Using techexplorer in Other Applications

The feature described is only available in the Professional Edition of techexplorer.

This section describes how you can use the ActiveX Control version of techexplorer as a component to enliven other applications with interactive scientific and technical content.

What kinds of applications can use techexplorer as component?

The IBM techexplorer ActiveX control can used with any Windows application that allows embedded controls. We have tested techexplorer with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel as well as Lotus Word Pro.

How do I use techexplorer with Microsoft PowerPoint?

First bring up the Control Toolbox dialog by right clicking on the top menu bar and selecting Control Toolbox. Click on the More Controls icon and select IBM techexplorer Hypermedia Browser.

PowerPoint control toolbox        PowerPoint control list

Create a region where techexplorer will be displayed by dragging the crosshair. Right click on the region to bring up the techexplorer properties dialog.

techexplorer ActiveX control properties

Select the appropriate data type from the pull down menu and insert the data into the text area. Start the presentation by selecting View Show from the Slide Show menu item and enjoy beautiful mathematics!

Click to see a PowerPoint presentation that uses techexplorer.

Note: One of the PowerPoint slides includes a LaTeX file from the current working directory and can not be viewed when PowerPoint is started from the browser.

How do I use techexplorer with Microsoft Word?

First bring up the Control Toolbox dialog by right clicking on the top menu bar and selecting Control Toolbox. Click on the More Controls icon and select IBM techexplorer Hypermedia Browser.

PowerPoint control toolbox        PowerPoint control list

This will create a region where techexplorer will be displayed. You can change the size of the region by dragging one of the edges. Right click on the region to bring up the techexplorer properties dialog.

techexplorer ActiveX control properties

Select the appropriate data type from the pull down menu and insert the data into the text area. You can add formatting behavior to the techexplorer control by using the Format Control option on the techexplorer object instance context menu (right click on the techexplorer display).

Word format properties

Enjoy beautiful mathematics!

Click to see a Word document that uses techexplorer.

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