Host File Designer Views
The Host File Designer development tool uses a two-pane user interface. The left pane displays a tree view, and the right pane displays a list view, or Details view. The tree view displays a hierarchical representation of the contents of the library. The list view displays a compact subset of the selected type library component’s properties that are displayed in the property browser. You might find it useful to customize the details view by using something other than a list. For example, a COBOL, RPG, or IDL view might be more useful.
Tree View
The tree view displays a hierarchical view of the components in a type library, also known as a metadata assembly.
The tree view contains the following elements:
Library
Tables
Table1
Table Member1
Table Member2
…
Table Member(n)
Table2
…
Table(n)
Schemas
Schema1
Schema Member1
Schema Member2
…
Schema Member(n)
Schema2
…
Schema(n)
Unions
Union1
Union Member1
Union Member2.
…
Member(n)
Union2
…
Union(n)
Details View
The details view displays information about the item that is selected in the tree view. The Details view consists of three tabs, each describing the information in the Tree view in a different fashion.
List Tab
The List tab displays a subset of the properties of the selected type library component.
The detail views include the following:
Tables view
Table Member view
Schemas view
Schema view
Unions view
Union view
Union member view
Definition Tab
The Definition tab displays the type library as a .NET interface.