This section assume you have created a custom Persistable business object class or subtype and you want to develop a wizard that will allow users to edit the attributes of one instance of that object type.

The information in this document is applicable to editing both Workable and non-Workable objects and both Typed and non-Typed objects.

This document describes the reusable common components upon which most Windchill edit wizards are based. If your custom type extends an existing Windchill business class, such as WTPart, WTDocument, or WTChangeIssue, there may be components more specific to those classes that could or should be used instead of the components described herein. These class-specific components are built on top of the common components described in this document. A discussion of those class-specific components is beyond the scope of this document.

Be aware that you do not necessarily need to develop your own wizard to edit instances of a custom type. If your type is a modeled or soft subtype of a Windchill business class such as WTPart, WTDocument, or Problem Report (WTChangeIssue) , you may be able to use the out-of-the-box edit wizard for your purposes. The out-of-the-box wizards will automatically display input fields for hard and global attributes of custom subtypes on the Set Attributes step.

Attributes in the table will be ordered as follows:

If you want to order the attributes on this step differently or require additional fields on this step, you will need to create a new jsp for this step specifically for your subtype. However, you can still use the Edit Part wizard.

If you want to add additional steps to an existing wizard , you will need to develop a custom wizard , but may be able reuse many of the steps/components of the existing wizard.