What are the special features of OLE objects?

OLE objects have several special features.

If you are using the Microsoft® Windows XP operating system, certain icons are not displayed. You can avoid this problem if you set the color depth to 16 Bit under Display in the Control Panel and select another icon when you insert the OLE object. If an icon is displayed in the preview, it is also visible in models.

If the OLE object is inserted directly and not as an icon, the content of the file that was available the last time the OLE object was opened, is displayed. New changes to the file are displayed when you double-click the OLE object in the model. This opens the OLE object in the corresponding program. When you close the program, the updated content is displayed in the model.

If the OLE object is inserted as an icon, the relevant program is started and the current content displayed after you double-click the icon.

See also

Insert OLE object