[This is preliminary documentation and is subject to change.]

protected void RegisterProperty(
	string name,
	Type type,
	Object defaultValue,
	string category,
	string displayName,
	string description,
	string tags = null,
	int order = -1
)

Protected Sub RegisterProperty ( 
	name As String,
	type As Type,
	defaultValue As Object,
	category As String,
	displayName As String,
	description As String,
	Optional tags As String = Nothing,
	Optional order As Integer = -1
)

protected:
void RegisterProperty(
	String^ name, 
	Type^ type, 
	Object^ defaultValue, 
	String^ category, 
	String^ displayName, 
	String^ description, 
	String^ tags = nullptr, 
	int order = -1
)

member RegisterProperty : 
        name : string * 
        type : Type * 
        defaultValue : Object * 
        category : string * 
        displayName : string * 
        description : string * 
        ?tags : string * 
        ?order : int 
(* Defaults:
        let _tags = defaultArg tags null
        let _order = defaultArg order -1
*)
-> unit 

Parameters

name

Type: SystemString
Specifies the name of the property.

type

Type: SystemType
Specifies the System.Type of the property. Currently, only the following types are handled:

Type	Description
System.Boolean	Use typeof(bool) to obtain this System.Type.
System.Int32	Use typeof(int) to obtain this System.Type.
System.Double	Use typeof(double) to obtain this System.Type.
System.String	Use typeof(string) to obtain this System.Type.
System.Int32[]	Use typeof(int[]) to obtain this System.Type. This will be handled in Visual Signal's property dialog as a string delimiited by ",", ";", or " ".
System.Double[]	Use typeof(double[]) to obtain this System.Type. This will be handled in Visual Signal's property dialog as a string delimiited by ",", ";", or " ".
System.Enum	Use typeof({enumType}) to obtain the type, where {enumType} is a user-defined enum type whose base type is System.Enum. This will be handled in Visual Signal's property dialog as a pull-down menu.

defaultValue

Type: SystemObject
Specifies the default value of the property.

category

Type: SystemString
Specifies the category of the property.

displayName

Type: SystemString
Specifies the display name of the property.

description

Type: SystemString
Specifies the description of the property.

tags (Optional)

Type: SystemString
Specifies comma-separated tags for special purposes. Currently supports:

Type	Description
"ReadOnly"	Specifies that the property is read-only when displayed in Visual Signal.
"File:[fileter]"	Specifies that the property is a file path, and can invoke the OpenFile dialog in Visual Signal. The filters used in OpenFile dialog can be specified using the standard "|"-separated .Net filter specification in [filter]. For example: "Text files (*.txt)|*.txt|All files (*.*)|*.*", or "Image Files(*.BMP;*.JPG;*.GIF)|*.BMP;*.JPG;*.GIF|All files (*.*)|*.*"

order (Optional)

Type: SystemInt32
Specifies the order of the property

Reference