Completing the Administrator Extension DLL

After you have coded the Administrator extension DLL, several tasks remain:

• Testing
• Documenting the Administrator extension DLL
• Creating an online Help file
• Installation

    To test an Administrator extension DLL

1. Make sure the Administrator extension DLL is properly installed and accessible through the Administrator program. See Installing the Administrator Extension DLL.
2. Run the Administrator program and verify that all expected standard and custom property pages appear correctly.

   When an error occurs, the Administrator program provides information in an OutputDebugString. To view its contents, run the Administrator program with a debugger.

3. Change each option on each property page. Observe the application's response to each change to make sure it is correct. For example, the Apply button should be enabled after each change. An important aspect of the application's behavior is the immediacy of its response. That is, have you programmed the application to respond to the change right away, or not until the next time it is launched? In both cases, does it respond at the right time?