Chapter 9 Accessing objects using VBScript

Add-ins

PowerDesigner add-ins allow you to customize PowerDesigner menus by adding your own menu items.

Customizable menus

You can customize the following menus:

• All contextual menus of objects that are accessible from the Browser or from a symbol in the diagram
• Main menus of each module from each diagram type (i.e. Import, Export, Reverse, Tools, Help)

Types of menu items

You can add the following menu items:

• Commands that call a method script defined using VBScript
• Submenus that are cascading menus that appear under a menu item
• Separators that are lines used to organize commands in menus

Available add-ins

You can use the following add-ins to create menu items in PowerDesigner:

• The customized commands mechanism
• A resource file (XEM, XOL, XDB, XSL or XPL)
• An ActiveX
• An XML file

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