Anyone use the Mono Addins? | Tech Off

Bass
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Has anyone ever used Mono,Addins? If so care to share your experiences with it?

Also anyone know how to query ALL available addins (not just ones which implement a specific type or extension point)? I couldn't find any info on this in the docs.

Kenneth.Cochran

I am planning on using Mono.Addins in an upcoming project. I'm working on trying to compile it. While the faq claims it can be used with .NET there doesn't appear to be any documentation on how to do it. It comes with a make script so I'll probably start by converting that to an VS solution. I'll post the results of my efforts on my blog.

Bass
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In reply to Kenneth.Cochran

#Jun 2nd @ 12:00 PM

Hi. I just used the version from SVN, which includes a MSBUILD (*.sln) file.

You could alternatively just add all the files in /Mono.Addins to a project and called "Mono.Addins" and compile.

I've been using it for a while it it works quite well, this is on .NET (not Mono).

Bass
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In reply to Bass

#Jun 3rd @ 10:06 AM

I figured out the way to do it, it's AddinManager.Registry.GetAllAddins() or something like that, returns an array of addins (type "Addin"), which contain all kinds of useful metadata for implementing a GUI addin manager. There is also a pretty advanced GUI you can use already in Mono.Addins.Gui, but it's Gtk# not WinForms

Kenneth.Cochran

In reply to Bass

#Jun 3rd @ 4:31 PM

I've updated my blog with my initial experiences using Mono.Addins. I'm planning on doing a whole series on using it in a .NET 2.0 project.

Bass
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In reply to Kenneth.Cochran

#Jun 4th @ 8:46 AM

That would be really awesome.

I'm also having some problems again, but probably something I can solve eventually.

Using an Addin object, I need to call extention points on that Addin object. I need this for the Addin Manager to call a configuration extention point for the addins, for example. I think the hint is somewhere in Addin.Description.ExtentionPoint or something like that.