TOOL : Action Plugin Compiler

[reteset]

Here is my tool that i mentioned before


Features :

• Creates stable and powerful action plugins

• Creates fast plugins that are compatible with all Windows releases (newer than Win98)

• Encrypts the Lua source of plugins

• Supports UPX compression

• Supports one click plugin install

• Supports saving projects and load for next time

• Supports set your own Plugin name, Plugin Version and Author Info fields

Notes :

• This Is A Beta Version

• Please Wait Until A Stable Version Before Use Any Plugin That Is Created By This Program

• A Simple Help File Generator Will Be Added To stable Version

• Please Read The Licence With Care On First Program StartUp (you will see it only once)

Download : Click Here

ScreenShot : Click Here

[ShadowUK]

FIRST POST.

How much to donate to make commercial plugins?

[Centauri Soldier]

Yes! You rock reteset!

[MicroByte]

ok, i'll compair it to mine and see how it fairs, but be warned, im a sore loser! lol

kidding, nice work reteset, i'll beta the life out of it.

would it be possible to embed a dll as a extra resource and unpack it to the plugin dir if its not found, so the plugin system can wrap a dll+lua+xml into a lmd

i use lots of dll files in AMS, it would be nice to consolidate the working files for each dll into a plugin


and what is the minimum donation for commercial plugins, all mine will be free, always will be, but im curious.

[rexzooly]

Looks bloody great very sexy looking lol wonder if i could put it to use with
making a plugin ,,, mostly not lol.

Looks great tho.

[MicroByte]

looking pretty good, compiled a few small plugins and all is working fine, but i do notice there's no input for the help file, even with small plugins that are shipped around our office i still write help files for them and like them to react to the action editor.

no need to add action name support, just to be able to open the help file would be nice.

[MicroByte]

1 small issue, when loading a saved project, only the first line of the author text is displayed in the author input, if text on a new line is entered, it appears to display ok in AMS but does not seem to be saved/loaded to project file.

[reteset]

1 small issue, when loading a saved project, only the first line of the author text is displayed in the author input, if text on a new line is entered, it appears to display ok in AMS but does not seem to be saved/loaded to project file.

thank you i'll fix it

i do notice there's no input for the help file, even with small plugins that are shipped around our office i still write help files for them and like them to react to the action editor.

no need to add action name support, just to be able to open the help file would be nice.

i did not add a field for help file because i was going to add a simple help file generator , all will be automated ,just you will need to edit some parts of output html help file (return values ect.)
i could not finish that part of the program and decided add it to stable version
if you read Notes section of my first post you will see that i mentioned about it

also action name is provided by plugin SDK you just need to concat action name a and helpfile , this is done by plugin already
current plugin does something lile below

help.html#MyAction.MyFunction
this points to a field in your help file

would it be possible to embed a dll as a extra resource and unpack it to the plugin dir if its not found, so the plugin system can wrap a dll+lua+xml into a lmd

yes it is possible , you can import any type of files into plugin
and export them with a buil-in action when you need

but some antivirus softwares may alert user , like : this application makes a hidden install , but not sure at all ,

but this will be a good addition to program and i am going to add this feature

also the PluginSDK has a dependencies feature , so
when you add a sdk function to plugin AMS asks for ,are there any files that this plugin needs and if you return a file name array AMS moves those files in to Project's plugins folder with the main plugin ,
in this case you need to put your dll or other files in to plugin installition folder and tell AMS these files will be moved project with the plugin
and AMS moves all files along with the main plugin when you preview or build application

How much to donate to make commercial plugins?

i am going to write a detailed licence for stable version
this will clear all relevant questions

and if you like this program and think this program deserves a donation
you can make any amount of donation ,this will keep this program always updated

and thanks for the all nice comments

[Imagine Programming]

Woah I'm late! Very nice, amazing work reteset. I like it alot hehe.

*Flushing the toilet on exit LOL

[MicroByte]

well its already a very useful tool, with the updates you propose i think its worth a small slice of any AMS users paycheck, cant wait for the release

[Centauri Soldier]

Hey Reteset, could you add command line options to this tool? It would be nice if we could compile from the command line.

[reteset]

Hey Reteset, could you add command line options to this tool? It would be nice if we could compile from the command line.

no i do not think for now
but this program based on a DLL so all compile task done by that DLL ActionPluginCompiler.dll
maybe i can share that DLL with some friends but this program should be finished first , and then i'll make a decision

also maybe i can make an action plugin that makes something
but with a simplest way

actually , i was thinking to make a plugin that allows you to compile your Lua
code into a LMD and run it in runtime , this was going to provide a simple
code protection , then i read your relevant thread i changed my idea and
converted existing project to a action plugin compiler
finally we have a action plugin compiler and i am going to add some useful features to it ,for make it a useful program

if you have any suggestions or ideas, i am always open for them

[MicroByte]

i dont think commandline arguments are needed.

if you have any suggestions or ideas, i am always open for them

sometimes im really lazy, could you make the application read my mind and automaticly generate the code for the plugin ... lol, now that would be cool.

seriously, with all the bells and whistles you have mentioned so far i don't think there's much more to add, all i really want is the help file and external dll support from the lmd and then this tool is perfect for me, any additional stuff is just a bonus.

[Centauri Soldier]

i dont think commandline arguments are needed.

"Needed" is an interesting word. In fact, all I really need is food, water and shelter but CLAs would be nice too.

So far the tool is working pretty good Reteset. I'm liking it all a lot.

[MicroByte]

"Needed" is an interesting word. In fact, all I really need is food, water and shelter

interesting indeed, and probably true but you would die of boredom!

i just dont see the point of adding "CLA's" to a app with a 5 second splash screen.