The design tools will implement either the Let or Get method for these properties, as specified under each property below, but not both. For the properties that EFServiceManager needs to communicate to the design tool, the design tool will implement a Let method. For the properties that a design tool needs to communicate to EFServiceManager, the design tool will implement a Get method. The only property that a design tool needs to implement a Get method is Signature. For all other properties, the design tool needs to implement a Let/Set method. The implementation of property Let/Set methods in the Adapter should store the values in local variables for tool reference.
Tools will set the tool-specific properties, such as tool site, tool plant, and tool project, in the ToolParameters collection before calling the Connect method of the IEFCommonUI.IApplication2 or IEFCommonUI.IApplication3 interface. (See SchemaCompInterfaces. IEFCommonUIApplication2 Interface Class for details.) EFServiceManager will set the ToolParameters on the IEFAdapter before calling any method on the IEFAdapter. The design tool will need to read the properties in the ToolParameters collection to set the right context of tool site, plant and project.