Question

so i am currently doing this…

//Codeblock edited to include otaku upgrade
const String GIFpastespecialformat = @"Picture (GIF)";
const Int32 Onemoreshape = 1;
Int32 shapeCount = sht.Shapes.Count;
WorksheetPasteSpecialArgs wspa = new worksheetpastespecialargs();
wspa.Format = GIFpastespecialformat;
wspa.Link = False;
wspa.DisplayAsIcon = False;
List<Int32> oldShapes = new List<Int32>();
foreach (var item in sht.Shapes.Items())
{
   oldShapes.Add(Item.ID);
}
sht.PasteSpecial(wspa);
if((shapeCount + Onemoreshape) == sht.Shapes.Count)
{
  foreach (var item in sht.Shapes.Items())
  {
    if(oldShapes.Exists(i => i == item.ID) == false)
    {
      //work with shape here
    }
  }
}
else
{ 
   //report and deal with comexception, user intervention, etc
}

Where sht is the variable representing the worksheet i am working with.

Answer 1

The code is pretty solid. Probably the only enhancement I would make is just keep a count of the shapes – oldShapes.Count and just see if that number changes after a Paste. If so, a shape has been inserted.