ID Number: Q72638
3.10
MS-DOS
Summary:
The following information applies to version 1.0 of the OLE extensions
to Windows.
There has been some confusion concerning the use of the OleClose and
OleDelete functions. OleClose is used to close an object, while
OleDelete closes the object and deletes it, reclaiming its storage.
Since dynamic data exchange (DDE) is the underlying information
transport mechanism for the Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
protocol, closing an object simply terminates the DDE conversation
between the OLE client and the OLE server. This conversation can be
restarted by calling OleReconnect. Performing a reconnect is valid
only for linked objects that are already open in their server.
Attempting to reconnect to an object that is not open in its server
will fail.
OleDelete closes the object as well, but also frees the memory
associated with the object. Calling OleDelete notifies the OLE library
that the specified object is no longer part of the client document.