The Plug-In Studio contains the following UI elements:
Menu Bar. From the menu bar, you can preview the plug-in. You can also install the task. This generates the files necessary and installs the current plug-in into eDirectory. It is then available for immediate use. Exit closes the studio without saving the current plug-in.
WARNING:Changes you make to an object using the preview of your plug-in are saved to the directory. If you need to test the plug-in beyond verifying the layout and testing the operation of the controls, you should use the Plug-In Studio in a non-production environment.
Plug-In Fields. These are the fields you have added you your plug-in. If you are building a Create task, then the mandatory attributes are already added for you. To the right of each field are three buttons. The first button allows you to change the parameters of the field. The second button allows you to change the type of control the field will be displayed with. The final button allows you to remove the field. Mandatory attributes cannot be removed from Create tasks.
Plug-In Properties. This section allows you to provide general information about the plug-in, such as its name.
Attributes. The attributes section shows all of the fields that you can add to the selected fields section. Double-click a field to add it using the default control or click once and select a control from the controls section.
Controls. For the attribute selected in the attributes section, the Plug-in Studio discovers all of the controls that can be used to manage the attribute based on its syntax and attribute type. In many cases you have multiple options. For example, the Allow Unlimited Credit attribute is a Boolean syntax. The Plug-in Studio provides three controls for managing attributes of Boolean syntax: check box, radio button, and select box.