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milsnips
Hi there,
I would like some advice in how to go about creating a plug-in type
windows form architecture, this is what i had in mind:
a form similar to windows explorer with the grouped navigation items
on the left, each group in the left nav section will represent a plug-
in application with its related options, and when a user clicks on it,
the application will load up in the right hand side of that form.
Now, what i had in mind was something like having a monitored folder,
and when a DLL is dropped in, it will try to load it up, and if it is
a valid application plug-in, it will retrieve the grouped nav options
and load them up in the container window, i guess the entire
application would need to be stored either in 1 DLL or each
application could have its own "initializer" dll, which points to the
sub folder of its application.
Any thoughts on this and feedback would be greatly appreciated?
thanks.
Paul.
I would like some advice in how to go about creating a plug-in type
windows form architecture, this is what i had in mind:
a form similar to windows explorer with the grouped navigation items
on the left, each group in the left nav section will represent a plug-
in application with its related options, and when a user clicks on it,
the application will load up in the right hand side of that form.
Now, what i had in mind was something like having a monitored folder,
and when a DLL is dropped in, it will try to load it up, and if it is
a valid application plug-in, it will retrieve the grouped nav options
and load them up in the container window, i guess the entire
application would need to be stored either in 1 DLL or each
application could have its own "initializer" dll, which points to the
sub folder of its application.
Any thoughts on this and feedback would be greatly appreciated?
thanks.
Paul.