History of Windows Data Sharing Carlotta Eaton Exploring Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 To insert your company logo on this slide From the Insert Menu Select “Picture” Locate your logo file Click OK To resize the logo Click anywhere inside the logo. The boxes that appear outside the logo are known as “resize handles.” Use these to resize the object. If you hold down the shift key before using the resize handles, you will maintain the proportions of the object you wish to resize.

History of Windows Data Sharing Windows Clipboard DDE = Dynamic Data Exchange OLE = Object Linking and Embedding ActiveX

Clipboard Windows operating system included the Clipboard Originally the only way to transfer data between applications Clipboard could only contain a single object Clipboard stored in memory and erased when computer is turned off

DDE Dynamic Data Exchange Improvement made in the Windows operating system environment Useful for sending commands and data between applications A connection is made between the source and destination applications at runtime

OLE Object Linking and Embedding Newer technology than DDE Exchanges objects, not limited to data and commands Better performance Useful for creating compound documents Choice of embedding or linking objects

ActiveX Newest sharing technology from Microsoft Nnow refers to a wide range of communication techniques where an application makes its capabilities available to other applications All Office 97 applications are ActiveX servers

History of Windows Data Sharing Windows Clipboard DDE OLE ActiveX Press the Escape key to Return