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seveianrex
Newbie
Joined: 26 Dec 2005
Posts: 5
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 Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 8:18 pm
Confusion regarding developer kit and plugin development
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Hello,
I apologize if this post is in the wrong forum. I subscribed to the developer forum but am awaiting approval to be able to view or post there.
I am looking into programming some plugins for my own personal use. I have managed to get a DLL to compile by creating a class that implements IzMUDPlugin using C#.NET
I could not get the plugin loaded but I suspect after reading some information here that it has to do with not having a correct plugin development registration code.
The developer's kit says it's free for personal use, yet the only way I see to receive a code from ZuggSoft is through the Order forms (Paypal, etc.)
Am I missing something here? As it stands, I have only purchased zMUD, nothing more. Am I able to obtain a registration code for no cost, assuming my plugins are for personal use only?
Thanks in advance! |
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seveianrex
Newbie
Joined: 26 Dec 2005
Posts: 5
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 8:45 pm
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| Just return an empty string, or a string of garbage. If the registration code returned by the initialize routine isn't valid, the plugin will still get loaded, but it will get listed as "Unregistered" on the user's zMUD Plugin screen. But it will still work just fine. |
Ok.. just found that in an old post by Zugg in response to a question similar to mine.
However, I am still having a problem. I tried returning garbage, or nothing, and it still won't load.
Is this potentially due to me attempting to use C#.NET, then? |
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seveianrex
Newbie
Joined: 26 Dec 2005
Posts: 5
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 9:03 pm
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I'm back again.... it's getting more and more confusing by the minute 
It seems that using C#.NET is going to be a problem because it's memory managed, while COM objects/types are not. Their solution is "COM interop" which is looking HIGHLY confusing.
Has anyone else potentially been able to get this to work or should I stop trying?  |
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nexela
Wizard
Joined: 15 Jan 2002
Posts: 1644
Location: USA
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:59 pm
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I believe there are .NET plugin examples for VB and C# in the Developers forum.
Zugg is "On Vacation" so his response time is just a little bit longer. When you do get access here is the full link to the C# Tutorial
http://forums.zuggsoft.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=11003
1) Select the project in the "Soltution Explorer" pane
2) Select "Properties" from the "Project" menu
3) Click on the "Configuration Properties" section
4) In the "Outputs" section of the "Build" section change the "Register for COM interop" setting to true and click OK |
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