Add D2FS dialog to a plugin

If a D2SV plugin intends to define a property-page like form then this assistant option could be used to create the boilerplate associated with such form, which is also known as D2FS dialog.

caution

Use this option when at least one plugin project exists in the workspace.

Associated questions and their meanings -

• Select plugin to add new D2FS dialog

  Specify the plugin project where to add boilerplate for this dialog

• Enter name of the dialog

  A unique name of the dialog. It is also used as an ID to refer to the dialog from other part of D2SV runtime.

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Known Issue: D2SV-SDK 23.2 allowed dialog name to start with lowercase or number and have '_' & '-' in them. This causes server error when opening the dialogs on Smartview UI. Dialog name is validated in D2SV-SDK-23.4 to avoid this.

• Title of the dialog

  The title to be displayed when the dialog is visible on screen. It defaults to the given name of the dialog.

• Select form mode for the dialog

  Whether to show the dialog in read-only or editable mode.

• Select view mode for the dialog

  Whether to show the dialog in center or side panel mode.

• Create a menu to open the dialog?

  Whether to also define a menu item in D2SV context menu so that clicking that menu would show the dialog. Defaults to Yes.

• Label for the menu

  Define an English label for the menu. This question is asked only if the previous question was answered with an Yes.

• Pick a toolbar to add this menu to

  D2-Smartview UI shows different type of menu bars depending on the application context. By answering this option we can specify the menubar where this menu is going to be added. This question is asked only if 'Create menu to open the dialog?' was answered with Yes.

• Specify selection mode for the menu

  Whether the menu should support single or multiple object selection.