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<h1 class="topictitle1">Example: Constructing Visual Basic property pages for a property sheet handler</h1>
<div><p>Property pages that are implemented by iSeries™ Navigator Visual Basic plug-ins can not use a registry key to specify
property pages. You must add a specific property page context menu item in your ListManager class to implement a property page. You can not add a property page to any existing property sheet objects.</p>
<div class="section">In the Visual Basic Sample plug-in, a property page is supported for Libraries in the iSeries Navigator
List. This is done with the following steps:</div>
<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>In listman.cls, the Library object type specifies a properties page in the getAttributes method:</span> <pre>' Returns the attributes of an object in the list.
Public Function ListManager_getAttributes(ByVal item As Object) As Long
Dim uItem As ItemIdentifier
Dim nAttributes As ObjectTypeConstants
If Not IsEmpty(item) Then
Set uItem = item
End If
If uItem.getType = "SampleVBFolder" Then
nAttributes = OBJECT_ISCONTAINER
ElseIf item.getType = "SampleLibrary" Then
nAttributes = OBJECT_IMPLEMENTSPROPERTIES
Else
nAttributes = 0
End If
ListManager_getAttributes = nAttributes
End Function</pre>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>In actnman.cls, the queryActions method specifies that properties should be shown on the Library object context menu.</span> <pre>Public Function ActionsManager_queryActions(ByVal flags As Long) As Variant
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' Add menu items to a Sample Library
If selectedFolderType = "SampleLibrary" Then
' Standard Actions
If (flags And STANDARD_ACTIONS) = STANDARD_ACTIONS Then
ReDim actions(0)
' Properties
Set actions(0) = New ActionDescriptor
With actions(0)
.Create
.setID IDPROPERTIES
.SetText m_uLoader.getString(IDS_ACTIONTEXT_PROPERTIES)
.setHelpText m_uLoader.getString(IDS_ACTIONHELP_PROPERTIES)
.setVerb "PROPERTIES"
.setEnabled True
.setDefault True
End With
' Properties is only selectable if there is ONLY 1 object selected
If Not IsEmpty(m_ObjectNames) Then
If UBound(m_ObjectNames) &gt; 0 Then
actions(2).setEnabled False
End If
End If
End If
End If
.
.
End Function</pre>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>In actnman.cls, the actionsSelected method displays a properties form when the properties context menu is selected.</span> <pre>Public Sub ActionsManager_actionSelected(ByVal action As Integer, ByVal owner As Long)
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.
Select Case action
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.
Case IDPROPERTIES
If (Not IsEmpty(m_ObjectNames)) Then
' Pass the System Name into a hidden field on the form for later use
frmProperties.lblSystemName = m_ObjectNames(0).getSystemName
' Pass the Display Name of the selected object into a hidden field on the form
frmProperties.lblLibName = m_ObjectNames(0).getDisplayName
' Show the properties
frmProperties.Show vbModal
End If
.
.
Case Else
'Do Nothing
End Select
.
End Sub </pre>
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<div class="section"><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> The code to create and display the property sheet can be seen in <span class="uicontrol">propsht.frm</span></div>
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