Echelon OpenLDV - Manual (Page 134)

126 Extending xDriver
Figure 28. Visual Studio New Project Dialog
In the New Project dialog:
• Expand the Visual Basic category and select Class Library as the
project template
• Specify the version of the .NET Framework to use
• Specify a name and location for the project
• Specify a name and location for the solution
You can use any project location for development. Install the completed custom
lookup extension component in the L ON W ORKS \xDriver\Components
\CompanyName\Lookup folder when you distribute the DLL for your
application.
The project name should not match the project name for any other lookup or
COM component on your computer, or on any computer on which the application
will be installed, because it will be used by the Profile Editor to identify the
lookup extension component.
Recommendation: Specify the project name using the following naming
convention:
[Company Name]Lookup[Type]
where [Company Name] represents the name of your company and [Type]
represents the type of database this lookup extension component uses. For
example: “MyCompanyLookupODBC”.