Microsoft KB Archive/258053

= WD2000: DOCERR: OLE Object ClassName Is Incorrect for LINK Field in Word Help =

Article ID: 258053

Article Last Modified on 8/27/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q258053



SYMPTOMS
When you use Microsoft Word Help to assist with inserting a LINK field for inserting information from a different program as an OLE object, the information pertaining to the ClassName is incorrect.

For example, the LINK field in Microsoft Word Help describes the following:   Instruction          Description

ClassName           The application type of the linked information. For example, for a Microsoft Excel chart, ClassName is                       "ExcelChart." Word determines this information from the source application. The example given in the LINK Help topic is also incorrect:

{ LINK ExcelSheet C:\\My Documents\Profits.xls A1:D4 \a }

For more information about the LINK field, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type link field in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
When you link to a different program to insert that program's information as an object into a Microsoft Word document, you must specify the programmatic identifier (ProgID) for that specified OLE object.

For example, if you want to paste link copied information from a Microsoft Excel worksheet into a Word document as a Microsoft Excel Worksheet Object, you must specify the ClassName for the Excel object, as in the following example:

{ LINK Excel.Sheet.8 "C:\\My Documents\\Profits.xls" Sheet1!R1C1:R4C4 \a }

For more information about using the correct ClassName for an OLE object, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type classtype, click Search, and then click to view "ProgID Property."

For more information about cell references, click Microsoft Excel Help on the Help menu, type about cell and range references in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

