[cap-talk] [Off-topic] Document linking in Microsoft OLE

[Karp, Alan H]

James A. Donald wrote:

		a bunch of stuff about the behavior of linked files in
Windows

I finally got to a point in my work where I can do some coding, so I'm
going to stop trying to untangle the mysteries of Windows.  I was only
playing around with that stuff when I was supposed to be writing.
> 
> Very few programs utilize linkages between existing
> files.  If retrofitting compatibility with existing
> software, these programs represent a big problem.
> 
Several important programs but few users.  We couldn't find a single
test case among all the people we asked at Labs.
> 
> Would be nice if the UI approximated project file
> powerbox behavior by associating a file list, and giving
> the user the option of approving changes in the file
> list and discovering changes in that file list but that
> of course conflicts with the goal of getting the
> software out.

We were planning to turn that into a feature.  If you designate the
linked files, we'd automatically create a Zip file so you'd never again
forget to send the linked files with your document.

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