Making Plugins

[Guest]

Hello,

Is there a way to write a plugin for a Windows program in VB? I need to
make it so when a program starts, it starts with custom-made functionalities.
I already have a way to export functions to make a DLL but I need to find a
way so that the parent program calls these functions when it starts. Any
suggestions?

Thank you,
Victor.

 

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/10/Plug-Ins/default.aspx

Ken
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Hello,

Is there a way to write a plugin for a Windows program in VB? I need to
make it so when a program starts, it starts with custom-made
functionalities.
I already have a way to export functions to make a DLL but I need to find a
way so that the parent program calls these functions when it starts. Any
suggestions?

Thank you,
Victor.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Is there a way to write a plugin for a Windows program in VB? I need to
make it so when a program starts, it starts with custom-made
functionalities.
I already have a way to export functions to make a DLL but I need to find
a
way so that the parent program calls these functions when it starts. Any
suggestions?

If the main application is written in .NET and you have the source code, you
may want to take a look at the samples below:

<URL:http://www.dnetmaster.net/source/SimplePlugins.zip>

LiveCode.NET
<URL:http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/livecodedotnet.asp>

PlugIns
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/samples/codingtechnique/PlugIns.zip>

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much. I also found this site while trying to figure out ways:

http://www.sandsprite.com/CodeStuff/Understanding_plugins.html

Victor

 

[Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/c...library/en-us/dnaspp/html/pluginframework.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/c...ibrary/en-us/dnaspp/html/searchforplugins.asp

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Best regards,

Carlos J. Quintero

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