Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian Classic User Guide - Manual (Page 126)

Chapter 7 Creating RSBizWare Custom Analysis Tools
• If you plan to develop custom analysis tools, we recommend
that you read the next three sections of this chapter followed
by the section that describes how to develop a custom analysis
tool using your chosen development tool.
NOTE
If you will be using a development tool other than Visual Basic or
Visual C++, make sure you read the RSBizWare Calculator COM
Interface section.
You can use any development tool that supports authoring COM
classes to develop your custom analysis tool. It is assumed that you
have a working knowledge of the development tool you will be
using. The User Guides for Microsoft Visual Basic and Microsoft
Visual C++ provide valuable information on producing COM
DLLs.
While the RSBizWare Custom Analysis Tool plug-in architecture
uses COM, you do not have to be an expert on COM in order to
implement a custom analysis tool. However, some familiarity with
COM is helpful in understanding how custom analysis tools work
under the hood. The following references provide excellent
overviews of COM:
• David Chappell. Understanding ActiveX and OLE. Microsoft
Press, 1996.
• Don Box. Essential COM. Reading, Mass.: Addiston-Wesley
Pub. Co., 1998.
Before you dive into writing a custom analysis tool, let's look at how
a sample pre-built custom analysis tool is added into the
Configuration Console. It is assumed that you are running the client
and the server on a single computer and that you already have started
the Configuration Console and logged into the Information Services
Manager.
A Quick Tour of a Sample
Custom Analysis Tool
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