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<p>New page: To improve &#039;&#039;rapid detection prototyping&#039;&#039;, <a href="/wiki/OpenSBI_Edit_Lite" title="OpenSBI Edit Lite">OpenSBI Edit Lite</a> allows software developers to add their own importer plugins for custom data sources. ==User details== If you get a new p...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>To improve &#039;&#039;rapid detection prototyping&#039;&#039;, [[OpenSBI Edit Lite]] allows software developers to add their own importer plugins for custom data sources.<br /> <br /> ==User details==<br /> If you get a new plugin, its name will usually start with &#039;&#039;IP&#039;&#039;, and it will be of the &#039;&#039;Application Extension&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;.dll&#039;&#039;) format. You need to close the editor if it is still open, put the file into its &#039;&#039;Plugins&#039;&#039; subfolder, and restart the editor. The new plugin will appear inside it&#039;s &#039;&#039;File: Import&#039;&#039; menu.<br /> <br /> ==Developer details==<br /> Importer plugins are standard DLLs that need to export 7 functions, which are using the &#039;&#039;stdcall&#039;&#039; calling convention.<br /> <br /> ===Exports===<br /> The &#039;&#039;GetDisplayName*&#039;&#039; functions are used to get the name for &#039;&#039;File: Import&#039;&#039; menu (do not include the prefix &#039;&#039;Import&#039;&#039; or trailing dots), with the return value of &#039;&#039;GetAuthorName*&#039;&#039; shown in the hint of the menu item as the source of the plugin. &#039;&#039;ShowDialog&#039;&#039; is called when the user clicks the menu item, and the &#039;&#039;GetData*&#039;&#039; functions should return the SBI contents created if &#039;&#039;ShowDialog&#039;&#039; was successful.<br /> <br /> ====Pascal====<br /> function GetAuthorNameLen: cardinal; stdcall;<br /> function GetAuthorName(const Name: PChar; const Len: cardinal): boolean; stdcall;<br /> function GetDisplayNameLen: cardinal; stdcall;<br /> function GetDisplayName(const Name: PChar; const Len: cardinal): boolean; stdcall;<br /> function ShowDialog: boolean; stdcall;<br /> function GetDataLen: cardinal; stdcall;<br /> function GetData(const Name: PChar; const Len: cardinal): boolean; stdcall;<br /> <br /> ====C/C++====<br /> See Pascal example; &#039;&#039;cardinal&#039;&#039; equals an unsigned integer, &#039;&#039;PChar&#039;&#039; is a &#039;&#039;char*&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;boolean&#039;&#039; a &#039;&#039;bool&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> ===Example===<br /> A demo plugin is available (TODO: add link).</div>

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