Creating a Record or Generic COM add-in External Link
COM add-in external links can be created to be used from Records or from other Content Manager objects.
- On the Administration menu, click External Links. The External Links window is displayed.
- Right-click in the window and click New External Link. The Select External Link Type dialogue is displayed.
- Select Record add-in (COM) or Generic add-in (COM) and then click OK. The relevant new External Link dialog is displayed.
- Complete the required fields and options.
General tab
- Link name - the name of the link
- Icon - select the icon for the new link
- COM Add-In ProgID - the full name of the application's executable file
- Add-In supports a multi-threaded environment - select when you know that the add-in works in a multi-threaded apartment (MTA) model. If this is not checked then the add-in will not run within the context of an SDK application (e.g. Record.Save() in an SDK application will not cause the add-in to fire)
- Ignore errors when client loads add-In - select to not display error messages in the Content Manager client when the add-in does not load, for example when it is not available
- Add-in displays a user interface - select this option to display the External Link user interface.
The properties of the other tabs are described on the following pages:
- Usage (Record) tab
- Usage (Location) tab - not available for Record COM add-ins
- Usage (Other) tab - not available for Record COM add-ins
- Notes
- Access tab
- Access Controls tab
Click OK to save the new link.
TIP: Additional information on the SDK can be found:
SDK Documents - https://content-manager-sdk.github.io/Community/
Samples - https://github.com/content-manager-sdk/Community/
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