IMetabaseCustomObject.CustomClass

Syntax

CustomClass: IMetabaseCustomClass;

Description

The CustomClass property determines object custom class.

Comments

Use the IMetabaseCustomObject.Extender property to determine a custom class container.

Example

Executing the example requires that the repository contains the Resources object with the OBJ_RES identifier. There must be two icons: C:\Icon_small.ico and C:\Icon_large.ico in the file system.

Add links to the Metabase, Drawing, Io system assemblies.

Sub UserProc;
Var
    Mb: IMetabase;
    Object: IMetabaseObject;
    CustomClassExtender: IMetabaseCustomExtender;
    CustClasses: IMetabaseCustomClasses;
    CustomClass: IMetabaseCustomClass;
    Operations: IMetabaseCustomClassOperations;
    Operation: IMetabaseCustomClassOperation;
    CreateInfo: IMetabaseObjectCreateInfo;
    Description: IMetabaseObjectDescriptor;
    ImgList, ImgList32: IGxImageList;
    Icon: IGxIcon;
    CustomObject: IMetabaseCustomObject;
Begin
    Mb := MetabaseClass.Active;
    
// Creating a custom class container
    CreateInfo := Mb.CreateCreateInfo;
    CreateInfo.ClassId := MetabaseObjectClass.KE_CLASS_CUSTOM_EXTENDER;
    CreateInfo.Name := 
"CUSTOM_EXTENDER";
    CreateInfo.Permanent := 
True;
    CreateInfo.Parent := Mb.Root;
    Description := Mb.CreateObject(CreateInfo);
    Object := Description.Edit;
    CustomClassExtender := Object 
As IMetabaseCustomExtender;
    ImgList := 
New GxImageList.Create;
    ImgList.Height := 
16;
    Icon := 
New GxIcon.CreateFromFile("C:\Icon_small.ico");
    ImgList.AddIcon(Icon);
    CustomClassExtender.SmallImages := ImgList;
    ImgList32 := 
New GxImageList.Create;
    ImgList32.Height := 
32;
    Icon := 
New GxIcon.CreateFromFile("C:\Icon_large.ico");
    ImgList32.AddIcon(Icon);
    CustomClassExtender.LargeImages := ImgList32;
    CustomClassExtender.IsShared := 
True;
    CustomClassExtender.Resource := Mb.ItemById(
"OBJ_RES").Bind As IResourceObject;
    CustomClassExtender.NameResource := 
"ID_CUSTOM_EXTENDER";
    
// Adding a custom class to the container
    CustClasses := CustomClassExtender.Classes;
    CustomClass := CustClasses.Add;
    CustomClass.Description := 
"Own class";
    CustomClass.ImageIndex := 
0;
    Operations := CustomClass.Operations;
    Operation := Operations.Add(
0);
    Operation.Name := 
"New method";
    Object.Save;
    
// Creating a custom class object
    CreateInfo.ClassId := CustomClass.ClassId;
    CreateInfo.Name := 
"Own class object";
    CreateInfo.Permanent := 
True;
    CreateInfo.Parent := Mb.Root;
    Description := Mb.CreateObject(CreateInfo);
    Object := Description.Edit;
    CustomObject := Object 
As IMetabaseCustomObject;
    CustomObject.Extender := CustomClassExtender;
    CustomObject.CustomClass := CustomClass;
    Object.Save;
End Sub UserProc;

After executing the example the custom classes container that contains one class is created. An object of this class is created in the repository.

See also:

IMetabaseCustomObject