The OleObject control is hidden from the toolbox by default, and is only retained for backward compatibility. You can enable the OleObject control in the Visual Studio toolbox only.

To enable the control in the Visual Studio toolbox, you must change the EnableOleObject property to true. This property can be found here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\MESCIUS\ActiveReports 18\ActiveReports.config

Once enabled, you can add the OleObject control to reports. When you drop the control onto your report, the Insert Object dialog appears. This dialog allows you to create a new object or select one from an existing file.

Important Properties

Insert Object Dialog

The Insert Object dialog provides the following two options:

• Create New lets you select from a list of object types that you can insert into your report.

  Object Types

  Adobe Acrobat Document Microsoft Equation 3.0 Microsoft Excel 97-2003 Worksheet Microsoft excel Binary Worksheet Microsoft Excel Chart Microsoft Excel Macro-Enabled Worksheet Microsoft Excel Worksheet Microsoft Graph Chart Microsoft PowerPoint 97-2003 Presentation Microsoft PowerPoint 97-2003 Slide Microsoft PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Presentation Microsoft PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Slide

  Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Microsoft Word 97-2003 Document Microsoft Word Document Microsoft Macro-Enabled Document OpenDocument Presentation OpenDocument Spreadsheet OpenDocument Text Package Paintbrush Picture Wordpad Document

• Create from File allows you to insert the contents of the file as an object into your document so that you can display it while printing.