AddPicture Method [Excel 2003 VBA Language Reference]
Creates a picture from an existing file. Returns a Shape object that represents the new picture.
expression.AddPicture(FileName, LinkToFile, SaveWithDocument, Left, Top, Width, Height)
expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.
FileName Required String. The file from which the OLE object is to be created.
MsoTriState
| MsoTriState can be one of these MsoTriState constants. |
| msoCTrue |
| msoFalse To make the picture an independent copy of the file. |
| msoTriStateMixed |
| msoTriStateToggle |
| msoTrue To link the picture to the file from which it was created. |
MsoTriState
| MsoTriState can be one of these MsoTriState constants. |
| msoCTrue |
| msoFalse To store only the link information in the document. |
| msoTriStateMixed |
| msoTriStateToggle |
| msoTrue To save the linked picture with the document into which it's inserted. This argument must be msoTrue if LinkToFile is msoFalse. |
Left Required Single. The position (in points) of the upper-left corner of the picture relative to the upper-left corner of the document.
Top Required Single. The position (in points) of the upper-left corner of the picture relative to the top of the document.
Width Required Single. The width of the picture, in points.
Height Required Single. The height of the picture, in points.
Example
This example adds a picture created from the file Music.bmp to myDocument. The inserted picture is linked to the file from which it was created and is saved with myDocument.
Set myDocument = Worksheets(1)
myDocument.Shapes.AddPicture _
"c:\microsoft office\clipart\music.bmp", _
True, True, 100, 100, 70, 70
Applies to | Shapes Collection