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Determine if OLE Objects are Linked or Embedded Example (VBA)

This example shows how to determine if the OLE objects on a document are linked to external files or embedded in the document.

'------------------------------------------
' Preconditions:
' 1. Open a model document that contains
'    one or more OLE objects.
' 2. Open the Immediate window.
'
' Postconditions:
' 1. Gets whether each OLE object is linked
'    or embedded in the model document.
' 2. Examine the Immediate window.
'-----------------------------------------
Option Explicit 
Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
Dim swModelDocExt As SldWorks.ModelDocExtension
Dim nCount As Long
Dim ub As Long
Dim oleobjoptions As Long
Dim vOleObjs As Variant
Dim i as Long
Sub main()
    Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
    Set swModel = swApp.ActiveDoc
    Set swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension
    
    Debug.Print "Number of OLE objects on document = " & swModelDocExt.GetOLEObjectCount(oleobjoptions)    
    vOleObjs = swModelDocExt.GetOLEObjects(oleobjoptions)
    ub = UBound(vOleObjs)
    For i = 0 To ub
        Debug.Print "OLE object " & i & " linked (OLE object is embedded if False)? " & vOleObjs(0).IsLinked
    Next i
End Sub


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