picture but I can't find the syntax to both insert and link it:
Pres.Slides(1).Shapes(ShapeName).Fill.UserPicture PictureFilePath
Ultimately this should behave like clicking on a shape, going format > shape fill > picture > insert and link (On the drop down next to insert in the dialog box).
Not all user interface actions are in the VBA object model. One of those exceptions is creating a link to a shape fill. The closest you can get is to link pictures that are inserted as pictures rather than as fills. Here's the syntax to add a linked picture. It assumes the picture is in the same folder as the presentation:
Sub Macro1()
ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes.AddPicture(FileName:="Picture1.png", LinkToFile:=msoTrue, SaveWithDocument:=msoFalse, Left:=300, Top:=251, Width:=121, Height:=38).Select
End Sub
Welcome to SO.
For answering your question, I'll give some credit to this similar SO question based on Excel and this similar SO question based on PP. Some additional information was gathered from the microsoft documentation on the subject.
What you seem to be looking for is the ActionSetting object in the shapes class, which seems to be availible to shapes in PowerPoint. Below is a code snippet created directly in PowerPoint VBA
Sub insertPictureIntoShapeWithLinkToPicture()
Dim PP_Slide As Slide, PP_Shape As Shape, imagePath As String
Set PP_Slide = ActivePresentation.Slides(1) 'Set slide (change as necessary)
Set PP_Shape = PP_Slide.Shapes(1) 'Set shape (change as necessary)
imagePath = "Path to image"
With PP_Shape
'add picutre
.Fill.UserPicture imagePath
'Set an action on click
With .ActionSettings(ppMouseClick)
'Set action to hyperlink
.Action = ppActionHyperlink
'Specify address
.Hyperlink.Address = imagePath
End With
End With
End Sub
The same approach should be available via Excel, either adding a reference to the PowerPoint object library, or using Late-Binding methods. Note that the 'click' method with hyperlink defaults to standard hyperlink clicking (ctrl + left mouse for windows with a Danish keyboard).
Please find attached code.
First create a shape in PPT and run the code.
On my worksheet there are ActiveX textboxes, which I have sized so they fit the cell they are in.
I have set object positioning to move and size with cells.
When I change the size of the cells, the textboxes resize as intended, but the text inside the box 'stretches' instead of remaining the same.
Well you obviously run into one of the numerous ActiveX bugs. I can only recommend to stay far away from ActiveX, as they are well known to cause odd issues and numerous bugs.
As solution I suggest to ask Microsoft to fix the bug and/or in the meanwhile use the following workaround after you resized columns.
There is a workaround, that could fix the odd stretch looking bug:
You just need to resize the TextBox with VBA like TextBox1.Width = TextBox1.Width and everything looks smooth again.
To fix all TextBoxes just loop through all of them and reset their width:
Option Explicit
Public Sub FixOddTextBoxesAfterColumnResize()
Dim obj As OLEObject
For Each obj In ActiveSheet.OLEObjects
If obj.progID = "Forms.TextBox.1" Then
obj.Width = obj.Width
End If
Next obj
End Sub
I have an Excel Sheet with some macros. Also, I have some navigation shapes and images on my sheet. I want users of this sheet, cannot change this shapes and images positions, can't select them and can't move them.
Is there any way to Protect some specific objects?
Regards.
I believe this is an age old question ever since Shapes were added to MS Excel and the answer to which I myself was looking for many years already.
I just found out 3 days ago, on my own, how to lock MS Excel Freeform shapes like Choropleth Map shapes from being moved around, reformatted or worst, deleted, all WITHOUT needing to lock the WorkSheet, or eventually the WorkBook.
And I think I must share my discovery with the world because everyone wants to lock their Shapes!
Steps: (I work with Excel VBA and with msoFreeform shapes mostly but I think any shape should be working and manually added shapes through Excel UI should work too and in other Office Apps as well)
1.(yourWorkSheet or )ActiveSheet.Shapes.AddChart (through VBA but MAYBE you can add chart through Excel UI and then delete the only chart)
(no need for any other parameter because we just need the chart container, "ChartObject")
2.If you don't have some already, create a shape either through Excel UI or through VBA with AddShape method or BuildFreeform on the Chart directly or on to the worksheet.
3.Copy/Paste the created shape (if created through Excel UI or through VBA on the worksheet) on to the BLANK Chart Container. (NOT drag and drop)
4.Format the ChartContainer Rectangle window as required (try "No Fill & No Outline") through VBA or Excel UI
5.There are 3 options regarding protection of a Chart
(Embedded chart here because I don't work with Chart Sheets, may be this might work with them)
source:[https://peltiertech.com/Excel/ChartsHowTo/ChartProtection.html]
But here, only the relevant 2 will be shown:
5(a)ActiveChart.ProtectFormatting = True
That protection will block any formatting changes on the Shape and the Chart via "Chart Tools Menu" or "Drawing Tools - Format Menu" or moving or resizing with mouse or deleting BUT will show the ChartContainer window upon Selection via Mouse but non-selectable via VBA
eg. yourworksheet.ChartObjects("YourChartName").Chart.ProtectFormatting=True
5(b)ActiveChart.ProtectSelection = True
That will stop the shape or the chart from being selected altogether so this is the end of story
eg. yourworksheet.ChartObjects("YourChartName").Chart.ProtectSelection=True
The best thing about this method is that the shape can still be accessible through VBA like
eg.yourworksheet.ChartObjects("YourChartName").Chart.Shapes("YourShapeName or Index").whatever
except Shape.Select which should be obvious and there is NO need to lock the Worksheet or Workbook at all.
NB:1)The interesting finding here is that the 2 protections do not replace each other (if applied one after another) but more like stacked with each other meaning if both (if you really want) were set True first and then after setting either one False, the other restriction still remains.
2)Even if selection is protected as above, the chart can still be accessible through the Selection Pane, therefore:
Application.CommandBars("Selection and Visibility").Enabled = False
and also blocking the Worksheet Export are advisable but I think these are overkill nonetheless included for completeness' sake.
Discovered and tested on MS Excel 2010 so YMMV.
Nay Lynn's answer caused my Excel to crash. Specifically with the .ProtectSelection property being enabled (using Microsoft365 Excel). . . Excel VBA's Intellisense shows the property, so it is legitimate, but everything would be fine until the chart was selected. Playing around with this idea though, I did find a great work around.
1. Place a Chart on your sheet. Make it span across the area you want to protect
(we will expand the size of this chart later).
a. Leave Fill of Chart at Default until a later step (this helps ensure the
next steps are successful).
b. Delete all the elements present for the chart (Series label, Title, Etc.)
c. Shrink the "Plot Area" box leftover to as negligible as possible.
d. CRITICAL: Right Click the chart and choose "Select Data" - use the
option to remove all the data in the boxes of this dialog, otherwise when
you select the Rectangle added below, it will show the data references as
selections in the Worksheet behind it.
2. Insert a Rectangle into the Chart. It will have the default colors.
3. Tap `Esc` to clear the selection. If you select the shape and try to move it
around, it will take precedence over the Chart itself (this is how we'll trick
Excel later).
a. Confirm this does not allow the shape to be pulled beyond the border of the
Chart.
4. Set Fill of Chart to be "No Fill"
5. Expand the Rectangle's size to match the size of the chart.
6. Set Fill of Rectangle to be a color with 100% Transparency (NOT the same as "No
Fill" - this is critical)
a. You should be able to see all of your shapes, etc, but not touch them if you
click where the rectangle was, and trying to click and drag will also fail since the
Rectangle takes selection precedence and is also bound by the chart.
7. Set the fill of the Rectangle back to a color with 0 transparency (we need to
find the edge of the shape)
8. Select the Rectangle's border and it should then select the Chart instead (you
should see the chart Format option appear).
9. Expand the Chart's border to the ends of the Excel Sheet (ensure the top left
corner sits in the top left corner of the sheet by dragging it). You can also set
the height/width to an absurd number that users will get fed up with trying to find
if you do not wish to expand it across the entire boundaries (or if there's a hard
limitation - I did not try to expand across the entire sheet, but went to "BO400"
with no issue.
a. Expand the Rectangle to fit the Chart once again if it did not expand
automatically (in my case it did, but I cannot guarantee this behavior)
b. If you have any Buttons that DO need to be clicked, place this chart
at the bottom, place all the buttons/shapes etc. that need interaction to
the top, then bring the chart up a level until all the items needing
protection are hidden.
c. Change the Transparency back to 100%
10. After you have the Chart expanded properly, you will need to use a bit of VBA
to ensure the Chart's Formatting is protected as Nay Lynn mentions. Get the
Chart's name by selecting the border, and institute some VBA Code that gets
toggled based on your needs (you might want to include an unprotect sub
as well just in case).
Example:
Sub Protect_Sheet_With_Chart ()
dim sht as Worksheet
dim chrt as Chart
Set sht = ActiveSheet
'You can use a sheet by name for the above as well - make your code robust.
Set chrt = sht.ChartObjects("ChartNameFoundFromStep10").Chart
chrt.ProtectFormatting = True
End Sub
Sub UnProtect_Sheet_With_Chart ()
dim sht as Worksheet
dim chrt as Chart
Set sht = ActiveSheet
'You can use a sheet by name for the above as well - make your code robust.
Set chrt = sht.ChartObjects("ChartNameFoundFromStep10").Chart
chrt.ProtectFormatting = False
End Sub
11. After you protect the Chart, selecting it and deleting will not
actually delete it, NOR the rectangle, so it can't be removed!
12. Protect your code somehow and you'll be set!
Some background first.
Excel allows duplicate names for shapes. That is, you can have both a ChartObject and an oval shape in the same worksheet with exactly the same name. You can also have two charts named both "Chart 2". If you try to reference a shape with a duplicate name, e.g.
ActiveSheet.Shapes("Dupe").Select,
excel seems to resort to returning the object with the lowest ID (and the duplicate name).
There is no way (that I know of) of linking an ActiveChart with its corresponding containing shape.
I want to create a function like
function GetAChartsShape(c as chart) as Shape,
but I don't know how. The immediate use for this would be to format the selected chart (since there is no way of globally changing a chart's font). Of course, this could also have other uses.
The name of the shape containing an embedded chart (the shape is also the chartobject) is:
activechart.parent.name
or if c is declared a chart:
c.parent.name
But of course you know you don't need to select an object to work on it, so just do what you need to do on
c.parent
which avoids the problem of duplicate names.