Adapter Services


After configuring an interceptor or service component of the adapter, select one or multiple adapter services for the instance. The following sections describe the fields that are available to the adapter.

Additionally, after you configure adapter services, you must also import the metadata into the project file, either for the interceptor or the service instance.

Import Schema Tab

This tab is available if you select the Adapter Services folder in the project panel.

Select Metadata Type

You must select the type of metadata that you want to import:

COM Type Library

Enter the location of the COM type library (.tlb), dynamic linked library (.dll), or executable (.exe) that contains the metadata, or click Browse to navigate to it.

.NET Assembly

Enter the location of the .NET assembly that contains the metadata, or click Browse to navigate to it.

For details on how the adapter interoperates with Microsoft .NET, see Appendix B, Interoperability with Microsoft .NET Components.

Path to .NET Framework Installation Directory

Enter the path for the .NET Framework installation, or click Browse to navigate to it.

For details on how the adapter interoperates with Microsoft .NET, see Appendix B, Interoperability with Microsoft .NET Components.

Import Metadata

Click Import Metadata to import the specified metadata into the project file.

In a typical development environment, if rebuilding the COM server keeps changing the GUIDs, you must reimport the metadata into the project. Also, if the CLSIDs or IIDs are used explicitly, make the required changes. For example, use the Visual Basic development environment without turning on Binary Compatibility for the project.

Extended Properties

After you have imported the metadata, you may want to modify the extended properties for a class.

Select a class and click Resources>Edit Extended Properties. This displays the Edit Extended Properties dialog box, as shown below.

This dialog box contains a tree with the following entries:

These four extended entries define the COM coclass/default interface pair that corresponds to the TIBCO ActiveEnterprise class associated with the adapter service.

When manually creating a TIBCO ActiveEnterprise class, you must add these extended properties. The property names are case sensitive.


TIBCO Adapter™ for COM User’s Guide
Software Release 5.3, September 2005
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