Component Procedures

A component procedure (or procedure) is a program that is contained in and manages a component. A component procedure might install, uninstall, or control a component. A procedure is created when you build the component.

You can run a procedure in these ways:

• Directly from the Details page of a component, where a plan is generated and then executed

• By writing a plan that calls the procedure, then running the plan

• By calling the procedure from other components and plans

Your component can have several procedures. For example, a component might include a control procedure to start or stop the application that it models.

When you create a component that extends from a component type, the component inherits the procedures that are defined by the component type.

When you create a composite component, it inherits default installation and uninstallation procedures. Usually, components inherit procedures from the associated component type.