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# Containers
A container application is an application that can incorporate embedded or linked items into its own documents. The documents managed by a container application must be able to store and display OLE compound document components as well as data created by the application itself. A container application must also allow users to insert new items or edit existing items.  
  
## In This Section  
 [Implement a Container](../mfc/containers-implementing-a-container.md)  
  
 [Container Client Items](../mfc/containers-client-items.md)  
  
 [Use Compound Files](../mfc/containers-compound-files.md)  
  
 [Container User-Interface Issues](../mfc/containers-user-interface-issues.md)  
  
 [Advanced Features of Containers](../mfc/containers-advanced-features.md)  
  
## See Also  
 [OLE](../mfc/ole-in-mfc.md)   
 [Servers](../mfc/servers.md)   
 [Activation](../mfc/activation-cpp.md)   
 [Menus and Resources (OLE)](../mfc/menus-and-resources-ole.md)