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Q82163: Differences Between the Mini- and Full-OLE Servers

Article: Q82163
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbole kbtool kbdta
Last Modified: 28-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes the differences and similarities between mini and full
OLE servers.

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An OLE server, also referred to as source application, is responsible for
providing and manipulating the data component. Servers can either be mini
servers or full servers. Both mini and full servers support embedded components;
however, only full servers support both embedding and linking.

Mini servers appear more like a dialog box, and in some cases there is no
distinction. Usually, they are applications that can only be launched from a
host application, and will display an error message if started from File Manager
or Program Manager. Mini servers only support embedded components (and not
linked components) because they don't have the ability to save files to disk.
Examples of mini servers are Microsoft WordArt, Microsoft Note-It, and Microsoft
Draw.

Full servers are stand-alone applications with a full complement of menus and
functions. Although they support OLE functions, they don't need a host
application to run. Full servers may be either single document interface (SDI)
applications that only allow one document to be opened at a time, such as
Paintbrush, or multiple document interface applications (MDI) that allow editing
of multiple documents at a time, such as Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word for
Windows.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.11 mini ole full server host source

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Keywords          : kbole kbtool kbdta 
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbinfo

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