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14.6.1.1 To insert an embedded OLE object
1.
Click the Design tab.
2.
On the Insert menu, click OLE Object.
The Insert Object dialog box appears.
3.
Select Create From File.
The dialog box changes, allowing you to either type in an object name or browse.
4.
Click Browse and choose a bitmap file (BMP).
5.
Click Open to return to the Insert Object dialog box.
6.
Click OK to return to the report.
An object frame appears.
7.
Place the object in your report.
8.
Right-click this picture and observe that it is also identified as an OLE Object on the shortcut menu.
The third command from the bottom of the shortcut menu identifies it as a Bitmap Image Object. It
is an embedded OLE object.
9.
Double-click the object.
You have remained in Crystal Reports but the menus and tools have merged with Microsoft Paint,
or those of another graphics package installed on your machine. These tools can be used to edit
the bitmap in place. Remember that even though you are working with the tools of the OLE server
application, you are not working on the original file; you are working with a copy and nothing you do
here will affect the original.
14.6.2 Linked objects
When a linked object is inserted into a report, Windows copies a snapshot of the data (not the data
itself) from a file that already exists. The image of the object is added to your report along with a reference
to the data used to create it. The actual data remains with the original file.
When the object is activated from within a report, the original file is opened inside the application that
was used to create it. Any changes you make directly affect the original file also.
If you want the data in an object to remain available to other applications, and always reflect the most
current changes to the data, link the object to the report. An automatic link is refreshed from the source
file every time the report is loaded; a manual link is refreshed only when you request it. You can force
a refresh, break a link, or redefine the link in the Edit Links dialog box.
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