OLE objects and pictures

You can insert OLE objects in modules as icons. If you do not insert the OLE object as an icon, you see the contents of the file in the object. You can create a blank OLE object, for example you could insert a new Microsoft Excel spreadsheet or you can insert an existing file. You can also insert pictures in modules. You can edit the contents of OLE objects, but you cannot edit pictures.

If you insert an existing file, you can either link it to the file on your system, or embed it. If you link an OLE object, the path to the file on your system is stored with the OLE object. If someone later updates the file, the change is reflected in Rational® DOORS®.

If you embed an OLE object, you copy the file to the Rational DOORS attribute. If someone later updates the original file, the change is not reflected in the copy of it in Rational DOORS.

You can insert OLE objects into any text attribute in Rational DOORS. There is no limit to the number of OLE objects that can be inserted. However, OLE objects can affect performance.

If an attribute is displayed in a traceability column in another module, any OLE objects that have been inserted in the attribute are also displayed.

Note: You cannot insert an OLE object into the Object Heading attribute.

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