PictureFormat.OriginalColorsInPalette Property

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Returns a Long that represents the number of colors in the specified linked picture's palette. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.OriginalColorsInPalette

expression   A variable that represents an PictureFormat object.

Return Value
Long

Remarks

This property only applies to linked pictures or OLE objects that are not TrueColor (that is, they contain color data of less than 24 bits per channel.) Returns "Permission Denied" for shapes representing embedded or pasted pictures and OLE objects, or linked pictures that are TrueColor.

Use either of the following properties to determine whether a shape represents a linked picture:

Use the OriginalIsTrueColor property to determine whether a linked picture contains color data of 24 bits per channel or greater.

Example

The following example returns a list of all pictures in the active publication that are not TrueColor. The number of colors in each picture's palette is returned, and if the picture is linked and the linked picture is not TrueColor, the number of colors in its palette is also returned.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub PictureColorInformation()
Dim pgLoop As Page
Dim shpLoop As Shape

For Each pgLoop In ActiveDocument.Pages
For Each shpLoop In pgLoop.Shapes
If shpLoop.Type = pbLinkedPicture Or shpLoop.Type = pbPicture Then


        With shpLoop.PictureFormat
            If .IsEmpty = msoFalse Then
         
                If .IsTrueColor = msoFalse Then
                    Debug.Print .Filename
                    Debug.Print "This picture has " & .ColorsInPalette & " colors."
                    If .IsLinked = msoTrue Then
                        If .OriginalIsTrueColor = msoFalse Then
                            Debug.Print "The linked picture has " & _
                            .<strong>OriginalColorsInPalette</strong> &amp; " colors."
                        End If
                    End If
                End If
            
            End If
        End With
        
    End If
Next shpLoop



Next pgLoop


End Sub

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