VMware vSphere Web Services SDK 4.0

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vSphere Client Plug-ins

VMware offers third-party developers and partners the ability to extend the vSphere Client with custom menu selections and toolbar icons that provide access to custom capabilities. There are two methods of using the vSphere Plug-in architecture.

Method	Usage	Documentation
Script-based	When you use the script-based method, you supply the following plug-in components: A configuration file that describes GUI elements that extend the vSphere Client user interface. A script or application that extends the vCenter Server with capabilities that support the vSphere Client GUI extensions. Extension registration	Customizing the vSphere Client
C# API	When you use the vSphere Plug-in C# API, you write C# code that executes within the vSphere client process. The C# API provides classes and methods that you use to extend the vSphere Client user interface. You must provide code that supports the custom GUI extensions, including any access to the vCenter Server.	C# API documentation (HTML; Zip file) C# sample application (Zip file)

VI Client Plug-in (VI SDK 2.5)

The current platform also supports the VI SDK 2.5 architecture for client plug-ins. See the following documentation and schema file for information about using the 2.5 interface.

Last updated 21-May-2009 4:00 pm