Cannot Edit OLE Object Linked to Another Computer

• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.1

SUMMARY

Some object-linking-and-embedding (OLE) applications provide menu entries and shortcut key combinations to edit linked objects. When you link an object using information from another computer's ClipBook, these options are not available.

MORE INFORMATION

There are two basic types of OLE objects: linked objects and embedded objects. Both of these are supported by ClipBook Viewer.

All information that describes an embedded object is held in the ClipBook page, and can be inserted in a document on another computer. If the application used to create the information is available on the other computer, the object can be edited as well.

When an object is linked, the information remains on the computer where it was created. Links to the object in documents on other computers receive updates of the information from the originating computer.

Most OLE applications provide the ability to edit an object that has been linked (not embedded) into another document. This operation is not possible when the linked object is from another computer. The OLE process depends on access to the original source file, which in this case resides on another computer.

While the original source file can be made available to others through file sharing, creating a DDE share does not give others the ability to edit your source document.

Depending on the applications involved and the security setting, attempting to edit an object linked from another computer may change the appearance of the server application (preparing it for editing), or report an error.