RE: Plugin Development

["Ian Lowe" <ian.lowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On a Windows 2000/XP machine, the plugins live in

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\xPL\Plugins

If you create one called nwe.xml it will be picked up on the next xplhal
manager start (I *think* - John B can give a definitive answer on this
one, next time he swings by)

As for sending a simple message to your AVR board, Frank's xml fragment
is a good one to copy, as the section for his osd device will allow you
to right click on your device and have a "send a message" option.

(this bit - be sure to change aec-tvosd to match your own vendor/device
details.)

<device id="aec-tvosd">
<menuItem name="Display A Message">
<xplMsg>
osd.basic
{
command=clear
text=%Enter the message to display:%
delay=15
}
</xplMsg>
</menuItem>
<menuItem name="Clear the Display">
<xplMsg>
osd.basic
{
command=clear
text=""
delay=1
}
</xplMsg>
</menuItem>
<command name="Display a Message"
description="Displays a User Message on the VFD Displays"
msg_type="cmnd"
msg_schema="osd.basic">
<element name="command" default="clear"/>
<element name="text" label="Message to display"/>
<element name="delay" default="15"/>
</command>
<command name="Clear the Display"
description="Displays a Blank Message on the VFD Displays"
msg_type="cmnd"
msg_schema="osd.basic">
<element name="command" default="clear"/>
<element name="text" default=""/>
<element name="delay" label="Display for (seconds)"
default="1"/>
</command>
</device>

Ian.


-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Neil Wrightson
Sent: 29 June 2005 14:34
To: ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_xpl] Plugin Development

Ian,

Where do the plugin files normally reside?


Regards,

Neil Wrightson.




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