A linked
OLE object contains information about the object's
server application and points to the data file that resides on disk, but does not contain
data for the object itself. The object contains a static picture that represents
the contents of the linked source.
Using the
Links dialog box, you can specify to update a linked object:
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When you update the source file
that an object points to, use the Links dialog
box to update the linked object automatically. (You must reload the
FRAME entry before it reflects the change.)
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manually, by choosing Update
Now in the Links dialog box
or by using the _UPDATE_ method in SCL.
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manually, by pointing the object to a different source file using either the Links dialog
box or the _UPDATE_ method in SCL.
Linked OLE objects that you include in a FRAME entry:
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support open editing only (as opposed
to visual editing, described in
Editing an OLE Object within a FRAME Entry ). When you double-click on the object's representation in the FRAME, the server
application is invoked in a separate window with the object's data file open.
You can also update the data of a linked object by using the server application to
open the data file the object points to.
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must point to existing data files. If you change the location of a data file to which
an object is linked, you must update the links information for the object.
If you create a linked object using
OLE
- Paste Special, the data source that you paste from
must be permanent (you must have saved it to disk). If you create
a linked object from a temporary data source, SAS is unable to locate
the data to update the object when the data source no longer exists.