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What is Source Application in OLE

I have some questions about Object Linking and Embedding (Visual Basic)

1. What is  meant by Source Application in OLE?
2. Why it is used ?

Thanks in Advance

Solution

  • COM/ActiveX (which includes OLE) had lots of terminology and acronyms. Like "QI", "ROT" and "BSTR", to name a few :; But, as far as I know, "Source Application" wasn't among them.

    Q: Where exactly did you encounter the term? In what context was it used?

    SUGGESTION:

    COM/ActiveX had "in proc servers" (.dlls) and "out of proc servers" (.exe's). I suspect maybe "Source Application" might refer to an out of proc server, like MS-Word or Excel?