Change from view OLE as icon

How, using dxl, do I change an OLE displayed as an icon to one displayed as editable information?

Manually I would select Edit>Ole Object Properties>View>display as editable information.
As my document has a large number of OLE (>50) I want to automate it.
Running with DOORS 8.3 on windows XP.
I thought I had seen this somewhere, maybe as 'undocumented facility', but can't find it.
Bob_Swan - Thu Oct 29 10:51:38 EDT 2009

Re: Change from view OLE as icon
kbmurphy - Thu Oct 29 12:27:21 EDT 2009

I wonder if there is a way to do this too.

I did notice that you could select the object in DXL and call the OLE Properties dialog. My guess is that the DXL would stop there and wait for you to click OK on the window. That would make it a little less painful...have you tried that?

Re: Change from view OLE as icon
driven_mad - Tue Feb 23 21:46:49 EST 2010

did this get solved? i'm trying to do the same thing.

Re: Change from view OLE as icon
ESvl - Fri Jul 06 09:41:45 EDT 2012

driven_mad - Tue Feb 23 21:46:49 EST 2010
did this get solved? i'm trying to do the same thing.

Me as well... :/

Re: Change from view OLE as icon
jenksbj - Thu Mar 21 10:43:59 EDT 2013

I realize this is an old thread but has anyone come up with a solution to this issue? If so, I would be very interested in some sample code.

Re: Change from view OLE as icon
Tony_Goodman - Thu Mar 21 11:00:10 EDT 2013

jenksbj - Thu Mar 21 10:43:59 EDT 2013
I realize this is an old thread but has anyone come up with a solution to this issue? If so, I would be very interested in some sample code.

I am afraid this cannot be achived with DXL.

The OLE Object Properties dialog is invoked by a built-in perm showOlePropertiesDialog(Object).

This dialog is not implemented in DXL.

Tony Goodman, www.smartdxl.com

Re: Change from view OLE as icon
SystemAdmin - Tue Mar 26 08:58:24 EDT 2013

Tony_Goodman - Thu Mar 21 11:00:10 EDT 2013
I am afraid this cannot be achived with DXL.

The OLE Object Properties dialog is invoked by a built-in perm showOlePropertiesDialog(Object).

This dialog is not implemented in DXL.

Tony Goodman, www.smartdxl.com

What if you were trying to do the opposite? Convert an OLE shown as editable information to an icon? Could "oleInsert" with the "insertAsIcon" parameter be used somehow to call the attribute of the current object that has the OLE and convert it to icon?

I see from the DXL help this is for gettting a word doc and displaying as an ole, but I wonder if it could be tweaked to call an attribute instead of a file location?

Re: Change from view OLE as icon
Tony_Goodman - Thu Mar 28 09:08:00 EDT 2013

SystemAdmin - Tue Mar 26 08:58:24 EDT 2013
What if you were trying to do the opposite? Convert an OLE shown as editable information to an icon? Could "oleInsert" with the "insertAsIcon" parameter be used somehow to call the attribute of the current object that has the OLE and convert it to icon?

I see from the DXL help this is for gettting a word doc and displaying as an ole, but I wonder if it could be tweaked to call an attribute instead of a file location?

Aha!
I don't know why I didn't think of this before.
  

Object o = current 
string res = ""
 
if (oleIsObject o)
{
    if (oleCut o)
    {
 
            res = olePasteSpecial(o."Object Text", false)
        }
}
 
print res


Be warned that I have only tested this on an object that contains a single OLE in the Object Text.

Tony Goodman, www.smartdxl.com

Re: Change from view OLE as icon
SystemAdmin - Thu Mar 28 10:52:52 EDT 2013

Tony_Goodman - Thu Mar 28 09:08:00 EDT 2013

Aha!
I don't know why I didn't think of this before.
  

Object o = current 
string res = ""
 
if (oleIsObject o)
{
    if (oleCut o)
    {
 
            res = olePasteSpecial(o."Object Text", false)
        }
}
 
print res


Be warned that I have only tested this on an object that contains a single OLE in the Object Text.

Tony Goodman, www.smartdxl.com

Tony

I'm trying to get your code to loop through a module and update all objects but all I can get is the code to loop through and put the icons in the current object (if 5 objects with editable OLE's will convert to icons, but will cut/paste all 5 into current object) rather than their own respective objects. Please tell me what I'm missing.
  

Object o
Module m = current 
string res = ""
 
for o in m do {
//check if object text has embedded OLE
if (oleIsObject o) {
 
//cut the OLE to the clipboard???
    if (oleCut o)
    { 
            //olePaste pastes the clipboard to object text of o as an embedded OLE
            //putting false to true changes it to an icon
            res = olePasteSpecial(o."Object Text", true)
        }
}
 
Thanks
}

Re: Change from view OLE as icon
llandale - Thu Mar 28 14:41:58 EDT 2013

SystemAdmin - Thu Mar 28 10:52:52 EDT 2013

Tony

I'm trying to get your code to loop through a module and update all objects but all I can get is the code to loop through and put the icons in the current object (if 5 objects with editable OLE's will convert to icons, but will cut/paste all 5 into current object) rather than their own respective objects. Please tell me what I'm missing.
  

Object o
Module m = current 
string res = ""
 
for o in m do {
//check if object text has embedded OLE
if (oleIsObject o) {
 
//cut the OLE to the clipboard???
    if (oleCut o)
    { 
            //olePaste pastes the clipboard to object text of o as an embedded OLE
            //putting false to true changes it to an icon
            res = olePasteSpecial(o."Object Text", true)
        }
}
 
Thanks
}

Intuitive guess: olePaste uses the "current" object not the attrRef one. 

current = o
    if (o != current(m)) then cannot set current
    elseif (oleCut o)
    { 
            //olePaste pastes the clipboard to object text of o as an embedded OLE
            //putting false to true changes it to an icon
            res = olePasteSpecial(o."Object Text", true)
        }


Tested this pasting into some other attr and it work for that attr; but yes in the "current" object.

I find it odd that it it can turn an "attrRef" into a different one based on the current Object.

-Louie

Like my Daddy used to say when I'd go visit him; "To deal with crazy folks you have to think like crazy folks."

Re: Change from view OLE as icon
sadoug - Tue May 14 10:39:09 EDT 2013

llandale - Thu Mar 28 14:41:58 EDT 2013

Intuitive guess: olePaste uses the "current" object not the attrRef one. 

current = o
    if (o != current(m)) then cannot set current
    elseif (oleCut o)
    { 
            //olePaste pastes the clipboard to object text of o as an embedded OLE
            //putting false to true changes it to an icon
            res = olePasteSpecial(o."Object Text", true)
        }


Tested this pasting into some other attr and it work for that attr; but yes in the "current" object.

I find it odd that it it can turn an "attrRef" into a different one based on the current Object.

-Louie

Like my Daddy used to say when I'd go visit him; "To deal with crazy folks you have to think like crazy folks."

 

The use of current can fix the problem ...

 

pragma runLim, 10000
 
Module m=current
Object o
string res = ""   
 
for o in m do {
current = o

if (oleIsObject o) 

{ 
 
if (oleCut o) 
{   res = olePasteSpecial(o."Object Text", true) 
} 
}   
print res
}

 

Greg