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USING SKYLITE CHAPTER 2
See page 54.
OLE Support in SkyLite
OLE automation (Object Linking and Embedding) allows you to export a programming
interface from an application for use by another application. This allows one application
to drive another. For example, most of Excel’s macro language is available to other
applications via OLE automation. You can insert OLE objects into a SkyLite session.
Because SkyLite is an automation enabled object, you can open SkyLite sessions and
make use of the macro language from within applications that are OLE Automation
Controllers, such as Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), the Excel Macro Language,
Visual C++, and Delphi.
Inserting an OLE object
To insert an OLE object:
1. Select Insert new object from the Edit menu.
2. Select the Object type from the list.
Create New
If you select Create New, you will get a list of objects that you can insert into your
document. For example, if you selected Bitmap Image, an object would be inserted
into your document that would allow you to create a bitmap image.
Display as icon
Enabling the Display As Icon inserts a shortcut into the document that represents the
file.
Create from File
If you select Create from File, this will insert the contents of an existing file into the
document, and you will be able to edit it using the program that created it. Type the
file name that you want to select, or use the Browse button.
Link
Enabling the Link button inserts a picture of the file contents into the document. The
picture will be linked to the file so that changes to the file will be reflected in your
document.
Note: You cannot save or print an embedded object in a session.
Deleting an OLE object
You can delete a selected OLE object:
1. Select the object you want to delete.
2. Select Delete object from the Edit menu.
Deleting all OLE objects
You can delete all OLE objects in a session:
Select Delete all objects from the Edit menu.
See page 52.
Using the Command Stack
The Command Stacker option stores the last 20 commands entered per session while
using SkyLite, if set.
By default, the Command stacker is turned off. To enable the Command Stacker, see
Configuring Editing, page 22.
Warning:
If you use the Command Stacker, it may also store any user IDs and passwords typed
during connection to a host. To prevent this, you can write a special login macro that will
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