Design Specifications and Guidelines - Working with OLE Embedded and Linked Objects

Working with OLE Embedded and Linked Objects

The Microsoft Object Linking and Embedding technology (OLE) makes objects created in a document in one application available to a document created in another application. For example, a user can store a table created in a spreadsheet application in a word processing document. This chapter discusses guidelines for designing the interface for embedded and linked objects implemented with OLE. However, you can apply many of these guidelines to any implementation of a container.

The Interaction Model

Creating Embedded and Linked Objects

Displaying Objects

Selecting Objects

Activating Objects

Visual Editing of Embedded Objects

Editing a Linked Object

Accessing Properties of Objects

Converting Types

Using Handles

Displaying Messages

Fundamentals of Designing User Interaction

Windows Interface Components

Design Specifications and Guidelines

Appendixes and References