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Application Design
Welcome to the Application Design section of Domino® Designer Help.
Including OLE objects in applications
Using Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) and OLE tools lets you extend the capability of Domino® Designer. OLE technology lets you integrate data from other applications, such as spreadsheets, graphics tools, and other data sources, into your application.
Launching objects automatically
You can have a form automatically launch (autolaunch) an embedded OLE object or a new OLE object when a user creates a document or opens one for reading or editing. A new OLE object is one that is blank until users add data.
Launching an object "in-place" or "out-of-place"

Launching an object "in-place" or "out-of-place"

About this task

By default, objects are launched "in-place," so that the object can be edited in Notes®. If the object does not support "in-place" editing, then the object will be launched "out-of-place," so that focus shifts to the application used to create the object and Notes® goes into the background.

Only applications that support OLE2 can launch objects "in-place." Applications that support OLE1 always launch "out-of-place," regardless of the "Launch in place" property.

Objects that are embedded in the form as icons always launch "out-of-place."

Note: Autolaunching is not supported on the Macintosh.

Procedure

Open the form containing the object.
Choose Design - Form Properties.
Click the Launch tab.
Select "Launch in place," or deselect it to launch "out-of-place."
Close and save the form.