Containers

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A container application is an application that can incorporate embedded or linked items into its own documents. The documents managed by a container application must be able to store and display OLE compound document components as well as data created by the application itself. A container application must also allow users to insert new items or edit existing items. Creating an OLE Container in Tutorials takes you through the process of creating a container application. You should complete that tutorial before reading this family of articles.

What do you want to do?

• Implement a container
  
  
• Learn about container client items
  
  
• Use compound files
  
  
• Learn about container user-interface issues
  
  
• Learn about advanced features of containers

See Also   Servers, Activation, Menus and Resources (OLE)