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Creating & Editing New Custom Providers
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There are two way to access the Custom Data Provider dialog:

  1. To create a new Custom Data Provider, select New Custom Provider from the Create New Data Provider dialog: 

The Custom Data Provider dialog is displayed and the fields are populated with default values.

  1. To edit an existing Custom Data Provider, select Custom Data Provider from the Data Provider dialog. The Custom Data Provider dialog is displayed and the fields are populated with the values for the selected Data Provider. 

Now you can define your Custom Data Provider:

Custom Data Provider Setting Description
Name A string value by which the Data Provider will be referenced.
Assembly The Assembly which defines the Custom Data Provider.
Class The Class within the Assembly that the Data Provider will interact with to retrieve images and annotation data.