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Creating a Component

EncounterPRO Components come in 3 flavors:  Built-In (PowerBuilder), COM, and .Net.  It is highly recommended however that all new components be developed using the .Net API.

Creating a new .Net component is relatively simple.  With Visual Studio 2008 or later:

  1. Set the Application Target Framework to 3.5*
  2. Include a reference to the EncounterPRO-OS Component Base Class assembly
  3. Create a new class, descending from the appropriate EncounterPRO-OS base class
  4. Add the desired functionality, overriding the public base class methods as necessary

* I'm sure we can use framework 4.0, but the couple time I've tried I could not put the assembly into the GAC.  I haven't spent much time on it and maybe a.Net expert out there can illuminate the way.  Perhaps if we rebuild the base class dll in the 4.0 framework?