Microsoft KB Archive/68550

The [Embedding] Section of the WIN.INI Explained PSS ID Number: Q68550 Article last modified on 10-29-1991 PSS database name: W_PowerPt

2.00

WINDOWS

Summary:

The [Embedding] section of the WIN.INI is a place where embedding server applications register themselves so that they can be utilized by embedding client applications such as PowerPoint for Windows. If PowerPoint for Windows is to be used as a client application, the server applications must first be registered in this section of the WIN.INI file. The following is a typical [Embedding] section for a system where both PowerPoint for Windows and Excel 3.00 are installed.

[Embedding] Graph=Business Graphs from PowerPoint Graph, Graph, PPTGraph.exe, picture ExcelWorksheet=Worksheet created by MicrosoftExcel, Excel Worksheet, Excel.exe, picture ExcelChart=Chart created by Microsoft Excel, ExcelChart, Excel.exe, picture

Note: The entries in the [Embedding] sections listed above appear on single lines in the WIN.INI and are word wrapped here for convenience.

The following is the syntax for each line in this section:

=, ,,Picture,1

The keyword Picture indicates to PowerPoint that the server can produce metafiles for the rendering. The last argument, the number one (1), is ignored by PowerPoint but is used to indicate that the server supports a specific protocol.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.