PowerPoint.Shapes.AddMediaObject.md

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Shapes.AddMediaObject method (PowerPoint)	vbapp10.chm543025	vbapp10.chm543025	PowerPoint.Shapes.AddMediaObject	7e2ab704-7fd4-86d7-3f61-8d69c13b5685	06/08/2017	medium

Shapes.AddMediaObject method (PowerPoint)

Important

Deprecated in PowerPoint 2013. See Shapes.AddMediaObject2 method (PowerPoint). Creates a media object. Returns a Shape object that represents the new media object.

Syntax

expression. AddMediaObject( _FileName_, _Left_, _Top_, _Width_, _Height_ )

expression A variable that represents a Shapes object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
FileName	Required	String	Required String. The file from which the media object is to be created. If the path isn't specified, the current working folder is used.
Left	Optional	Single	The position (in points) of the upper-left corner of the media object's bounding box relative to the upper-left corner of the document.
Top	Optional	Single	The position (in points) of the upper-left corner of the media object's bounding box relative to the upper-left corner of the document.
Width	Optional	Single	The width of the media object's bounding box, in points.
Height	Optional	Single	The height of the media object's bounding box, in points.

Return value

Shape

Example

This example adds the movie named "Clock.avi" to myDocument.

Set myDocument = ActivePresentation.Slides(1)

myDocument.Shapes.AddMediaObject FileName:="C:\Windows\clock.avi", _
    Left:=5, Top:=5, Width:=100, Height:=100

See also

Shapes Object

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