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OLE in MFC

Visual Studio 2008

These articles explain the fundamentals of OLE programming using MFC. MFC provides the easiest way to write programs that use OLE:

To use OLE visual editing (in-place activation).
To work as OLE containers or servers.
To implement drag-and-drop functionality.
To work with date and time data.
To manage the state data of MFC modules, including exported DLL function entry points, OLE/COM interface entry points, and window procedure entry points.

You can also use Automation or Remote Automation to operate another program from your program.

Note:
The term OLE denotes the technologies associated with linking and embedding, including OLE containers, OLE servers, OLE items, in-place activation (or visual editing), trackers, drag and drop, and menu merging. The term Active applies to the Component Object Model (COM) and COM-based objects such as ActiveX controls. OLE Automation is now called Automation.

OLE Background: Discusses OLE and provides conceptual information about how it works.
Activation: Describes the role of activation in editing OLE items.
Containers: Provides links to using containers in OLE.
Data Objects and Data Sources: Provides links to topics discussing the use of the COleDataObject and COleDataSource classes.
Drag and Drop: Discusses using copying and pasting with OLE.
OLE Menus and Resources: Explains the use of menus and resources in MFC OLE document applications.
Registration: Discusses server installation and initialization.
Servers: Describes how to create OLE items (or components) for use by container applications.
Trackers: Provides information about the CRectTracker class, which provides a graphical interface to enable users to interact with OLE client items.

Connection Points: Explains how to implement connection points (formerly known as OLE connection points) using the MFC classes CCmdTarget and CConnectionPoint.
Container/Server COM Components: Describes the steps necessary to incorporate optional advanced features into existing container applications.
The Component Object Model: Describes using OLE without MFC.

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