Workbook.OpenLinks Method (Excel)

Opens the supporting documents for a link or links.

Syntax

expression .OpenLinks(Name, ReadOnly, Type)

expression A variable that represents a Workbook object.

Parameters

Name

Required/Optional

Data Type

Description

Name

Required

String

The name of the Microsoft Excel or DDE/OLE link, as returned from the LinkSources method.

ReadOnly

Optional

Variant

True to open documents as read-only. The default value is False.

Type

Optional

Variant

One of the constants of XlLink that specifies the link type.

Example

This example opens OLE link one in the active workbook.

linkArray = ActiveWorkbook.LinkSources(xlOLELinks) 
ActiveWorkbook.OpenLinks linkArray(1)

This example opens all supporting Microsoft Excel documents for the active workbook.

Sub OpenAllLinks() 
 Dim arLinks As Variant 
 Dim intIndex As Integer 
 arLinks = ActiveWorkbook.LinkSources(xlExcelLinks) 
 
 If Not IsEmpty(arLinks) Then 
 For intIndex = LBound(arLinks) To UBound(arLinks) 
 ActiveWorkbook.OpenLinks arLinks(intIndex) 
 Next intIndex 
 Else 
 MsgBox "The active workbook contains no external links." 
 End If 
End Sub 

See Also

Concepts

Workbook Object

Workbook Object Members