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Procedure documentationCreating an Expression Type

Procedure

  1. Open the application in the Object Manager panel.

  2. Under the Detail section, choose the Contained Objects tab.

  3. In the Contained Objects tab page that appears, choose Expression Type from the Type field and choose Create Object.

  4. In the Object Creation dialog box that appears, enter the following data:

    • Name

    • (Optional) Short Text

    • (Optional) Text

  5. Choose Create and navigate to object.

    The newly created expression type appears in the Object Manager panel.

    Note Note

    If you choose Create the newly created expression type appears under the Contained Objects tab page.

    End of the note.

  6. In the Detail section, enter the following data:

    • Class

      Enter the name of the class that implements the interface.

    • Interface

      Enter the name of the interface which contains the specific attributes for the expression type.

    • Query Class

      Enter the query class. Query class provides an interface that searches for objects and returns details of the object which satisfies the selection criteria.

    • UI Class

      The UI class provides a corresponding expression type object needed to create the expression type.

    • Data Exchange Class

  7. Activate the expression type.

  8. Save the expression type.