As noted previously, PowerCOBOL takes advantage of the Microsoft Windows operating system by using Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), a mechanism to exchange data automatically, and Object Linking and Embedding (OLE), to link or embed another application or pieces of another application directly into your application. Custom controls (OCX's), Microsoft Component (COM) objects, and even Microsoft ActiveX objects may be created and used in PowerCOBOL applications. You may also use the new *OLE class and *COM class to instantiate OLE/COM controls and access a number of new and exciting technologies that are built upon the OLE/COM architecture.
