Navigation:  Reference > Ribbon Tabs and Dialogs > Dialogs > Plugins Dialogs >

Plugin Manager

 Previous pageReturn to chapter overviewNext page

dlg_plugins_plugin_mgr

Explanation

The WireCAD Plugin Manager shows all loaded plugins.

 

WireCAD Plugin Types

WireCAD has facility for two types of plugin:

1.Auto-discovered plugins. These plugins register themselves on application startup. They may or may not include a graphical user interface element.
2.Registered plugins. These plugins register themselves via a plugin manifest file located in the C:\Program Files\WireCADx\bin\plugins\*.wpi. Registered plugins will place a button somewhere in the WireCAD workspace and may respond to WireCAD events.

 

Related Topics

Included Plugins

 

Dialog Options

Item

Description

Load

Loads the selected plugin from the Unloaded Plugins grid.

Unload

Unloads the selected plugin from the Loaded Plugins grid.

Rescan and Reload All

Unloads then rescans and reloads all plugins

Plugin Creation

  Add/Edit PI info (*.wpi)

Edit a wpi file.

dlg_plugins_add_edit_plugin

  Edit Plugin Code

Open #Develop to edit plugin code.