TOOL : Action Plugin Compiler

[reteset]

Hi again

i wrote that announcement message because of some reasons that i can not write here

but there is no bug nor security issue
also there is nothing that may cause any problem in plugins that generated by Action Plugin Compiler

so it was not a technical problem
you can use your existing plugins that are generated by this program

next updates will be provided by Centauri Soldier
plugin generator and plugin core will be developed by me again


for new builds please wait for new update , there will be various changes on program and plugin core
and next release may provide more freedom on building plugins with this program , but you can use current version too :yes

also i did not know that there was lots of users of this program

thank you

[rexzooly]

Important Announcement

Development of this program is temporary canceled

Use of plugins that are generated by this program is not recommended

until this program is updated

program removed from site index and it is no longer available , until i decide to update it

i am sorry for any confusion

Ya i would like to know why its not recommended?

[Mikhail]

Why? Please, details.

[reteset]

Important Announcement

Development of this program is temporary canceled

Use of plugins that are generated by this program is not recommended

until this program is updated

program removed from site index and it is no longer available , until i decide to update it

i am sorry for any confusion

[pabloko]

Yeah! it's sounds good! LuaCom is very useful, but actual version have some problems to call certain objects propiets and methods... 1.4 now relased and if possible this rocks

I like ribbon interfaces there are very much scripts to start with it, i'm using jquery ribbon for web developing, but i'ts very simply to clone in ams
http://dev.mikaelsoderstrom.se/scripts/jquery/ribbon/

Thanks for your work

Best regards

i am very busy right now but i am going to release a new version soon
i converted program GUI to a compact style for new properties and fields

but i need Office 2007 look , tab pane and tab button images which matches with current application theme
if anyone has such images , please could you send me

also i have some ideas for output plugins
maybe i can merge LuaCom and maybe some other plugins with output plugins

so you will be able to use luacom without include it to application
simply: luacom and maybe others will be build-in

[reteset]

So Reteset, any ideas when the next release will be coming out? I'm really looking forward to the update.

i am very busy right now but i am going to release a new version soon
i converted program GUI to a compact style for new properties and fields

but i need Office 2007 look , tab pane and tab button images which matches with current application theme
if anyone has such images , please could you send me

also i have some ideas for output plugins
maybe i can merge LuaCom and maybe some other plugins with output plugins

so you will be able to use luacom without include it to application
simply: luacom and maybe others will be build-in

[S0mbre]

OMG, what a great plugin was added while I was on vacation! Thank you ever so much, reteset it really rocks!

[reteset]

Here is the updated version of the code you gave me Reteset. It was not returning true when the file was there so I fixed it and thought I would also share the other two functions I built to assist in extracting and referring the dll as well as cleaning up (if desired). Thanks again Reteset.

Change everything that is marked red to adapt it to your project.

[COLOR="Red"]MyFunction[/COLOR] = {};

function [COLOR="Red"]MyFunction[/COLOR].Activate(...)
IRLUA_PLUGIN_CheckNumArgs(arg,1)
 local sFolderName = IRLUA_PLUGIN_CheckString(arg,1)
[COLOR="Red"]MYFUNCTION[/COLOR]_DLL_PATH = sFolderName.."\\[COLOR="Red"]MYDLL[/COLOR].dll";
end

function [COLOR="Red"]MyFunction[/COLOR].Cleanup()
if File.DoesExist([COLOR="Red"]MYFUNCTION[/COLOR]_DLL_PATH) then
File.Delete([COLOR="Red"]MYFUNCTION[/COLOR]_DLL_PATH, false, false, true, nil);
end
end

--HIDDEN FUNCTION
function [COLOR="Red"]MyFunction[/COLOR].CheckMyDll()
if not File.DoesExist([COLOR="Red"]MYFUNCTION[/COLOR]_DLL_PATH) then
bRet = PSDK.ExportArchive(3000 , [COLOR="Red"]MYFUNCTION[/COLOR]_DLL_PATH);
   if not bRet then
   Dialog.Message("Notice", "An Error Occurred While Exporting the [COLOR="Red"]MYDLL[/COLOR].dll Dll file", MB_OK, MB_ICONNONE, MB_DEFBUTTON1);
   end
return bRet
else
return true
end
end

thank you ,
yes you are right
i did not test my function , because i wrote it on Notepad++

thanks for new functions :yes

[Centauri Soldier]

Here is the updated version of the code you gave me Reteset. It was not returning true when the file was there so I fixed it and thought I would also share the other two functions I built to assist in extracting and referring the dll as well as cleaning up (if desired). Thanks again Reteset.

Change everything that is marked red to adapt it to your project.

[COLOR="Red"]MyFunction[/COLOR] = {};

function [COLOR="Red"]MyFunction[/COLOR].Activate(...)
IRLUA_PLUGIN_CheckNumArgs(arg,1)
 local sFolderName = IRLUA_PLUGIN_CheckString(arg,1)
[COLOR="Red"]MYFUNCTION[/COLOR]_DLL_PATH = sFolderName.."\\[COLOR="Red"]MYDLL[/COLOR].dll";
end

function [COLOR="Red"]MyFunction[/COLOR].Cleanup()
if File.DoesExist([COLOR="Red"]MYFUNCTION[/COLOR]_DLL_PATH) then
File.Delete([COLOR="Red"]MYFUNCTION[/COLOR]_DLL_PATH, false, false, true, nil);
end
end

--HIDDEN FUNCTION
function [COLOR="Red"]MyFunction[/COLOR].CheckMyDll()
if not File.DoesExist([COLOR="Red"]MYFUNCTION[/COLOR]_DLL_PATH) then
bRet = PSDK.ExportArchive(3000 , [COLOR="Red"]MYFUNCTION[/COLOR]_DLL_PATH);
   if not bRet then
   Dialog.Message("Notice", "An Error Occurred While Exporting the [COLOR="Red"]MYDLL[/COLOR].dll Dll file", MB_OK, MB_ICONNONE, MB_DEFBUTTON1);
   end
return bRet
else
return true
end
end

[Centauri Soldier]

Fantastic! Thank you very much Reteset.

[reteset]

Hey Reteset,

I PMed you regarding contributing to the project. I would love to share my ideas with you.

Also, I have a question. How do I include a dll in my project? That is how do I reference the dll location in my code? Where is the dll placed when the plugin is compiled and installed?

i assume you have a dll and you want to call functions from that dll in your plugin

How To Import Your Dll :

Resource : press browse button and select your dll

ID : select 3000

Press Add Resource button then you complete previous steps
you will see dll path and resource ID in Resources (grid)

you can apply previous steps with different IDs ,if you have more dll files

if you want to remove a dll from the resources , select that dll in Resources and press Delete Resource button

press build button then you filled all required fields

So what did happen to my dlls , Where are they gone:
program icluded your files in to resource section of plugin
like you made a ZIP file

How To Export your Dll :

sz_dllpath = _SourceFolder.."\\YourDllName.dll"; -- dll path in a global variable
-- this is up to you , you can export anywhere you can access 

function CheckMyDll() -- a function to make job easy

if not( File.DoesExist(sz_dllpath)) then -- export only when dll does not exist

   bRet = PSDK.ExportArchive(3000 , sz_dllpath); -- export dll to "sz_dllpath"
   
   if not ( bRet ) then -- if failed  pop-up a error message
   
     Dialog.Message("Notice", "An Error Occured While Exporting Dll", MB_OK);
     
   end
   
return bRet; -- return the result

end

And Using this function in your Lua Classes:

if ( CheckMyDll() )

 DLL.CallFunction(sz_dllpath, "MyFunctionName", "", DLL_RETURN_TYPE_INTEGER, DLL_CALL_CDECL);

end

hope this helps

[MicroByte]

you would first need to unpack the dll, you cant access it from the lmd to call functions directly.

How To Export A File :

Quote:
Call this build-in action in your Lua script any time you want

boolean PSDK.ExportArchive(ResourceId , FilePath);

ResourceId : The resource ID you used during import file
FilePath : The file path you want to save this file as

this action returns true on succeed and returns false on failed
if specified file already exist , it just overrides

[Centauri Soldier]

Hey Reteset,

I PMed you regarding contributing to the project. I would love to share my ideas with you.

Also, I have a question. How do I include a dll in my project? That is how do I reference the dll location in my code? Where is the dll placed when the plugin is compiled and installed?

[reteset]

@ MicroByte

I think I'll wait for Reteset to release the next version and see if he added the suggestions to the program first, but if not then I would definitely be interested in trying to create my own system. Thanks for the offer.

That function for turning xml into a lua table alone would be quite useful though, I would love to have that.

if anyone willing to contribute to this program i can happily accept
if you have improvement ideas ,or you can make new additions to program
you can prepare a separate sample project , then i can add your additions
to this program , and i can add your name,email,website etc. to about program dialog

help file generation script made by MicroByte , he sent me scripts as a sample project and i added his scripts to program

i can even share the APZ of this program if you need to view source for your new additions then you accept the following

i wont create a different program and release it with parts of this program
i wont share the APZ with other people

please PM me if you willing to contribute to this program and need to APZ doc.

[reteset]

Ok it is the time to explain what we talked about

what he asked about:

i can view lua source of plugin in memory with a memory monitor program as can view my AMS applications , so what the encryption does..?

My answer :

there is no memory encryption ,
this program encryptes source only

also there is no real encryption in memory in any programming language

this program encryptes your lua source and imports in to plugin
and output plugin decryptes that lua source at runtime and passes to AMS runtime

actually there is no difference between autorun.cdd
autorun.cdd keeps your source as a plain text
this plugin keeps your source encrypted
the only difference is this

but in both cases they are plain text in memory
because all plugins are using same ( (shared) typically LuaState ) memory address at runtime

finally , Lua is not a programming language
Lua is a embedable scripting language , like ASP, PHP . JS
and you have to provide a human readable text to parser
if you encrypte it you must decrypte in memory and send to parser again ,but all source is plain text in memory