This document covers the following topics:
Collection of all node types used in tree views and list views.
The following properties are available:
Used to navigate to the parent interface of this interface.
| Natural Data Format | Variant Type | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| HANDLE OF OBJECT | VT_DISPATCH (INatAutoTypes) | Get only |
Used to navigate to the root interface.
| Natural Data Format | Variant Type | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| HANDLE OF OBJECT | VT_DISPATCH (INatAutoStudio) | Get only |
The following method is available:
Creates a new node type and adds it to the collection.
| Name | Natural Data Format | Variant Type | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return value | HANDLE OF OBJECT | VT_DISPATCH (INatAutoNodeType) | |
| Type | I4 | VT_I4 | |
| Caption | A | VT_BSTR | Optional |
| ContextMenu | HANDLE OF OBJECT | VT_DISPATCH (INatAutoContextMenu) | Optional |
| ImageIDDefault | I4 | VT_I4 | Optional |
| ImageIDOpen | I4 | VT_I4 | Optional |
The newly created node type.
An integer number that identifies the new node type. An arbitrary positive integer value starting with 20000 can be chosen. Values below 20000 are reserved for predefined node types.
A name for the node type for the use in tree view and list view captions.
A context menu that shall be displayed when the right mouse button is pressed on a node of this type.
An index to the small (16x16) and large (32x32) version of the
default bitmap representation of nodes of this type. If the plug-in has
registered node bitmaps with the method
INatAutoNodeImages::AddImage,
it has received an index that can be used here. If the parameter is not
specified, the nodes of this type are represented as closed folders.
An index to the bitmap that represents an expanded node of this
type in a tree view. If the plug-in has registered node bitmaps with the method
INatAutoNodeImages::AddImage, it has received an index
that can be used here. If the parameter is not specified, expanded nodes of
this type are represented as open folders.
