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    ProShare(TM) Software: Using OLE Objects with the Shared Notebook

    Contents:

    • OBJECT LINKING AND EMBEDDING (OLE) AND PROSHARE STANDARD SOFTWARE
    • OLE OVERVIEW
    • HOW TO EMBED AN OLE OBJECT
    • OLE SERVERS
    • HOW TO EDIT AN EMBEDDED OLE OBJECT
    • OLE SERVER BEHAVIOR
    • TIPS FOR USING OLE
    
    

    OBJECT LINKING AND EMBEDDING (OLE) AND PROSHARE STANDARD SOFTWARE

    
       This document contains information on Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
    
       and how it works with the Intel ProShare Standard Edition software.  
    
    
    
    

    OLE OVERVIEW

    
       The Windows term "OLE" means Object Linking and Embedding.  Object
    
       Linking and Embedding is a feature of your application software
    
       (Microsoft Word for Windows, for example).  It is not a feature of the
    
       Intel ProShare Standard Edition software itself.  However, OLE can be
    
       used to embed a graphic, document, or other object from your application
    
       software into your ProShare software notebook.
    
    
    
       Objects created by one application and pasted into another are called
    
       OLE objects.  When embedding an object, you place information from one
    
       application into another.  Embedding the object is similar to copying
    
       with one difference:  when you double-click on the embedded object, the
    
       originating application opens so you can edit the object within that
    
       application.
    
    
    
       OLE objects are available only from applications that support OLE.
    
    
    
       ProShare Standard Edition software supports OLE v1.0.
    
    
    
    

    HOW TO EMBED AN OLE OBJECT

    
         1. Open the application and create the desired object or load the
    
            document.
    
    
    
         2. Use the application's menus and commands to Cut or Copy the desired
    
            information onto the Windows Clipboard.
    
    
    
         3. From the Edit menu, choose the Paste Special command to open the
    
            Paste Special dialog box.
    
    
    
         4. In the Paste Special dialog box, select the format labeled
    
            "application Object" from the list.
    
    
    
            Note:  The program from which you want to embed information must be
    
            an OLE server.  If it cannot treat information as OLE objects, the
    
            "application Object" format will not be available.
    
    
    
         5. To embed the object on the current public page, choose Paste.
    
    
    
            or
    
    
    
            To embed the object on the current private page, choose Paste
    
            Private.
    
    
    
         6. The ProShare software application puts the object in the upper left
    
            corner of the notebook page.  Making annotations in the notebook
    
            describes how to move the object.
    
    
    
       Usually the information itself appears on the page in the notebook. 
    
    
    
       However, some applications represent the embedded information with an
    
       icon, which appears on the notebook page.
    
    
    
       After you have created the OLE object, you don't have to leave the
    
       original application running.  If the application is not running, the
    
       ProShare application launches it when you double-click the object.
    
    
    
    

    OLE SERVERS

    
       Applications that support OLE are usually categorized as OLE clients or
    
       OLE servers (or both).  If an application is an OLE server, that means
    
       you can embed objects from that application into another application
    
       (the client application).  If an application is an OLE client, that
    
       means the application can accept embedded objects from OLE servers but
    
       doesn't support creating/linking objects into other OLE client
    
       applications.  
    
    
    
       ProShare Standard Edition software is an OLE client application.  You
    
       can embed objects from OLE server applications into the ProShare
    
       software shared notebook.   For a list of OLE server applications, see
    
       List of OLE Servers at the end of this document.
    
    
    
       How to Embed an OLE Object
    
    
    
       How to Edit an Embedded OLE Object
    
    
    
    

    HOW TO EDIT AN EMBEDDED OLE OBJECT

    
       To edit an embedded OLE object in your notebook:
    
    
    
         1. Either double-click the embedded object, or click the embedded
    
            object and choose Object from the Edit menu, to start the
    
            originating application.
    
    
    
         2. Use the originating application's commands and menus to change the
    
            object as desired.
    
    
    
         3. Save or Update the object within the originating application.
    
    
    
    

    OLE SERVER BEHAVIOR

    
       Using any application, a potential problem exists if an OLE object is
    
       created with one version and edited using another version of the
    
       application. This can crash a computer.
    
    
    
       Usually there are no problems when an OLE object is created in an
    
       earlier version and then edited using a later version. It is when an OLE
    
       object is edited using a version older than the creating version, or
    
       older than the version last used to edit the object,  that problems can
    
       arise. In this case one should not be able to activate the OLE object;
    
       when the application / machine configuration does allow the activation
    
       of an OLE object by an older version of the application, a system crash
    
       usually results.
    
    
    
    

    TIPS FOR USING OLE

    
       Usually the OLE object information itself will appear in the client
    
       application.  However, some applications represent the embedded
    
       information with an icon.
    
    
    
       After you have created an OLE object, you don't have to leave the
    
       original application running.  If the original application is not
    
       running, the client application launches it when you double-click the
    
       embedded object.
    
    
    
       The appearance of OLE objects in the ProShare software notebook is
    
       controlled by the OLE application. The object's appearance may change on
    
       activation.
    
    
    
       If you have one version of an OLE application, and if you activate an
    
       object in the ProShare notebook, and if the other participant has a
    
       different version of the OLE application, both of you may be unable to
    
       view OLE objects pasted into the notebook.
    
    
    
       When connected to another user, if one of the participants has an OLE
    
       object open, neither user will be able to double click on a page tab to
    
       force both participants to the same page.  The OLE object must be closed
    
       down first.
    
    

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