OLE linking not working

Mike,



Thanks for the tip!



I see that I can import text by paragraph by placing each paragraph into its own tagged flow.



Philip

Philip, one more significant issue -- to use OLE there must be an OLE "server" application and an OLE "client" application. The server app is the one whose file is being accessed; the client app is the one "consuming" the result. I believe FM 7.2 is an OLE client, but not an OLE server, so it is impossible to use OLE to do an FM-to-FM OLE import. I suspect this holds true for FM 8 as well.

Thanks for the insights.



OLE linking must have been disabled because the instructions are simple, and I followed them exactly.



Given that, I'm curious as to the best way to present, say, a paragraph of text in multiple places.

Philip:

I have a very vague recollection that the "Source: Unknown source" message actually arises as a consequence of a Windows security "feature".

As I recall, OLE is but one of the many ways that a Windows user program or operation can under certain circumstances irredeemably corrupt the operating system. So Microsoft, as it so often seems to do, "fixed" the security hole by disabling an entire category of operation; in this case the pasting, whether by human or non-human process, of all OLE objects.

Or so I recall from those days when Windows 95 roamed the earth...

Cheers, hope this helps, & have a GREAT weekend,
Riley

I don't believe pasting from the clipboard is actually an OLE process -- OLE only works between specific applications, not with the clipboard.

As Mike says, OLE in FM can be very touchy -- OLE is inherently touchy because it depends on having the linked and linked-to files in exactly the same place and same version etc etc as the link was originally created with. Change one aspect and the link is blotto.

Philip,

FrameMaker has never played well with OLE, avoid it at all costs.

Mike