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Flint · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:48 am Post subject:

BTW, isn't it time to move the specifications out of beta?
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ghisler(Author) · Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 7:48 am Post subject:

Yes, I think that this is a good idea - when I find the time...
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ghisler(Author) · Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:48 pm Post subject:

The plugin writer's guides are out of beta now, you can get them from the plugins page here:
http://www.ghisler.com/plugins.htm

There were no changes to the actual functions since the last beta.
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Flint · Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:45 am Post subject:

ghisler(Author)
Hm… I just looked there, but there are still old versions (2.20 for WCX, 2.0 for WDX/WFX/WLX).
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ghisler(Author) · Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:57 am Post subject:

Thanks for the warning, please try again now!
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Flint · Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:24 am Post subject:

Nearly everything's fine, just fix the typo on the Plugins page that refers to inexistent file:
http://ghisler.fileburst.com/content/contentpluginhelp2.2.zip
The link should be:
http://ghisler.fileburst.com/content/contentpluginhelp2.1.zip
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ghisler(Author) · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:14 am Post subject:

Thanks - seems to be on the English page only...
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ts4242 · Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 1:28 pm Post subject:

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All Plugin interface descriptions are use hlp format. Is it possible to provide them as chm? because Win 7 doesn't support the hlp format without a special download.

Of course i can convert them myself, but it is better to be available for all plugins page visitors.
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ghisler(Author) · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:36 am Post subject:

I will consider it - but I think that developpers should be clever enough to install the hlp viewer for Windows 7. Smile

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MVV · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:51 am Post subject:

ghisler(Author) · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:50 am Post subject:

I will fix it, thanks!
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MVV · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:44 am Post subject:

Christian, it would be great to reflect details described here in API documentation (use MaxLen parameter name for string lengths, MaxChars for buffer sizes in characters, MaxBytes for buffer sizes in Bytes, and use const modifier for input only strings/buffers/structs).
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ghisler(Author) · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:23 am Post subject:

Unfortunately changing these headers would probably break almost all existing plugins...
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MVV · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 6:44 am Post subject:

Christian, no one tells to authors of existing plugins to use theese headers, they can still use their own old copies. But new ones will use correct headers.

And, only a few changes in code required - to add const modifiers for pointers that work with input (constant) strings/buffers (such buffers must not be written anyway).

Also, if function prototype differs from its declaration in CPP, compiler just ignores prototype (if function is not called from another CPP by including header with prototype). Even more, it is OK when variable names in prototypes and realization differ (compiler compares only types).
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ghisler(Author) · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:42 am Post subject:

For example, people who add Unicode support to their plugins will get the latest headers - but this will break their existing plugins if the parameters change.
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