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Data: OLE: How to connect the data information from two applications via OLE?

Nov 22nd, 2003 08:44
Knud van Eeden,

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--- Knud van Eeden --- 22 November 2003 - 05:39 pm -------------------

Data: OLE: How to connect the data information from two applications 
via OLE?

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In the case of linking the data, only a link is copied inside the
destination application. If you want to use this data, you need to have
access to the source application containing that data.

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Steps: Overview:

1. Copy the data in the source application to the clipboard

2. In the destination application, paste the data (via 'Paste as link',
   or possibly as 'Paste special')

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Steps: Worked out:

1. Copy the data in the source application to the clipboard

2. In the destination application, paste the data (via 'Paste as 
link', or possibly as 'Paste special'.
    Both methods are basically the same, except 'Paste special' gives
    you more control over how the data is pasted -- text, worksheet,
    bitmap, ... If you paste as 'Text', no formatting from the source
    application is retained, otherwise it is.

    'Paste link' uses the default pasting options, which paste the
    object as it is from the source document, you loose all formatting
    of the text).

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[book: source: Marmel, Elaine - special edition using Lotus 
Smartsuite97 - Que - ISBN 0-7897-0851-5 - p. 752]

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