This is the base class for tools, that is, functionality available through the tools menu and on various context menus. A tool can be launched by calling its Execute(TContext) method. The ContextType property determines the type of context object the tool expects in the Execute(TContext) method call. For example, a tool with a ContextType of Page would expect a page (typically the ActivePageReference) to be passed to it.

Tools can belong to different categories. The category might affect where the tool is rendered in the TIBCO Spotfire user interface. However, the category and the context of a tool are not interconnected. That is, two different tools may share the same context but have different categories.

Tools are accessed via the Toolbox.

public abstract class Tool