About the Plug Ins Form

An organization can configure an entity to use a specially designed form or functionality. To implement this specialized behavior, a developer creates a .NET assembly that defines the entity's extended functionality. These assemblies are then stored in the Object Repository and are added to the entity on the Plug-Ins tab using the Plug Ins record.

Plug Ins records may only be created from the Plug-Ins tab of an Entities record.

Plug In Type (Required)

This field identifies the type of plug in specified in this record. See Adding Plug-Ins to an Entity for more information on plug-in types. While some entities have entity-specific plug-in types, the following types are global and are available for all entities:

ID	Name	Purpose
1	Viewer	Alternate data form.
2	Entity	Alternate data object.
3	Duplicate Check	Specialized duplicate checking -procedure.
4	Extension	Alternate context menu.
5	Verification	Specialized record verification -process.
6	Find	Alternate Find dialog.
7	Merge	Specialized record merging -process.

Object Name

The name of the file in the Object Repository that contains the plug-in information.

Assembly Name

The name of the .NET assembly that contains the plug-in.

Class Name

The name of the class that implements the plug-in.