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ISMT E-120. Desktop Applications for Managers. Integrating Applications. Integrating Applications. Clipboard Intermediate Formats Exporting & Importing Mail Merge – Excel & Access Integrated Query Object Linking & Embedding Hyperlinks. Integrating Applications. Clipboard
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ISMT E-120 Desktop Applications for Managers Integrating Applications
Integrating Applications • Clipboard • Intermediate Formats • Exporting & Importing • Mail Merge – Excel & Access • Integrated Query • Object Linking & Embedding • Hyperlinks
Integrating Applications • Clipboard • Intermediate Formats • Exporting & Importing • Mail Merge – Excel & Access • Integrated Query • Object Linking & Embedding • Hyperlinks
Clipboard • Small Application • Always available • Converts Formats • Windows vs. Office Clipboard
Intermediate Formats • Text Only • Loses formatting, some content • Lowest denominator • Can be delimited (tab, “”, space, …) • RTF: Rich Text Format • File contains only text characters • Preserves visual content and format
Exporting and Importing • Export • Source document knows about destination OR • Converts to intermediate format • Import • Destination document knows about source OR • Source converted to intermediate format
Export Examples • Access to Excel • Excel To Access
Import Examples • Access from Excel • Import • Link • HTML
Integrating Applications • Clipboard • Intermediate Formats • Exporting & Importing • Mail Merge – Excel & Access • Integrated Query • Object Linking & Embedding • Hyperlinks
Mail Merge • Excel • Entire worksheet as source • Access • Table as source • Query results as source
Integrating Applications • Clipboard • Intermediate Formats • Exporting & Importing • Mail Merge – Excel & Access • Integrated Query • Object Linking & Embedding • Hyperlinks
Integrated Query • Query • Data in Excel • Data in Access
Microsoft Query • Query Engine from Access • Invoke from Excel • ODBC • Standard protocol • Drivers for different databases • Masks idiosyncrasies among databases
Integrating Applications Cooperative Applications • Clipboard • Intermediate Formats • Exporting & Importing • Mail Merge – Excel & Access • Integrated Query • Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) • Hyperlinks
Object Embedding • Copy of source object embedded • No live link maintained • Edit source object within container • More portable – all components go • Files larger
Object Linking • Live link between two applications • Change in source updates destination document • Stores only the location of the original data, not data itself • Not as portable – why?
Using OLE • Text-oriented example • Presentation-oriented example • Database-oriented example
Using OLE - Example • Spreadsheet • Sound clip • Database ??
Integrating Applications • Clipboard • Intermediate Formats • Exporting & Importing • Mail Merge – Excel & Access • Integrated Query • Object Linking & Embedding • Document Hyperlinks
Document Hyperlinks • File • Named Object Within File • Web Page • FTP Site
Hyperlinks: Word • Bookmark within a Word document • Hyperlink to other Word documents • And to Excel • … to PowerPoint • … to Access
Hyperlinks: Excel • Worksheet • Named Range of Cells • Not Defined Names
Hyperlinks: PowerPoint • Word • Document, Bookmark, Web Page • Excel • Worksheet, Named Range • PowerPoint • Slide Name or Number
Hyperlinks: Access • Table • Form • Report • Object-type object-name syntax • Hyperlink to Access database form