The Repository Add-in for Visual Basic (RepVB) manages interaction between Visual Basic and the repository. To initiate the mediation, you must register RepVB as an add-in. Thereafter, each time you create or modify a Visual Basic project, RepVB can respond to the events that Visual Basic triggers. When a Visual Basic event indicates a change in the structure of a project, RepVB responds by updating the contents of the repository. In this way, RepVB ensures that the repository reflects the current structure of your projects.
RepVB also triggers events to which your Visual Basic add-ins can respond. To respond to RepVB events, you must implement an event sink object. RepVB supports five different event sink objects:
To connect or disconnect your event sink object from RepVB events, use the connection and disconnection methods that are provided by the RepVB object.
| Property | Description |
| IsSynchronizing | Indicates whether or not RepVB is currently performing synchronization processing. |
| Method | Description |
| ConnectAddInEvents | Connects the event sink object supplied by the caller to events that are related to the state of the RepVB Add-in. |
| ConnectComponentEvents | Connects the event sink object supplied by the caller to component-related RepVB events. |
| ConnectControlEvents | Connects the event sink object supplied by the caller to control-related RepVB events. |
| ConnectProjectEvents | Connects the event sink object supplied by the caller to project-related RepVB events. |
| ConnectReferenceEvents | Connects the event sink object supplied by the caller to reference-related RepVB events. |
| ConnectRepository | Connects the RepVB Add-in to the specified repository. |
| DisconnectAddInEvents | Disconnects the specified event sink object from events that are related to the state of the RepVB Add-in. |
| DisconnectComponent Events |
Disconnects the specified event sink object from component-related RepVB events. |
| DisconnectControlEvents | Disconnects the specified event sink object from control-related RepVB events. |
| DisconnectProjectEvents | Disconnects the specified event sink object from project-related RepVB events. |
| DisconnectReference Events |
Disconnects the specified event sink object from reference-related RepVB events. |
| GetMDOObject | Retrieves the MDO object that is associated with the specified Visual Basic object. |
| GetRepository | Retrieves the opened repository instance that is currently being used by the RepVB Add-in. |
| GetVBObject | Retrieves the Visual Basic object that is associated with the specified MDO object. |
| SynchronizeRepository | Synchronizes the repository with all currently open projects. |