Plugin Manager
Genedator 1.2
General Description
Plugin Manager is the tool which allows you to browse existing and install new plugins generators. It contains two tabs that are shown on below pictures:
Picture 1. Plugin Manager - Downloaded plugins tab.
Picture 2. Plugin Manager - Available plugins tab.
In "Downloaded" tab you can browse plugins that are currently installed in your Genedator application. In "Available" tab you can see plugins that you can install. It depends on repository XML that you will choose.
Installing plugins
If you would like to browse and install new plugins you should select "Available" tab in Plugin Manager. Then you should provide Repository URL, which is localization of XML file that contains information required to do installation of plugins, e.g. name, url etc. At this moment the only known repository URL is:
http://genedator.sourceforge.net/plugins.xml
Of course you can create your own Repositories of plugins.
When you type reposityr URL, press "Fetch" button. Then list of plugins with theri descriptions will be fetched. You can browse available plugins by clicking row in left-side panel.
When you want to install any plugin(s) you should select checkbox(es) and click "Install" button. Then you should receive a message dialog window with information about requiring restart of Genedator:
Picture 3. Plugin Manager - Dialog with restart information.
When you restart Genedator, you will show that downloaded plugins are ready to use in Genedator application.