The Framework supports other application frameworks, including Object Windows Library 2.0, and developers can add OLE 2.0 functionality to legacy applications because Borland’s Framework works with the existing code base. C++ 4.5 includes an Object Component Framework, a C++ class library to help developers to upgrade applications to OLE 2.0.

The Meta Group estimates that in 1995, 90% of new applications will be client-server-centric. Borland also estimates that the area of client-server tools is the fastest- growing market sector, citing a study from the Forrester Group that predicts there will be 180,000 clients worldwide by year end 330,000 by the end of 1995 and 700,000 by the end of 1996. The command to print the message HELLO WORLD in Basic takes one line of code in C three lines for an OLE 2.0 around 35,000! So Borland believes that developers need as much help as they can get. Borland gave an example of the complexity facing developers in writing Object Linking & Embedding applications.

Borland International Inc has announced version 4.5 of its C++ language, with an OLE 2.0 encapsulation, making implementing Object Linking & Embedding in applications easier.

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