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Pecan:

--- Quote ---4203     /     mandrav     0 minutes     * Binary .cbplugin files can now contain icons for the "Settings" dialogs. The two supported icon files should be named <plugin_name>.png and <plugin_name>-off.png.
* Updated all settings dialogs to locate icons through configmanager.
* If a settings icon for a plugin cannot be located, the generic-plugin icon will be used.

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Beautiful!

thank you

Should the <plugin>.png's be loose in the .cbplugin file or zipped together in the <plugin>.zip along with the <plugin>.manifest.

mandrav:
Sample plugin (named TestPlugin) contents:


TestPlugin.cbplugin:
    TestPlugin.dll  <-- the plugin
    TestPlugin.zip  <-- its resources
    TestPlugin.png  <-- the highlighted settings icon
    TestPlugin-off.png  <-- the non-highlighted settings icon


These are the "easy" stuff to support, since they share a common base name (the plugin's name). To add support for, e.g. toolbar images, will take a little longer...

EDIT: for those wondering, the problem is not how to define additional files to be installed but rather how to know what files each plugin needs when exporting (saving).

mandrav:
OK, done with it.
Now binary plugins (.cbplugin) can also contain extra files to be installed/uninstalled/exported. Just define them inside the plugin's manifest XML.
E.g.:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<CodeBlocks_plugin_manifest_file>
    <SdkVersion major="1" minor="10" release="0" />
    <Plugin name="Autosave">
        <Value title="Autosave" />
        <Value version="0.1" />
        <Value description="Saves your work in regular intervals" />
        <Value author="Thomas Denk" />
        <Value authorEmail="" />
        <Value authorWebsite="http://www.codeblocks.org" />
        <Value thanksTo="" />
        <Value license="GPL" />
    </Plugin>
   
    <Extra file="images/16x16/bookmark_add.png" />
    <Extra file="images/16x16/editcopy.png" />
</CodeBlocks_plugin_manifest_file>



Just make sure you define only your plugin's extra files as there is no check if they're needed by other plugins when deleting them...

dmoore:
until now, I've been keeping bitmaps in <Plugin-name>.zip
so long as they have an XRC associated with them, they are easy to load and manage.

mandrav:

--- Quote from: dmoore on July 02, 2007, 03:54:05 pm ---until now, I've been keeping bitmaps in <Plugin-name>.zip
so long as they have an XRC associated with them, they are easy to load and manage.

--- End quote ---

Yes, most plugins are like that.

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