in-place activation

The process of activating an object provided by an ActiveX component. By double-clicking the object, a user can interact with the application supplying the object without switching to a different application or window. Also called visual editing.

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The process of editing an embedded object within the window of its container, using tools provided by its server. Also called visual editing. Note that linked objects do not support in-place activation; they are always edited in the windows of their servers.