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title: "What is OLE ?"  
description: "What is OLE ?"  
author: "Amit Singh"  
published: 2011-03-28  
updated: 2020-09-16  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/680/what-is-ole  
category: "visual c++"  
tags: ["visual c++"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is OLE ?

Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) clipboard is a more capable clipboard than the windows traditional clipboard. To transfer a large image using a legacy clipboard one must allocate enough memory space to copy this image. However using the OLE clipboard you can transfer the bitmap in a more sensible medium like a file on a hard disk.

## Answers

### Answer by Amit Singh

Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) clipboard is a more capable clipboard than the windows traditional clipboard. To transfer a large image using a legacy clipboard one must allocate enough memory space to copy this image. However using the OLE clipboard you can transfer the bitmap in a more sensible medium like a file on a hard disk.


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