OLE objects don't work anymore

[Yves Barbion]

Hi Art

Thanks! And indeed, I should have googled or checked the FrameUsers archives
first, sorry about that.

Cheers

Yves

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yves,
>
> If you do a Google search, you'll see that for most people they
> stopped working when SP3 shipped. There have been at least a dozen
> threads about it on this list and more on the other Frame lists.
>
> SP3 plugged a security hole in XP's OLE implementation, so while
> rolling the fix back is possible, it certainly isn't recommended,
> especially if you're in any kind of business environment. FM 8 users
> have reported the problem too, but in 9, I believe Adobe re-engineered
> the program's support method because they were aware of the problem.
> Initial testing and reports, such as yours, seem to indicate that it
> works. But I'd be surprised if anything fixes 7.x objects because it
> isn't supported code either on the FM or operating system side.
>
> Art
>
> Art Campbell
>               art.campbell at gmail.com
>  "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
> Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
>                                                      No disclaimers apply.
>                                                               DoD 358
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Yves Barbion <yves.barbion at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Frameusers
> >
> > I'm using FrameMaker 7.2 p158, Windows XP SP3 and Excel 2003 and 2007. I
> > copy a couple of cells from an Excel sheet and past them as OLE objects
> in
> > some of my FM documents. I do it this way for this type of documents
> because
> > the tables contain formulas. I only have one or two of these objects in
> my
> > FM docs, so file size isn't the issue here. This has always worked pretty
> > well until some time ago. I now see the following behavior: when I paste
> the
> > copied cells in my FM document as OLE object (Edit > Paste Special >
> Paste
> > Link), I just get to see a very small empty anchored frame of 4 x 4 mm.
> >
> > When I paste the copied cells in FM8 and FM9, everything is okay.
> >
> > Has anyone had this experience with FM 7.2 too? Any ideas why these OLE
> > objects stopped working at some point?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Yves
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> >
> > You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.com.
> >
> > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com.
> >
> > To unsubscribe send a blank email to
> > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com
> > or visit
> http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com
> >
> > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit
> > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
> >
>