Running the Visual Basic Pipeline Component Wizard

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The Visual Basic Pipeline Component Wizard enables you to create a framework from which you can build custom pipeline components. The Visual Basic Pipeline Component Wizard configures the pipeline component to the specifications set while running the wizard.

To run the Visual Basic Pipeline Component Wizard

To register the DLL components

To run the Visual Basic Pipeline Component Wizard

  1. Click Start, point to Programs, and then click Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0.

    Or, if you have Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 installed, point to Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, and then click Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0.

  2. To open the wizard, on the File menu, click New Project.

  3. In the New Project dialog box, double-click Pipeline Component Wizard.

    The Pipeline Component Wizard - Introduction (Step 1 of 7) dialog box appears.

  4. Click Next to begin using the wizard.

  5. In the Pipeline Component Wizard - Transaction Support (Step 2 of 7) dialog box, click Yes to support transacted pipelines or click No if you want to use non-transacted pipelines, and then click Next.

  6. In the Pipeline Component Wizard - Shipping Support (Step 3 of 7) dialog box, click Yes to support the new multiple-shipping architecture used in Commerce Server 2000 or click No if you want to create a component that does not process shipments. (If you are creating a Shipping or Tax component, click Yes.) Click Next.

  7. In the Pipeline Component Wizard - Component Properties (Step 4 of 7) dialog box, click Add.

  8. In the Add Property dialog box, in the Property name box, type the name of the property you want to add.

  9. In the Data type box, select the data type for the property from the drop-down list, and then click OK.

    The property you added appears in the Properties box in the Pipeline Component Wizard - Component Properties (Step 4 of 7) dialog box.

  10. If you want to remove any unwanted properties, in the Properties box, select the property you want to remove, and then click Remove. To add additional properties complete steps 7, 8, and 9 for each additional property.

  11. Click Next.

  12. In the Pipeline Component Wizard - Project, Class, and Form Names (Step 5 of 7) dialog box, do the following:

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    Project Name (*.vbp) Type a name for the project or leave the default value.
    Pipeline Component Class (*.cls) Type a component class name for the project or leave the default value.
    Pipeline Component UI Class (*.cls) Type a component UI class name or leave the default value.
    Pipeline Component UI Form (*.frm) Type a component UI form name or leave the default value.

    These values will be the names for the project, the form, and the classes created by the wizard.

  13. Click Next.

  14. In the Pipeline Component Wizard - Select Directory (Step 6 of 7) dialog box, select the location to store the files the wizard will generate.

  15. In the Pipeline Component Wizard - Finished! (Step 7 of 7) dialog box, click Finish to build your component based on the information you provided in the wizard.

Three new component pages appear in the Visual Basic project window: the class module code corresponding to the Pipeline component, the class module corresponding to the Pipeline UI component, and a form corresponding to the Pipeline UI component. Before registering your component for stage affinity you must register the DLL components at the command line.

To register the DLL components

  1. Click Start, and then click Run.

  2. In the Run dialog box, type regsvr32 followed by the path to the pipeline component. For example, type regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Commerce Server\<project name>.dll", and then click OK.

    The RegSvr32 dialog box appears indicating success in registering the .dll file.

  3. Repeat Step 2 for the component UI. For example, type regsvr32, "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Commerce Server\<project name>UI.dll" and then click OK.

Your new component is now registered.

All custom components written in Visual Basic must be registered for stage affinity using the Pipeline Component Registration Tool. For more information about registering components, see Using the Pipeline Component Registration Tool.


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