* OLE object

[ireneblackburn]

What is an OLE object? I see it when I go to insert multimedia and I am not sure what it would be used for.

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[martync]

OLE is an abbreviation of Object Linking and Embedding, pronounced as separate letters or as oh-leh. It is a compound document standard developed by Microsoft. It lets you create objects with one application and then link or embed them in a second application. Embedded objects retain their original format and links to the application that created them.

In this context the OLE object is just a pice of data made in an application other than Family Historian that you can store in it so it could be a picture, a sound file, a video file or lots of other things.

I hope this helps.

All the best,
Martyn

[ireneblackburn]

Thank you