KS810-P User Manual Guide - KeyScan

11. OLE/COM Activation -11.1. Introduction-Third party application or interactive user can activate “KeyScan Imaging” applicationusing Windows OLE/COM interface.“KeyScan Imaging” application allows a very broad and versatile control over theapplication functionality using the OLE/COM technology available with Windows 2000and XP.The significant advantage of OLE2 interface is that it can allow any Windowsapplication, which conform with the OLE/COM standard, to activate KeyScan Imagingsoftware. When activated using OLE2, The “KeyScan Imaging” application window canbecome part of the calling 3rd party application window (in-place activation), as if it ispart of the application and without any additional code written specific for KeyScanImaging.11.2. OLE2 modes of operation-OLE2 activation of KeyScan Imaging can be done in two modes: Standard user interface mode- using the command onthe 3 rd party application menu.This mode does not require any programming or any other special preparations by the“calling” third party application. The only requirement is that the third partyapplication will be an OLE2 client application and it will have an “Insert Object”command on its menu options. A good example for such application is the MicrosoftWORD application. Programming mode- using the Type Library exposed interfaces.This mode of operation gives a third party application a full control over KeyScanImaging operation using application interfaces exposed by KeyScan Imaging throughits “type-library”11.3. Standard user interface mode –When a third party application is an OLE2 client application it should expose in its menuor other user interface options a method to let the user insert objects produced by otherapplications (OLE/COM servers) into the application document. We will follow anexample based on Microsoft MS-WORD application.Selection of KeyScan Imaging object from the list of available objects-On the MS-Word main menu select entry. On the entry select.