Using the Win32-based Pipeline Editor in Expert Mode

The Win32®-based Pipeline Editor is a powerful tool in its standard mode, but it can also be run in Expert mode, which provides additional capabilities useful to developers of custom pipeline components and pipelines.

Caution  In standard mode, the Pipeline Editor has built-in safeguards that prevent some actions that could disable a site's pipeline. In Expert mode, these protections do not exist. It is recommended that you do not run the Pipeline Editor in Expert mode unless you specifically need the additional functionality it provides.

In Expert mode, the Pipeline Editor provides the following additional functionality:

• Create a custom pipeline without basing it on a preconfigured template file.
• Insert, move, and delete pipeline stages.
• Cut, copy, and paste a stage, including its components.
• Assign globally unique identifiers (GUIDs) to stages.
• View the required components that are not displayed in standard mode.
• Mark a component as Required if it is the last component in a stage.