Packaging Your Custom Menu

When you are ready to share your menu with others, there are two ways to deliver your plug-in:

• The end-user can just drop it in the Application/Plugins directory under the user, factory or workgroup path. If you are including a help file with your menu, make sure it appears in the doc subfolder.

• You can also package it with any support files (such as a help file) in an *.xsiaddon file for deployment. Along with the library or script file containing the implementation of the custom menu, you may also want to include any of these files:

File type | Description
*.dll/so file or *.vbs/js/pls/py | Any support files (for example, extra libraries) that your custom menu callbacks may need to call while running.
*.spdl file and/or *.preset file | If you call a dialog or any custom property page in your script that you want to remain in the scene, you need to provide either a SPDL file with the definition and a preset file to create the dialog, or a self-installing custom property. For more information on SPDL files, see SPDL Reference. For more information on self-installing properties, see Custom Properties.
*.html/htm/chm/hlp (or ReadMe.txt file) | If you provide a help page (or site) that can help explain the usage of your menu, you should package it with the rest of your menu
*.jpg/gif/bmp/ico | Any image files that may be required for your dialogs or your help pages.

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