Appendix - CAST Server Manager user components - PCK on Documentation - V2

Creating a new custom component

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Summary: This section describes how to create a new custom component. Please note that it is not possible to create custom components to interact with the CAST Management Studio installation packs: PMC, PMC_LOCAL, CORE_PMC and PMC_CENTRAL.

Define the .pck file for the component

CAST recommends naming the .pck file with the same name as defined in the “PackName” attribute in the .pck file and with a CUST_ prefix. So for example:

Check the installation of your component

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Once you have Created a new custom component you then need to check that they have been installed correctly:

Components that have been installed on a CAST database are registered in the table SYS_PACKAGE_VERSION.
If correctly installed you should see the following rows in the table:

PACKAGE_NAME VERSION

[char] [char]

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LOCAL_CLIENT 1.0.0.1 (pck interface for User Component)

LOCALADDON 1.0.0.1 (your component)