Operation Manual

OLE
Working with static OLE objects
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Dynamic OLE menu commands
When you have an OLE object selected, there is a submenu on the Edit menu
that provides commands for the object. The name of this submenu reflects
the type of the OLE object. The commands on the submenu also vary
according to the type of object.
The object may be described as a Document object, Bitmap Image object,
Picture object, Worksheet object, or something similarly descriptive:
• If the object is embedded, the Edit menu displays those commands that
are available to that type of embedded object.
• If the object is linked, the Edit menu displays commands for that type of
linked object.
Commands on the context menus change in a similar fashion.
These dynamic commands are provided to give you more control when
working with OLE objects.
OLE and the Insert Picture command
When the Object command on the Insert menu is used to place pictures in a
report, the picture will be converted to an embedded or linked object
associated with Microsoft Paint (or another image editing application).
When the Picture command on the Insert menu is used to place pictures in a
report, the Report Designer converts them into static objects.
Static objects cannot be edited. To edit a static object, it has to be converted
into an editable type of object using the Convert command on the Edit menu.
Working with static OLE objects
You can insert a number of different types of static OLE objects into your
report. Crystal Reports supports these pixel-based image formats:
• Windows Bitmap (BMP)
• TIFF
• JPEG
• PNG
As well, Crystal Reports supports this vector-based image format:
• Windows Metafiles (both WMF and the newer enhanced metafile format).