AFPlugIn Methods
- Last UpdatedNov 18, 2025
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- PI System
- AF SDK 2024 R2
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The AFPlugIn type exposes the following members.
Methods
| Name | Description | |
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 | CompareTo(Object) |
Compares this instance with a specified Object.
(Inherited from AFObject.) |
| CompareTo(AFObject) |
Compares this instance with a specified AFObject.
(Inherited from AFObject.) |
| CreateAnalysisRuleInstance |
Create an AFAnalysisRule instance of a plugin.
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| CreateControlInstance |
Create an instance of a plugin editor control.
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| CreateDataReferenceInstance |
Create an AFDataReference instance of a plugin.
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| CreateDeliveryChannelInstance |
Create an AFDeliveryChannel instance of a plugin.
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 | CreateFormInstance |
Create an instance of a plugin editor form.
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| CreateTimeRuleInstance |
Create an AFTimeRule instance of a plugin.
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| CreateValueFormInstance |
Create an instance of a plugin value editor form.
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| Equals(Object) |
Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current object.
(Inherited from AFObject.) |
| Equals(AFObject) |
Indicates whether the current object is equal to another object of the same type.
(Inherited from AFObject.) |
| GetHashCode |
Gets the hash code for this instance of the object which is suitable for use in hashing
algorithms and data structures like a hash table.
(Inherited from AFObject.) |
| GetPath |
Returns the full path to the object, using just the names.
(Inherited from AFObject.) |
| GetPath(AFObject) |
Returns the path to the object relative from another object.
(Inherited from AFObject.) |
| GetPath(AFEncodeType, AFObject) |
Returns the path to the object relative from another object,
using the name and/or id as specified
by encodeType.
(Inherited from AFObject.) |
| GetPlugInType |
Gets the .NET Type for the plugin.
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| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| Persist |
This method returns the persistence string for the object.
(Inherited from AFObject.) |
 | ResolvePlugInAssemblyPath |
Resolve the AFPlugIn assembly file name to a full path name.
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| ToString |
Returns a String that represents the current object.
(Inherited from AFObject.) |
| UsesAControl |
Determines if the plugin editor is a control.
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