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PluginCollection

Introduced

4.0

Description

A collection of Plugin objects. Both the name and the full path of the Plugin can be used as the key to PluginCollection.Item.

Methods

Properties

Examples

1. VBScript Example

set plgs = Application.Plugins
for each p in plgs
   Application.LogMessage "Name: " & p.Name
   Application.LogMessage "Author: " & p.Author
   Application.LogMessage "Major: " & p.Major
   Application.LogMessage "Minor: " & p.Minor
   Application.LogMessage "Language: " & p.Language
   Application.LogMessage "Filename: " & p.Filename
   Application.LogMessage "URL: " & p.URL
   Application.LogMessage "Email: " & p.Email
   Application.LogMessage "Loaded: " & p.Loaded
next

2. JScript Example

/*
   This example provides UI for loading plug-ins that is similar to the "Load" button
   on the Plug-in Manager.

   A File Open dialog is shown to the user. The PluginCollection.Item method is used to 
   test if the plug-in has already been loaded. If it hasn't been loaded Softimage 
   attempts to load it.
*/

var initialDir = Application.InstallationPath( siUserPath ) ;

if ( Application.Platform == "Win32" )
{
   initialDir += "\\Application\\plugins" ;
}
else
{
   initialDir += "/Application/plugins" ;
}

var oUIToolkit = new ActiveXObject("XSI.UIToolKit") ;
var oFileBrowser = oUIToolkit.FileBrowser ;
oFileBrowser.DialogTitle = "Select a plug-in to load" ;
oFileBrowser.InitialDirectory = initialDir ;
oFileBrowser.Filter = "All Files (*.*)|*.*||" ;
oFileBrowser.ShowOpen() ; 

if ( oFileBrowser.FilePathName != "" )
{
   var oExistingPlugin = Application.Plugins( oFileBrowser.FilePathName ) ;

   if ( oExistingPlugin != null )
   {
       XSIUIToolkit.MsgBox( oExistingPlugin.Name + " is already loaded" ) ;
   }
   else
   {
       Application.LoadPlugin( oFileBrowser.FilePathName ) ;
   }
}

See Also

Autodesk Softimage v7.5     <     >