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IOleContainer interface

Enumerates objects in a compound document or lock a container in the running state. Container and object applications both implement this interface.

When to implement

Applications that support links and links to embedded objects implement this interface to provide object enumeration, name parsing, and silent updates of link sources. Simple, nonlinking containers do not need to implement IOleContainer if it is useful mainly to support links to embedded objects.

When to use

Note This interface is not supported for use across machine boundaries.

Call IOleContainer to enumerate the objects in a compound document or to lock a container so that silent updates of link sources can occur without interruption until the container is explicitly released.

Many applications inherit the functions of IOleContainer by implementing IOleItemContainer, which is used to bind item monikers.

Members

The IOleContainer interface inherits from IParseDisplayName. IOleContainer also has these types of members:

Methods

Methods

The IOleContainer interface has these methods.

Method	Description
EnumObjects	Enumerates the objects in the current container.
LockContainer	Keeps the container for embedded objects running until explicitly released.

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Header	OleIdl.h
IDL	OleIdl.Idl
IID	IID_IOleContainer is defined as 0000011b-0000-0000-C000-000000000046