LinkTo PowerScript function

Establishes a link between an OLE control and a file or an
item within the file.

<span>olecontrol</span>.<span>LinkTo</span> ( <span>filename </span>{, <span>sourceitem</span> <span></span>} )

1	<span>olecontrol</span>.<span>LinkTo</span> ( <span>filename </span>{, <span>sourceitem</span> <span></span>} )

Argument	Description
olecontrol	The name of the OLE control in which you want to insert a linked object.
filename	A string whose value is the file name containing the data that you want to insert in olecontrol, with a link connecting the object in PowerBuilder to the original data. If you do not specify sourceitem, a link is established with the whole file.
sourceitem (optional)	A string that names an item within file name to which you want to link. The way you specify sourceitem is determined by the OLE server application.

Integer. Returns 0 if it succeeds and
one of the following negative values if an error occurs:

If any argument’s value is null,
LinkTo returns null.

This example creates an object in the OLE control, ole_1.
The object is linked to the file C:XLSEXPENSE.XLS:

integer result

1	integer result

result = ole_1.<span>LinkTo</span>("c:xlsexpense.xls")

1	result = ole_1.<span>LinkTo</span>("c:xlsexpense.xls")

This example links to a section of rows and columns
in the same spreadsheet as in the previous example:

integer result

1	integer result

result = ole_1.<span>LinkTo</span>("c:xlsexpense.xls", &amp;

1	result = ole_1.<span>LinkTo</span>("c:xlsexpense.xls", &

    "R1C1:R5C5")

1	"R1C1:R5C5")

August 13, 2023

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