Syntax 3 For loading an OLE object from a file into a control

Opens an OLE object in a file and loads it into an OLE control.

OLE controls

<span>olecontrol</span>.<span>Open</span> ( <span>OLEsourcefile</span> )

1	<span>olecontrol</span>.<span>Open</span> ( <span>OLEsourcefile</span> )

Argument	Description
olecontrol	The name of the OLE control into which you want to load an OLE object.
OLEsourcefile	A string specifying the name of an OLE storage file containing the object. The file must already exist and contain an OLE object. OLEsourcefile can include a path for the file, as well as path information inside the OLE storage.

Integer. Returns 0 if it succeeds and
one of the following negative values if an error occurs:

If any argument’s value is null, Open returns null.

This example opens the object in the file MYSTUFF.OLE and
loads it into in the control ole_1:

integer result

1	integer result

result = ole_1.<span>Open</span>("c:ole2mystuff.ole")

1	result = ole_1.<span>Open</span>("c:ole2mystuff.ole")

August 19, 2023

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