Adding an OLE object to an OLE field

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To add an object to an OLE field

1. Start the server application and open a file or create an object.

• If you want only a portion of the object data, select it and copy it to the Clipboard using the application’s Copy command or Ctrl+C.

• Start or switch to dBASE Plus, and run the table containing an OLE field.

• Click the Add Row button or choose Table|Add to open a new row. If the OLE field is represented by an icon, double-click the icon to open the OLE viewer.

• Do one of the following:

To link the object, right-click the OLE viewer and choose Paste Link from the popup menu.

To embed the object, right-click the OLE viewer and choose Paste (Ctrl+V) from the popup menu.

The linked or embedded object appears in your OLE viewer. You may need the scroll bars to scan the entire object.

A linked object is automatically updated by default, so if the source object is edited, the OLE field will reflect the changes. You can modify link attributes, however—as well as view information on the link, open the source file, change the link (useful if the source file is moved) or even break the link—by right-clicking the OLE viewer and choosing Links from the popup menu.

To edit an embedded object, double-click the OLE viewer containing the object. The server application opens with the object loaded for editing. When you’re finished with your edits, update the OLE field by choosing Update from the server application’s Edit menu.

You can also link or embed OLE objects by right-clicking an OLE viewer window and choosing Insert Object from the popup menu. The Insert Object dialog box lets you choose from among the OLE object types registered on your system. You can then either create a new object in the server application (for embedding) or create an object from an existing file (for embedding or linking).