Gosh this plugin/addin stuff is weird

[Blackbeard]

I've started looking into doing a little addin, but so far, that SharpDevelop has me buffaloed. I can't even find out how to add a class to the project. I've got as far as adding the Vixen reference, and then I'm lost.

I sure would hope someone will one day put out a more definitive guide on using SharpDevelop to make a Vixen 2.5 addin. All I've read so far hasn't taken me any farther that what I described above.

Not complaining, mind you, just lost. In the meantime, I'll try and see if I can figure out SharpDevelop a little better. It's definitely not Visual Studio.

steve

[g2ktcf]

I've started looking into doing a little addin, but so far, that SharpDevelop has me buffaloed. I can't even find out how to add a class to the project. I've got as far as adding the Vixen reference, and then I'm lost.

I sure would hope someone will one day put out a more definitive guide on using SharpDevelop to make a Vixen 2.5 addin. All I've read so far hasn't taken me any farther that what I described above.

Not complaining, mind you, just lost. In the meantime, I'll try and see if I can figure out SharpDevelop a little better. It's definitely not Visual Studio.

steve

Why not use Visual Studio???? lol I love it.

[Blackbeard]

I only have the express edition of VS, and as I recall, there was a need for plugins, which the express version doesn't have. It's been a while, and at my age, nothing seems to stick around for very long, but I do know there was a reason I tried SharpDevelop.

At any rate, I'm not sure I have the skill set to do this anyway. I've done a few C++ windows apps here for work, but .NET just didn't click. After viewing the MultiChannelTest source offered, I might not have dug far enough in yet to see what's really happening.

[g2ktcf]

I only have the express edition of VS, and as I recall, there was a need for plugins, which the express version doesn't have. It's been a while, and at my age, nothing seems to stick around for very long, but I do know there was a reason I tried SharpDevelop.

At any rate, I'm not sure I have the skill set to do this anyway. I've done a few C++ windows apps here for work, but .NET just didn't click. After viewing the MultiChannelTest source offered, I might not have dug far enough in yet to see what's really happening.

well, I am using VS C# Express and I have NO problems linking and debugging plugins in Vixen.....you might need to look into the new 2010 edition.

[Blackbeard]

Thanks for the help. I'm downloading VC# Express right now. I seem to recall that maybe I couldn't use VS because my home computer is a Win 2000 machine, and it wasn't available for that. At any rate, if I can sneak time in to experiment without getting caught by my boss, I might make some headway.

[Blackbeard]

The VC# stuff is certainly more familiar.

thanks again, g2ktcf