Managing Extensions

To review your object extensions in the Resource Editor, select Manage Object Extensions from the property sheet menu.

You can create basic new properties and lists using the wizards available from the property sheet menu. To perform more advanced editing of extensions, you must open the appropriate extension.

  1. Open the property sheet of the object, click the menu button, and select Manage Object Extensions.

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  2. Select the Extension file that you want to open from the list of files attached to the model, or select <New> to create a new embedded extension file.
  3. [optional] Select the checkbox to set the chosen extension file as the default. The default extension file is used to contain the extensions created from the property sheet menu
  4. Click OK to open the chosen extension in the Resource Editor.
    For detailed information about editing these files, see Customizing and Extending PowerDesigner > Extension Files.