[Cartoweb-users] MyFirst Plugin

[Milo van der Linden]

Hello list,

I am trying to write a simple, static plugin that displays a dropdownbox
on the cartoweb GUI, for now it doesn't have to do anything. I just want
to check if I am capable of taking the first steps in writing plugins.

I did the following:

I created the required directories:

<myProject>/plugins/myplugin
<myProject>/plugins/myplugin/client
<myProject>/plugins/myplugin/templates

in client I created a file Clientmyplugin.php
in templates I created a file myplugin.tpl

In the myplugin.tpl I have the following code:

<div id="mypluginSelect">
<SELECT NAME="myplugin_select">
<OPTION VALUE="">
<OPTION VALUE="1"> Project 1
<OPTION VALUE="2"> Project 2
<OPTION VALUE="3"> Project 3
</SELECT>
</div>

As you can see, it is very static.

In Clientmyplugin.php I have the following code:

class Clientmyplugin extends ClientPlugin
implements Sessionable, GuiProvider
{

    /* here comes your plugin client class definition */

}


In the client.ini.in; I added myplugin to the loadplugins= line

In my customized cartoclient.php I added

{if $myplugin_active|default:''}
   {$myplugin}
   {/if}

As you can see, I just want cartoclient to load the dropdown when it
starts up.

Problems I run in to:

- Setting the activation parameter for a plugin in cartoclient.php is
not documented
- A simple method in the client to parse the template to cartoclient.php
is not documented

Is there anybody that can help me with these simple steps?

-- 


	

Milo van der Linden
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