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 |
- Return value
The newly created node type.
- 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.
- Caption
A name for the node type for the use in tree view and list view captions.
- ContextMenu
A context menu that shall be displayed when the right mouse button is pressed on a node of this type.
- ImageIDDefault
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.- ImageIDOpen
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.