[This area of ftp.microsoft.com is being updated and rearranged.  This 
ReadMe is temporarily out-of-date.

/s/ OLE Team

June 13, 1994]

description of subdirectories in ftp.microsoft.com:/developer/drg/OLE-info

inside-ole2-32bit-pre-release:

    Inside OLE 2 32-bit pre-release samples are now available in the file 
    inole32p.zip. These samples are fully ported to 32-bits and will compile 
    and run under Window NT version 3.5 beta ("Daytona") with OLE 32-bits. 
    The Win32 SDK beta is required to compile and run these samples. The
    sample code will compile for either Unicode or ANSI (as well as 16-bits) 
    where the ANSI versions use the OLE2ANSI wrapper libraries in the Win32 
    SDK beta. This source code is pre-release and is guaranteed to have bugs 
    and otherwise not operate perfectly, as 32-bit OLE is still under 
    development. The samples are provided for the benefit of developers 
    working with 32-bit OLE in its beta state.

inside-ole2-code-update:

    Revised sample code for the book "Inside OLE 2" 

    The INOLE2.ZIP file dated 1/28/94 contains an update of the Inside OLE 2 
    sample code. This code will compile on either Windows 3.1 or Windows NT 
    3.1 hosts. In addition, some of the base samples such as BTTNCUR.DLL, 
    GIZMOBAR.DLL, STASTRIP.DLL, CLASSLIB, and the CHAP02 samples have been 
    fully ported to Win32. There are, however, pre-release Win32 versions 
    (ANSI only) and are not meant to be final Windows NT releases.
    
    NOTE: Be sure to unzip this file with the -d flag to create all the 
    necessary subdirectories.
    
    See the file UPDATE.TXT for a list of changes. These correct a number 
    of compiler errors caused by changes in the OLE 2.01 libraries from OLE 
    2.00 for which Inside OLE 2 was initially written. UPDATE.TXT also 
    describes a number of bug fixes and lists typos and other errors in the 
    Inside OLE 2 text itself.
    
    Some files in almost every directory have changed (most in very minor 
    and benign ways). Therefore this .ZIP file contains the complete set 
    of Inside OLE 2 samples meant to replace those on the book's companion 
    disks.

    European sites:

    Bob McGonigle <bobmcg@ucs.edinburgh.ac.uk> of the University of
    Edinburg reports that this subdirectory has been also been found in:

        emwac.ed.ac.uk:mirrors/gowinnt/drg/OLE-info/inside-ole2-code-update

    for those who find the transatlantic link slow for pulling this 2Mbyte 
    file.

applying-ole2:

    "How To Apply OLE 2 Technology in Applications". 

    This 65-page document, available in Word 2.0, 6.0, EPS, and RTF
    formats, is divided into two sections.

    The first section lists various application categories, like database, 
    DTP, spreadsheet, drawing/CAD, etc., and how applications that call into 
    such categories might use each OLE 2 technology (component objects, 
    compound files, data transfer Drag & Drop, automation, and compound 
    documents). Some applications, of course, are not suitable for using all 
    technologies, so this section helps you decide what is really important 
    for your application.

    The second section contains all the same information, but organized 
    instead by OLE 2 technology, explaining how each application category 
    would use that specific technology. This is useful for evaluating the 
    full value of a given technology in OLE 2 for multiple applications, and 
    gives you a few ideas on what sorts of interesting things you might do 
    with the technology.

documents:

    Documents with background information on OLE 2.0, the Component Object
    Model, the Common Object Model, and other general OLE-related topics.
    For more detail, see the ReadMe.txt in directory.

OLE201:

    OLE 2.01 Design Specification

    This contains various forms of information on OLE2. In particuilar,
    it includes the OLE 2.01 Design Specification.