Plug-Ins

Developers can register custom code as plug-ins with the InstallAnywhere advanced designer. This feature allows properly packaged custom code to be integrated into the design environment, where it will appear in the action palette under the Plug-ins tab. Plug-ins are stored within the <InstallAnywhere>/plugins folder. Packaging custom code has the following advantages:

  • The developer can add them as regular actions without having to specify the JAR and class.

  • Custom code usually utilizes InstallAnywhere variables for parameters and return values. If a developer wants to execute custom code multiple times in a project, the global scope of InstallAnywhere variables often forces the developer to be very careful with parameters and return ...

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