How to create OLE object for MS Office

[LionAM]

Hello, is there any c++ tutorial or (simple) open source sample how to write an OLE object that can be embedded into MS Office applications such as powerpoint? Just like, for example, an Origin Graph or a corel draw image which are directly embedded into a powerpoint presentation. When I search for OLE, I most often only find how to automate Office... Alex

[CPallini]

If you are using Visual Studio, then the simplest path is the MFC ActiveX Control Wizard[^].

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[LionAM]

Thank you - this was easier than I expected. Alex

[LionAM]

I can insert my ActiveX object into Powerpoint and save/restore the data. Now, I would like to automatically create a new object from a certain file type - ideally by drag and drop into Powerpoint. How can I achieve this? Thank you in advance. Alex

[CPallini]

I never did that, however, I suppose you have to write a Shell Extension for that, check out the great article series[^] of Michael Dunn, here at CodeProject.

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[LionAM]

I have found an example which works as expected: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8c47csfz%28v=vs.90%29.aspx[^] Alex