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Common Word Processing Features

Images and OLE Objects

Object Linking and Embedding (OLE), a Microsoft Windows technology for presenting applications as objects within other applications can be used in TX Text Control ActiveX Server to extend its apparent functionality.

Report generation is a typical application for OLE objects. Data from a spreadsheet, such as Microsoft Excel for example, can be programmatically inserted into a TX Text Control ActiveX Server word processing document. The resulting OLE object is treated as any other object or control in the document.

Similarly, images can be programmatically inserted into word processing documents. There are three approaches to inserting images:

Import as a character: Images that are positioned as a character are treated as any textual character in a line of text. They flow with the other text in a sentence.

Import to fixed position: Images that are inserted at a fixed position are stationary in the word processing document. TX Text Control ActiveX Server automatically flows text around fixed images.

Anchored to a paragraph: Images can be inserted and attached (anchored) to a specific paragraph. Whenever the paragraph moves down a page - for example, when more text is added before it - the inserted image remains geometrically relative to the paragraph to which it is attached, and thus moves down the page with the rest of the paragraph.

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