I'm looking for advice on the best way to create 'plugins' for an application I'm writing. I'm hoping eventually to be able to just publish an API so anyone can write plugins for the program. I've been trying to work out how other programs do it, but the information appears to be hidden behind licensing agreements.
1) Can I just create applications for the plugins and then just call these via SysAppLaunch and a particular launch code that does the 'plugin' work. If so how, does this work for .prc which aren't of type 'appl' ?? I was thinking of using 'plgn' as my type to allow them to be found easier. I haven't been able to get this way to work unless I create applications - this could just be an error in my use of gcc though..? 2) Should I create these plugins as libraries and then load the functionality in that way? 3) Is there anything I should be careful off in my plugins ... I'm guessing I won't have access to globals, but is there anything else. 4) How using the gcc tools do I hide the icon in the launcher if it's an 'appl' type. If there's any examples out there that would be great. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
