DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
• Name : P.Sri Vidya
• Designation : Lecturer
• Branch : DCCP
• Institute : Govt. Polytechnic for Women, Bheemili
• Year/Semester : VI Semester
• Subject : Visual Basic - II
• Subject Code : CCP-603
• Topic : Object Linking & Embedding
• Duration : 50 Mts
• Sub Topic : Know the relation of Excel Worksheet and
• MS-Word to OLE
• Teaching Aids : PPT, Animation & Visuals
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Objectives

On Completion of this period, you would be

able to know..
• Know the relation of Excel Worksheet and Ms-Word to
OLE

• OLE Automation

• Examples on relation of Excel Worksheet and Ms-Word

to OLE

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 Is there any relation among VB OLE, Ms-Excel
worksheet and Ms-Word?

Yes,

(Discussion with students on OLE server and other OLE

related words)

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Let us recall some OLE words..

OLE (short for Object linking and

embedding) refers to the process of inserting
linked and embedded objects in one application
that is created by another application

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Let us recall some OLE words..
• OLE Server Application:

• Exposes the objects that Visual Basic needs

Ex. When your application must edit a document

created by a server application, it contacts the
server application that will be used to edit the
document

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Let us recall some OLE words..

• OLE Automation:

• Allows to programmatically manipulate objects

exposed by another application from within the
Visual Basic applications

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 OLE Automation..

• By using OLE Automation, we can control source

document from within VB application

• Applications that support OLE Automation expose

their objects to other application.

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 OLE Automation..

• Ex. An Excel worksheet application may expose a

worksheet, chart, cell, or range of cells all as different
types of objects

• Ex. A Ms-Word processor might expose objects such

as application, document, paragraph, sentence,
bookmark or selection

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 OLE Automation..

• When an application supports OLE Automation, the

objects it exposes can be accessed by Visual Basic

• Visual Basic can access both the objects of an OLE

server application and use the functionality of the
server application

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Accessing Excel and Ms-Word

• To be able to access OLE Automation

servers like Ms-Excel and Ms-Word from
within our VB application:

• Add the appropriate reference to the project

through References dialog box

• (Project  References)

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Accessing Excel and Ms-Word contd..

• To reference Excel, add the entry “Microsoft Excel

12.0 Library”

• To reference Word, add the entry “Microsoft Word

12.0 Library”

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OLE Automation Functions..

• CreateObject creates new object of a specified type

• GetObject retrieves an object from a file

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 Summary…

• We discussed about…

• Know the relation of Excel Worksheet and Ms-

Word to OLE

• OLE Automation

• Examples on relation of Excel Worksheet and Ms-

Word to OLE

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 Quiz

2. OLE Server application exposes the Objects that

visual Basic contacts – (True/False)

Ans: True

2. When an application supports OLE Automation, the

objects it exposes can be ___________________
by Visual Basic
Ans:. Accessed

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Frequently Asked Questions…

 Explain the relation of Excel Worksheet and Ms-

Word to OLE.

 Explain OLE Automation

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 ASSIGNMENT

1. Give an example on relation of Excel

worksheet and Ms-Word to OLE

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