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II3IDTool Interface

Overview

Derived From: IDispatch

Interface ID: {412840AB-065F-4E74-AD18-602A0DE482E1}

II3IDTool provides an interface that wraps tool objects. II3IDTool implements full support for external tools (i.e. tools created by developers) and has limited support for internal tools (i.e. tools created by Interaction Designer itself).

Methods

Commit	Commits a tool object so that it becomes available in Interaction Designer to handler developers.
RegisterForStepEvents	Registers an object to receive step events from Interaction Designer for this tool.

Properties

CategoryName	Returns the category name associated with this tool. The category name is localized.
Description	Returns the description associated for the tool. This string is localized.
Designer	Returns an Interaction Designer interface pointer.
ExitPaths	Returns a collection of the various exit paths defined for the tool.
HelpContext	Returns the Windows help context ID number of the help topic that discusses this tool.
HelpFile	Returns the name of the Windows help file associated with the tool.
II3IDToolAddOnInstance	Returns a COM interface pointer to the tool registered in Interaction Designer if the ToolSpecifier parameter to RegisterTool identified a COM object that implemented the II3IDToolAddOn interface.
IsCommitted	Indicates whether or not this tool has been committed (made available to handler developers in Interaction Designer).
IsExternal	Indicates whether or not this tool is an external tool. External tools are tools created by developers. Internal tools are tools created by Interaction Designer itself.
Label	Returns the label for the tool. This string is localized.
ModuleName	Returns the module name associated with the tool. The module name is not localized.
Name	Returns the name of the tool. The name is not localized.
ParameterDefinitions	Returns the parameter definitions (meta data) associated with the tool. Calls to this property to retrieve parameter definitions for an internal intiator or internal tool will fail, rather than return an empty collection.
RuntimeDLLName	Returns the runtime DLL name.
RuntimeFunctionName	Returns the runtime function name.
Version	Returns the registered version of this tool.
Visible	Indicates whether or not the tool is visible to the user.