kilmer@hq.af.mil (02/21/91)
I am trying to find ay info I can on the Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) spec from Microsoft. If anyone has any phone numbers/pricing info I would appreciate it. I'm assuming that it would come with some Dynamic Link Libs or the sort to integrate into your apps. Has anyone used the feature in Excel 3.0? I would appreciate any replies. I am also interested in getting it to work under OS/2...anyone heard anything??? Thanks, Richard Kilmer KILMER@OPSNET-PENTAGON.AF.MIL -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Richard Kilmer Kilmer@Opsnet-Pentagon.af.mil | | VAX Systems Analyst (AKA Kilmer@26.24.0.26) | `-------------------------------------------------------------------------'
joeb@hpnmdla.HP.COM (Joe Barnhart) (02/28/91)
In my humble opinion, OLE is more of a "future" technology than a deliverable one. MS says that OLE is used in PowerPoint and Excel. I've used PowerPoint, and it is definitely NOT a good advertisment for OLE! The PowerPoint charting module is linked via OLE to the graphics module. When you select a chart, it is automatically loaded and opened up as a chart "editor." Unfortunatly, the charting module knows nothing about the colors and fonts selected by the graphics module, so it chooses its own, incompatible, palette. When the chart is exported back to the graphics module, you have to go in and "recolor" the chart to make it look like it belongs in the presentation. #include <HP.advertisment> Frankly, I'm very impressed by what I've seen and used of HP NewWave for Windows. It seems to encompass OLE and go beyond it in several important ways. For one: NewWave's Object Management Facility (OMF) keeps track of _all_ objects in the system. If an application depends on an object, and that object changes while the application is shut down, NewWave will notify that application of the change when it's next started. NewWave will also include support for OS/2 and UNIX platforms, at least according to what I've read in the Developer's Kit. This _should_ make it a more general solution than OLE, which runs only under Windows. (But we all know about future plans, eh?) I am not part of the NewWave team. I work in the "instrument" side of HP. -- Joe B. #include <standard.disclaimer>