Mark,
I suggested this idea at last year's partner conference (as well as in years
past). Prior to last year, the answer had always been that it would require a
general re-architecting of the whole system. Last year, however, the response
was much more positive. It seems that MapInfo is now re-architecting MI Pro to
be more OLE friendly. (If my guess is correct, they are moving from C to C++
and "compentizing" the system into COM objects.) I've heard rumblings of
offering VBScript along with MapBasic which would allow for using ActiveX
controls in MapInfo. Perhaps this will open the door for an OLE client Layout
window???
Gary.
"Ogilvie, Mark" wrote:
> Yes, I like it! Why not just make the Layout window an OLE client
> (container?) and with one stroke we have enormously expanded the
> functionality of MI. Have MI hard-coded so that it already knows about a few
> key OLE objects we are likely to want to insert, e.g. Word and Crystal (I
> presume Crystal can be and OLE server?): have some Layout-menu commands
> Insert Word Document, Insert Crystal Report, and a generic Insert Object...
>
> Cheers
> Mark O.
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