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Packaging Extensions with Extension Manager CS5
<file source="foo2" destination="$dreamweaver/configuration" />
</files>
Creating plug-in extension packages for InDesign CS5 and InCopy CS5 (version
5.0 only)
Extension Manager CS5 supports plug-in extension package, which let you to include plug-ins
for InDesign CS5 or InCopy CS5 in extensions. On Mac OS, one plug-in is one package. On
Windows, one plug-in includes one binary file(usually have file extension “.pln”) and one
resource directory. To allow Extension Manager recognize plug-in, you need to specify its file
type. On Mac OS, specify the plug-in file’s type as "
plugin
", while on Windows, you need to
specify the type of binary file(with file extension pln) as "
plugin
", but not for resource directory.
File type of resource directory should be "
ordinary
". To specify file type, you need to specify
attribute "
file-type
" in <
file
> tag or attribute "
default-file-type
" in <
files
> tag.
There are two kinds of plug-in extensions: Enable_for_all_disable_for_one extension and
Enable_for_one_disable_for_one extension.
Creating Enable_for_all_disable_for_one extension packages
Plug-ins included in an Enable_for_all_disable_for_one extension works for every user on the
machine after one user installs this extension. While if one user disables or even removes the
extension, plug-ins still work for other users in operating system.
To create Enable_for_all_disable_for_one extension packages, you need to specify the attribute
"
plugin-manager-type
" in tag <
macromedia-extension
> as "
all-users
". And the
destination of plug-ins needs to be inside the folder $indesign/Plug-Ins.
Example
<macromedia-extension
name="Enable_for_all_disable_for_one_sample"
version="1.0.0"
plugin-manager-type="all-users" >
<files>
<file source="sample.pln" destination="$indesign/Plug-Ins/sample/
sample.pln" platform="win" file-type="plugin" />
<file source="(sample Resources)" destination="$indesign/Plug-Ins/sample"
platform="win" />
<file source="sample.InDesignPlugin" destination="$indesign/Plug-Ins/
sample/sample.pln" platform="mac" file-type="plugin" />
</files>
Creating Enable_for_one_disable_for_one extension packages
Plug-ins included in an Enable_for_one_disable_for_one works only for the user who installs this
extension. And when user disables or removes this extension, no user in operating system could
use plug-ins any more.
To create Enable_for_one_disable_for_one extension packages, you need to specify the attribute
"
plugin-manager-type
" in tag <
macromedia-extension
> as "
current-user
". And the
destination of plug-ins should not be inside the folder "$indesign/Plug-Ins".
Example
<macromedia-extension