OLE objects and the OLE presentation style – PB Docs 2017

Contents

Adding an OLE object to a DataWindow object

Using the OLE presentation style

Defining the OLE object

Specifying data for the OLE object

Previewing the DataWindow object

Activating and editing the OLE object

Changing the object in the control

• Icon or contents

  The DataWindow object can display the OLE object as an icon,
  or it can display an image of the contents when display of contents
  is supported by the server.

• Data from the DataWindow
  object

  You specify which DataWindow columns you want to transfer to
  the OLE object. The data that is sent to the OLE server replaces the
  OLE object template specified in the painter.

• Associating the object with
  rows

  When the OLE object is added to a DataWindow object, you can
  associate it with individual rows, groups of rows, or all rows. In
  the presentation style, the OLE object is always associated with all
  rows.

• Properties view

  The Properties view for an OLE object has different pages and
  some different properties from the OLE DataWindow object. For
  example, the Properties view for an OLE object in a DataWindow
  object does not contain detailed print specification settings
  because these are set in the DataWindow object’s own Properties
  view. However, it does have settings related to the position of the
  OLE object within the DataWindow object.

Not all servers are appropriate

The features of the OLE server application determine whether it
can provide useful information in a DataWindow object.

If the server does not support display of contents, it is not
useful for objects associated with rows. The user sees only the icon.
Some servers support the display of contents, but the view is scaled
too small to be readable even when the object is activated.

1. Adding an OLE object to a DataWindow object

2. Using the OLE presentation style

3. Defining the OLE object

4. Previewing the DataWindow object

5. Specifying DataWindow data for the OLE object