Creating Hooks

Hooks provide the mechanism to call or start external programs from the Certify program. The external program opens when you add a hook to a project and sends Certify process results to the hook.

To create a hook:

In the Navigation pane, click Extensions.
In the Navigation tree, select Extensions >Hooks > Result.
Complete one of the following steps:

In the Navigation tree, right-click Result and select New Hook.
Right-click in the Summary pane and select New Hook.
From the menu, select File >New
From the toolbar, click the New button.

The New Hook dialog opens.

Enter the following information:

Field	Description
Name	Enter a unique name for the hook. Names can have a maximum of 64 characters.
Description (Optional)	Enter a description for the hook. Descriptions can have a maximum of 2,000 characters.
Path	Next to the Path text field, click the Browse button to find the directory where the external program is located. This field can contain just the program name or the full path to the program. If the field only contains the program name, then the program must be present in the local Certify hook directory. The local Certify hook directory is located as a child directory to the Certify client install directory, and it is named Hooks. The maximum length of the program field is 2000 characters.
Type	The Type field is non-editable, and the default type is Results.

Click OK.

The hook is created and listed in the Hooks Summary pane.