LotusScript for Visual Basic Programmers - IBM Redbooks

Chapter 12
Using Notes as an OLE 2 Automation Client: Managing
Objects
This chapter describes how to edit and update an embedded or linked
object in a Notes document manually and using LotusScript.
You can do the following in a Notes document that contains an OLE object:
Edit an embedded object. You can edit an embedded OLE object’s data
by launching the object’s server application from Notes. You can edit an
embedded OLE 2 object’s data “in-place” by using the server
application’s commands directly in Notes.
Edit a linked object. You can edit a linked object’s data by launching the
object’s server application from Notes.
Editing an Embedded Object
The following describes how to edit an embedded object manually.
Creating a View
In our example here, before you edit Notes documents that contain
embedded or linked objects, you first create a view in Notes to make it
easier to access each document.
Follow these steps to create a view in Notes:
1. Open the OLE 2 database.
2. On the navigator pane, click Design, then Views, and then double-click
on the *(untitled) view. The View design window displays.
3. Choose Design - View Properties from the menu bar and type Access
OLE 2 in the Name box.
Tip You can also click the Design View Properties SmartIcon.
4. Click the Options tab and select the Show in View menu check box.
5. Double-click on the “#” column title.
6. Type Object Category in the Title box; this is the title of your first
column.
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