Plugin Packaging

Prerequisites

Set IsPlugin and AutoPluginPackage to true in Tool.Config.props

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
    <PropertyGroup>
        <!-- Whether the current project is a PluginLoader -->
        <IsPluginLoader>false</IsPluginLoader>
        <!-- Whether the current project is a Plugin -->
        <IsPlugin>true</IsPlugin> 
        <!-- Auto Pack Plugin When IsPlugin == True-->
        <AutoPluginPackage>true</AutoPluginPackage> 
        <!-- Auto Generate I18N -->
        <AutoGenerateI18N>true</AutoGenerateI18N>
    </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

Packaging

After build completion, it will automatically package as an sdow file.

Default path: $(ProjectDir)Packages (in the project folder's Packages folder)

Note

To modify default configuration, see: Custom Packaging

Exclude Files

Some files we don't want to package into the sdow file.

Create a new file Plugin.Build.exclude in the project folder.

For example:

Fluent/*
hello.*

Only supports:

• ? wildcard for one character
• * wildcard for multiple characters

This way, the Fluent folder and files named hello in the output folder will not be packaged.

If you want to exclude a specific file in all subdirectories under a folder:

Use:

core/*text.txt

Don't use:

core/**/text.txt