Assume you have created a custom Windchill business object class or subtype and you want to develop a wizard that will allow users to create one instance of that object type in the database.

The object to be created should be a Persistable. It may or may not implement the Typed, Foldered, and/or Iterated interfaces. Where this document makes reference to attributes that are not applicable to your object type it is correct to ignore those implementation details.

This document describes the creation of a very basic wizard to create objects. There are many reusable steps available to you out of the box. For more details on adding these steps to a wizard see Customizing Reusable Wizard Steps .

Be aware that it may not be necessary to develop your own custom wizard to create instances of a custom type. If your type is a Windchill business class for which a wizard with a type picker is already available, it may be possible to use the out-of-the-box wizard for the type. The out-of-the-box wizards will automatically find subclasses and subtypes of a given base type such as WTPart or WTDocument and display those subtypes in the type picker so that a user can create instances of them. For example, if you have created a soft subtype of WTPart called PBPart, it will be displayed in the New Part wizard as follows:

You need to specify any non association attributes you have defined for your sub type in the Type and Attribute Management utility Layout for them to appear as Input fields in the non driver attributes table. Attributes will be displayed in the UI exactly as you specify them in the Type and Attribute Management utility.

If you want to order the attributes on this step differently, you will need to create a new jsp for this step specifically for your subtype but you can still use the New Part wizard.

However, if you need to associate other objects to your new object or require additional wizard steps, you will likely need to develop a custom wizard.

This document describes the process of developing a wizard that creates a single object. See Building Wizards to Edit a Single Object for information on constructing a wizard to edit an object.