delete links to external files

[GeorgK]

Hi,

Is it possible through VB or VBA to delete links to external files?

Thank you very much

Georg

[xiaodong_liang]

Hi,

What kind of external file you are referring to? If derived part, you could use 

   DerivedPartComponent.BreakLinkToFile 

As to 3rd files (OLE), you could choose type when adding

   ReferencedOLEFileDescriptors.Add (FullFileName As String, [Type] As OLEDocumentTypeEnum)

 where

  OLEDocumentTypeEnum: kOLEDocumentEmbeddingObject means it is Embedding Document, not link document.

[GeorgK]

Hi,

I mean jpg or bmp files. Thank you.

Georg

[xiaodong_liang]

Hi,

so, the relevant API object is  ReferencedOLEFileDescriptor. But no method to change its type from OLE link to embed, either does UI. If you want to delete the OLE, the method is ReferencedOLEFileDescriptor.Delete.

[miechh]

When opening the dialog "Links" I can see which items are unresolved; these have the text "No" in the column "Resolved". How can I determine through VBA which items are unresolved? I can't seem to find a property in ReferencedOLEFileDescriptors which indicate this.

[rjay75]

Try using the ReferenceMissing property.

[miechh]

Well, the strange thing is:

I have an assembly which has multiple referenced files, most of them are parts of course which are resolved. Two of them are texture bitmaps which are unresolved according to the "Links" dialog (Tools ribbon --> Options --> Links). But when analyzing the ThisAssy.Document.Files.ReferencedFileDescriptors these two bitmaps have the ReferenceMissing property set to False like all the other referenced (and resolved) files..... . I expected these two unresolved files to have the ReferenceMissing property set to "True". So it seems I can't rely on that property.

[GeorgK]

Do you have a sample code for the check?

[miechh]

Not yet. At this moment I'm using just the Watch-pane to analyze the different properties of the .Document.Files.ReferencedFileDescriptors. It's no use programming code when knowing that the desired properties don't have the values as expected.