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How to embed external document?In the good old days I believe people were using the arcane technology which
came to be known as COM+ to embed other application's document in their own document. Like a Word with document a Windows Media Player or Excel or Visio document inside, double click on it and *bang* you coud start edit it using Excel/WMP/Visio toolbar. Apparently even OpenOffice could do that. Now here is my question: I'm a new generation programmer. Blissfully ignorant of such thing. But I would like to know and embed Word, Excel or other kind of document in my application's own document! How could I do that? And is there an up-to-date technology (i.e.: .NET API) to do that? Hello, Lloyd!
LD> Like a Word with document a Windows Media Player or Excel or Visio LD> document inside, double click on it and *bang* you coud start edit it LD> using Excel/WMP/Visio toolbar. LD> Apparently even OpenOffice could do that. LD> Now here is my question: LD> I'm a new generation programmer. Blissfully ignorant of such thing. LD> But I would like to know and embed Word, Excel or other kind of LD> document in my application's own document! LD> How could I do that? Using COM-interop. Look at ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302084/en-us )( http://www.builderau.com.au/architect/dotnet/soa/Easily_utilise_Microsoft_Word_functionality_in_your_NET_application/0,39024710,39198903,00.htm ) thanks!
Show quote "Vadym Stetsyak" <vady***@ukr.net> wrote in message news:Onur51rjGHA.4504@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Hello, Lloyd! > > LD> Like a Word with document a Windows Media Player or Excel or Visio > LD> document inside, double click on it and *bang* you coud start edit it > LD> using Excel/WMP/Visio toolbar. > > LD> Apparently even OpenOffice could do that. > > LD> Now here is my question: > LD> I'm a new generation programmer. Blissfully ignorant of such thing. > LD> But I would like to know and embed Word, Excel or other kind of > LD> document in my application's own document! > > LD> How could I do that? > > Using COM-interop. > > Look at > ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302084/en-us )( > http://www.builderau.com.au/architect/dotnet/soa/Easily_utilise_Microsoft_Word_functionality_in_your_NET_application/0,39024710,39198903,00.htm ) > > -- > Regards, Vadym Stetsyak > www: http://vadmyst.blogspot.com Hi Lloyd,
Show quote "Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ld> wrote in message the technology you are talking about it OLE (Object Linking and Embedding).news:ehGlG2qjGHA.1324@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > In the good old days I believe people were using the arcane technology > which came to be known as COM+ to embed other application's document in > their own document. > > Like a Word with document a Windows Media Player or Excel or Visio > document inside, double click on it and *bang* you coud start edit it > using Excel/WMP/Visio toolbar. > > Apparently even OpenOffice could do that. > > Now here is my question: > I'm a new generation programmer. Blissfully ignorant of such thing. > But I would like to know and embed Word, Excel or other kind of document > in my application's own document! > > How could I do that? > > And is there an up-to-date technology (i.e.: .NET API) to do that? As Vadym has mentioned, you can use COM Interop to automate WinWord, but this alone is not enough for OLE. Unfotunately, in Windows Forms itself, there is no good suppot for OLE Document hosting. In the worst case, you have to use MFC's OLE support which is quite sophisticated. Marcus thanks!
Show quote "Marcus Heege" <NOSPAM@heege.net> wrote in message news:%23urUG6rjGHA.4212@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Hi Lloyd, > > "Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ld> wrote in message > news:ehGlG2qjGHA.1324@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> In the good old days I believe people were using the arcane technology >> which came to be known as COM+ to embed other application's document in >> their own document. >> >> Like a Word with document a Windows Media Player or Excel or Visio >> document inside, double click on it and *bang* you coud start edit it >> using Excel/WMP/Visio toolbar. >> >> Apparently even OpenOffice could do that. >> >> Now here is my question: >> I'm a new generation programmer. Blissfully ignorant of such thing. >> But I would like to know and embed Word, Excel or other kind of document >> in my application's own document! >> >> How could I do that? >> >> And is there an up-to-date technology (i.e.: .NET API) to do that? > > the technology you are talking about it OLE (Object Linking and > Embedding). > > As Vadym has mentioned, you can use COM Interop to automate WinWord, but > this alone is not enough for OLE. > > Unfotunately, in Windows Forms itself, there is no good suppot for OLE > Document hosting. In the worst case, you have to use MFC's OLE support > which is quite sophisticated. > > Marcus > > > "Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ld> wrote in message COM+ is not arcane and has nothing to do with document embedding, what you news:ehGlG2qjGHA.1324@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... | In the good old days I believe people were using the arcane technology which | came to be known as COM+ to embed other application's document in their own | document. are refering to is extended OLE or Active Document Containment, a COM based technology. Show quote | Implement an Active Document Container, using a framework like MFC. Please | Like a Word with document a Windows Media Player or Excel or Visio document | inside, double click on it and *bang* you coud start edit it using | Excel/WMP/Visio toolbar. | | Apparently even OpenOffice could do that. | | Now here is my question: | I'm a new generation programmer. Blissfully ignorant of such thing. | But I would like to know and embed Word, Excel or other kind of document in | my application's own document! | | How could I do that? consult MSDN for details on "Active Document Containers". | Kind of, .NET has the "Webbrowser" control which is a container usable from | And is there an up-to-date technology (i.e.: .NET API) to do that? | managed code to embed an OLE server like Word, excel etc.., but the technology is still OLE (that is COM), and that won't change because of ..NET. You can also create your own container using a tool like MFC (or Delphi) Willy. thanks!
Show quote "Willy Denoyette [MVP]" <willy.denoye***@telenet.be> wrote in message news:uzgE39rjGHA.4660@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > > "Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ld> wrote in message > news:ehGlG2qjGHA.1324@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > | In the good old days I believe people were using the arcane technology > which > | came to be known as COM+ to embed other application's document in their > own > | document. > > COM+ is not arcane and has nothing to do with document embedding, what you > are refering to is extended OLE or Active Document Containment, a COM > based > technology. > | > | Like a Word with document a Windows Media Player or Excel or Visio > document > | inside, double click on it and *bang* you coud start edit it using > | Excel/WMP/Visio toolbar. > | > | Apparently even OpenOffice could do that. > | > | Now here is my question: > | I'm a new generation programmer. Blissfully ignorant of such thing. > | But I would like to know and embed Word, Excel or other kind of document > in > | my application's own document! > | > | How could I do that? > > Implement an Active Document Container, using a framework like MFC. Please > consult MSDN for details on "Active Document Containers". > > | > | And is there an up-to-date technology (i.e.: .NET API) to do that? > | > Kind of, .NET has the "Webbrowser" control which is a container usable > from > managed code to embed an OLE server like Word, excel etc.., but the > technology is still OLE (that is COM), and that won't change because of > .NET. > You can also create your own container using a tool like MFC (or Delphi) > > Willy. > > > > > Implement an Active Document Container, using a framework like MFC. Please looking at that...> consult MSDN for details on "Active Document Containers". > | interesting idea...> | And is there an up-to-date technology (i.e.: .NET API) to do that? > | > Kind of, .NET has the "Webbrowser" control which is a container usable > from > managed code to embed an OLE server like Word, excel etc.., but the > technology is still OLE (that is COM), and that won't change because of > .NET. > You can also create your own container using a tool like MFC (or Delphi) Lloyd Dupont wrote:
> In the good old days I believe people were using the arcane As others have said, you're describing OLE.> technology which came to be known as COM+ to embed other > application's document in their own document. Show quote > You can embed any document you want in your own document in any way that you > Like a Word with document a Windows Media Player or Excel or Visio > document inside, double click on it and *bang* you coud start edit it > using Excel/WMP/Visio toolbar. > > Apparently even OpenOffice could do that. > > Now here is my question: > I'm a new generation programmer. Blissfully ignorant of such thing. > But I would like to know and embed Word, Excel or other kind of > document in my application's own document! > > How could I do that? > > And is there an up-to-date technology (i.e.: .NET API) to do that? want. Now, if you expect Word 2003 to be able to activate an embedded Word document inside your app, then your only choice is OLE. Implementing an OLE document container on .NET using WinForms might be possible, but it would take an awful lot of work. With Office 2007 and Windows Vista comes XPS - Xml Paper Specification. I believe that the XPS spec fully supports linking and embedding documents - hopefully there will be some usable managed support for manipulating XPS documents and perhaps even a standard for embedded activation. But that's not something you can use today. -cd > You can embed any document you want in your own document in any way that ha! in some distant future it would be possible again!> you want. Now, if you expect Word 2003 to be able to activate an embedded > Word document inside your app, then your only choice is OLE. Implementing > an OLE document container on .NET using WinForms might be possible, but it > would take an awful lot of work. > mmhh... :( > With Office 2007 and Windows Vista comes XPS - Xml Paper Specification. > I believe that the XPS spec fully supports linking and embedding > documents - hopefully there will be some usable managed support for > manipulating XPS documents and perhaps even a standard for embedded > activation. But that's not something you can use today. > If you are interested in learning OLE, the best resource is still
"Inside OLE" by Kraig Brockschmidt, MS Press (circa 1995). Note this is the second edition of the book. I still have to find another technical book on any subject with the depth and breadth of this one... If you have original VC 6.0 installation CDs, this book is available on the MSDN Library CDs shipping with VC 6 (in the Books section), but has long since been removed from mainstream MSDN Library. -- Show quote===================================== Alexander Nickolov Microsoft MVP [VC], MCSD email: agnicko***@mvps.org MVP VC FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/vcfaq ===================================== "Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ld> wrote in message news:ehGlG2qjGHA.1324@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > In the good old days I believe people were using the arcane technology > which came to be known as COM+ to embed other application's document in > their own document. > > Like a Word with document a Windows Media Player or Excel or Visio > document inside, double click on it and *bang* you coud start edit it > using Excel/WMP/Visio toolbar. > > Apparently even OpenOffice could do that. > > Now here is my question: > I'm a new generation programmer. Blissfully ignorant of such thing. > But I would like to know and embed Word, Excel or other kind of document > in my application's own document! > > How could I do that? > > And is there an up-to-date technology (i.e.: .NET API) to do that? > I lost VC5 :(
I have VS2003 & 2005, does it help? Show quote "Alexander Nickolov" <agnicko***@mvps.org> wrote in message news:eaygMvwjGHA.3572@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > If you are interested in learning OLE, the best resource is still > "Inside OLE" by Kraig Brockschmidt, MS Press (circa 1995). > Note this is the second edition of the book. I still have to find > another technical book on any subject with the depth and > breadth of this one... If you have original VC 6.0 installation > CDs, this book is available on the MSDN Library CDs > shipping with VC 6 (in the Books section), but has long since > been removed from mainstream MSDN Library. > > -- > ===================================== > Alexander Nickolov > Microsoft MVP [VC], MCSD > email: agnicko***@mvps.org > MVP VC FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/vcfaq > ===================================== > > "Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ld> wrote in message > news:ehGlG2qjGHA.1324@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> In the good old days I believe people were using the arcane technology >> which came to be known as COM+ to embed other application's document in >> their own document. >> >> Like a Word with document a Windows Media Player or Excel or Visio >> document inside, double click on it and *bang* you coud start edit it >> using Excel/WMP/Visio toolbar. >> >> Apparently even OpenOffice could do that. >> >> Now here is my question: >> I'm a new generation programmer. Blissfully ignorant of such thing. >> But I would like to know and embed Word, Excel or other kind of document >> in my application's own document! >> >> How could I do that? >> >> And is there an up-to-date technology (i.e.: .NET API) to do that? >> > > "Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ld> wrote in message No, unfortunately. Moreover the book is out-of-print, but it does news:e%23$7jx0jGHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >I lost VC5 :( > I have VS2003 & 2005, does it help? occasionally crop up in second-hand book stores. Your best bet is to ask around for an old VS6 distribution, with the MSDN Library. OK :(
Thanks! Show quote "Brian Muth" <bm***@mvps.org> wrote in message news:uQzx9T9jGHA.4512@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > "Lloyd Dupont" <net.galador@ld> wrote in message > news:e%23$7jx0jGHA.412@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>I lost VC5 :( >> I have VS2003 & 2005, does it help? > > No, unfortunately. Moreover the book is out-of-print, but it does > occasionally crop up in second-hand book stores. Your best bet is to ask > around for an old VS6 distribution, with the MSDN Library. > > >  |
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