Echelon NodeBuilder Resource Editor - Manual (Page 34)

Introduction to Creating and Modifying Resources
You can create and modify any resources within a scope 3, 4, 5, or 6 resource file set,
though you cannot do this for resource file sets not created by your company. If you are
modifying a resource file set that you have previously released, you must be careful to
make changes that are backward-compatible with your released products. You can add a
resource at any time and not affect your existing products. You can also add new
enumeration values to enumeration types without affecting your existing products. The
following sections describe how to create and modify resources.
Creating and Modifying a Network Variable or
Configuration Property Type
You can create and edit network variable types and configuration property types in any
scope 3, 4, 5, or 6 resource file set. Do not attempt to do this in resource file sets that do
not have your manufacturer ID or that you do not manage. If you create a configuration
property types in a scope 6 resource file set, then create a configuration property in a
device based on that type, a network integrator will be unable to preserve the value of
the configuration property when the device is upgraded, since a new configuration
property type (with a new program ID template) will have to be created, and the tool
doing the upgrading will identify it as being a new configuration—and therefore
incompatible—property.
To add a network variable type or configuration property type to a resource file set or to
modify an existing network variable type or configuration property type, follow these
steps:
1. To create a new type in a resource file set, right-click the Network Variable Types
or Configuration Property Types folder in the resource file set and then click
New NVT or New CPT on the shortcut menu. To modify an existing type, double-
click the type. The New/Edit Network Variable Type or New/Edit
Configuration Property Type dialog opens:
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