Re: OLE Field

Question

Gunjan,
When you Forte OLE Field, the Forte GUI environment is known as a
'Container Application'. Using the 'InsertObject' command, it can host
different 'Insertable OLE 2.0 Objects'.
When clicking on the Insert Object button, you will be presented with a
list of OLE objects that have identified themselves as 'Insertable OLE 2.0
object'.
One problem with hosting these OLE objects is that you cannot keep state.
For example, you run an Excel object and modified a spreadsheet -- when you
exit the container, the state information goes away. Forte solves this by
giving you a cache file, which is essentially a persistance image of the
OLE object. You can later use the LoadCacheFile method to retrieve the data.
By the way, using the ActiveXField, Forte can also host OLE Custom Controls
(OCX).
Lee Wei
At 01:41 PM 7/6/98 -0400, Gunjan Vijayvergia wrote:
>
This is what I got from the Forte OLE field documentation. I did not
understand teh part about the cache file and Insert Object . have
been using Visual C++ mostly before this and we all know how easy
this is there !!!
Could somebody explain ?
Documentation from Forte Help File Forte Ver 2.0
OLE Field Properties dialog
This dialog allows you to set the properties of OLE fields.
The Fort
é properties dialog for the OLE field allows you to set only the
attribute name, help text, and size policy for the OLE field. To set the
cache file name, and the default linked or embedded object for the OLE
field, you must use the Insert Object button on the OLE Field properties
dialog to open the Windows? Cache File and Insert Object dialogs. Because
these dialogs are provided by Windows, you need to use Windows to access
them. See your Windows documentation for information about the Insert
Object dialog.
The OLE field properties that can be set in this dialog are as follows:
Property Setting
Attribute Name The attribute name for the outline field.
Cache File Name This is a read-only property that shows the cache file
name specified in the Windows Cache File dialog for the OLE field.
Insert Object Opens the Windows Cache File and Insert Object dialogs,
where you can specify the cache file name and default linked or embedded
object for the OLE field respectively.
Help Text Opens the Help Text dialog for the field. See Help Text...
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Nextver field was locked because it was from 2004 and some very new forum user resurrected it to ask a new question. They should have been polite and posted their inquiry freshly new. Then they would have availed themselves of actually getting assistance directed to them.
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