Introduction

VWorks software includes optional features that allow customers to extend its core functionality to meet specific process or application needs.

VWorks software allows developers to create plugins in any programming language capable of generating COM components for controlling devices, interacting with data sources, and monitoring activity within VWorks software. These custom VWorks plugins enable VWorks software to do the following:

•	Communicate with third-party devices

•	Integrate with backend data systems such as Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), sample management, and workflow management

VWorks software also includes the IWorksTest utility, which is a diagnostics tool designed to debug and test the basic functionality of VWorks plugins.

This developer guide describes the required and optional COM interfaces that a plugin developer would implement to extend VWorks software.