About extension bundles
Extension bundles are zip packages that you can deploy to Mongoose-based applications. Extension bundles consist of different objects, including but not limited to these types of objects:
- Component classes
- Custom assemblies
- DataViews
- Forms
- IDOs
- IDO projects
- Images
- Menus
- Property classes
- Property class extensions
- Scripts
- Strings
- Tables
- User-defined types
- Validators
- Variables
- Web user controls
To create, modify, generate, and download extension bundles, use the Extension Bundles form, in conjunction with the Deployment form. Only users with MGCoreTrans and MGDeveloper license modules can access the Extension Bundles form.
When creating extension bundles, use the Tags field to assign tags to Extension bundles. The tags can be used to find specific extension bundles. Multiple tags can be added, separated by a comma.
In the Deployment form, you can add objects to extension bundles using Access As and Object Prefix values or using forms, selected items, and referenced items. Depending on which option you choose to add the objects, your extension bundle can also include these objects:
- Application Event System (AES) events
- Replication documents
- Application messages
- Object messages
- Themes
- Web user control elements
- Bundling of AES events, replication documents, application messages, object messages, and themes are available only when you use the option.
- Bundling of web user control elements is available only when you use the option.
- When you use the , you can exclude referenced objects from the selected forms by using the button.
- Bundling of DataViews is available when you use the Export DataViews option.
- Bundling of background task definitions is currently not supported.
To deploy extension bundles to Mongoose-based applications, use the Deploy Applet option in the Deployment form.