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Alfredo Capobianchi
Alfredo Capobianchi

Reputation: 115

DOORS DXL: insert OLE Object into any object attribute

Is there a way to insert, with a DXL script, a word document as an OLE Object into any object attribute different from Object Text?

DXL function oleInsert allows to do it, but works only for attribute Object Text.

Thank you

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3259

Answers (3)

user2500354
user2500354

Reputation: 1

Thanks @Twonky! That's too helpful to me. Additionally I added a sample code from dxl reference manual.

/*
this code segment embeds an existing word document into the current formal 
object
*/
string docName = "c:\\docs\\details.doc"
Object obj = current
if (oleInsert(obj, obj."my_text", docName)){
    print "Successfully embedded document\n"
} else {
    print "Problem trying to embed document\n"
}

Upvotes: 0

Twonky
Twonky

Reputation: 806

Just for completeness: With DOORS 9.5 the signature of oleInsert() changed:

bool oleInsert(Object o,[attrRef],string fileName,[bool insertAsIcon])

With the documentation

If the optional parameter attrRef is specified, then the OLE object is embedded in the user-defined text attribute. If no parameter is specified, then the OLE object is embedded in the system "Object Text" attribute.

This makes it a bit easier.

Upvotes: 0

Steve Valliere
Steve Valliere

Reputation: 1892

Unfortunately there is no way I can see to do it directly but this is a good work around if your object text doesn't already have an OLE in it.

Object o = current
string filename = "PATH_TO_FILE"
oleInsert(o, filename, true)

string err = null

if (oleIsObject o){
  if (oleCut o){
    err = olePasteSpecial(o."OTHER_ATTRIBUTE_NAME", true)
    if(!null err)
      print err
  } else {
    print "Problem trying to cut object\n"
  }
} else {
  print "Does not contain an embedded object in its object text\n"
}

The true in oleInsert and olePasteSpecial are to insert the OLE as an icon. If you don't want it as an icon you can change them both to false.

Good Luck!

Upvotes: 1

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