An update to the OLE2View sample application is available in the Microsoft Download Center as a self-extracting file named Ole2v.exe. This file contains both 16-bit and 32-bit versions of Ole2View version 1.33.

This new release of the sample application fixes several bugs (mostly of a cosmetic nature) found in the versions of Ole2View that shipped with Visual C++ versions 1.5 and 2.0 and with the Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows NT version 3.5.

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The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
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Files Included in OLE2V.EXE

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Version 1.33 Changes

•	The 32-bit version is 100 percent compatible with Windows 95 in terms of using the right colors, and so on.
•	A bug in the Japanese version of Windows (display of spurious characters) is fixed.
•	DEFO2V32.DLL is changed to include only the ANSI versions of the interface viewers. Now DispplayIDataObjectA, DispplayIDispatchA, DispplayITypeInfoA, and DispplayITypeLibA are gone. DispplayIDataObject, DispplayIDispatch, DispplayITypeInfo, and DispplayITypeLib are now ANSI; they used to be Unicode. This change was made to simplify debugging DEFO2V and because the Unicode versions were never called.

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Version 2.0 BETA Changes

•	Requires MFC40 DLLs. The necessary ones are included if you do not have them.
•	Requires either Windows NT version 3.51 or above, or Windows 95.
•	Better categorization/organization of various object types. Much easier to find the object you're looking for. (Still no find command though.)
•	Interface viewers are now COM objects. Viewers for IDataObject, IDispatch, ITypeLib, and ITypeInfo are provided. You can write your own. A default interface viewer for IUnknown is included, so that no matter what interface you click on, you'll at least get the default.
•	The IDataObject viewer (call the the Uniform Data Transfer viewer) is still under construction. It's not nearly as functional as the original (yet).
•	The ITypeLib viewer is very good. A typelib decompiler was written. The output window of the typelib viewer shows the .ODL source for the given typelib (or the part you have selected).
•	The registry view (right side) now shows *all* the relevant registry information, including named values of keys like "ApartmentModel".
•	Context menus (right mouse buttons work).
•	Multiple objects can be activated simultaneously (bold items are currently active).
•	Drag & Drop (WM_DROPFILES and OLE) works. Drop a file name on Ole2View and a file moniker is created and bound to it.
•	Drag & Drop, and the drag & drop object is put in the list.

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