[MonoDevelop] StartupHandler

[Steven Schermerhorn]

That did the trick. The error I saw mentioned that the "Type" was not valid\allowed. I assumed it was referring to the ExtensionAttribute.Type property as I never saw that error message after setting the Type property.

Thanks for taking a look,

-Steven


On Jan 20, 2011, at 1:20 AM, Lluis Sanchez Gual wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> In the test addin you attached, the extension attribute should be like
> this:
> 
> [Extension(Path="/MonoDevelop/Ide/StartupHandlers", NodeName="Class")]
> 
> The Type parameter you had is not required, and can't be used in this
> context. That parameter can be used to specify which type extension
> point is being extended, but in this case the extension point is
> specified using a path, not a base class. I'll add a check for this in
> Mono.Addins and show a better error message.
> 
> Also, the NodeName parameter is required here because the
> StartupHandlers expect extension nodes to have this name, while by
> default the [Extension] attribute generates nodes with the name "Type"
> instead.
> 
> All this may look a bit awkward, but that extension point was created in
> a early version of Mono.Addins, which was mainly oriented on add-ins
> described using xml manifests instead of attributes.
> 
> Finally, make sure that the version of the dependency you specify
> matches the version you have. For example, if you are using MonoDevelop
> from github, the dependency should be "MonoDevelop.Ide","2.6"
> 
> Lluis.
> 
> El dc 19 de 01 de 2011 a les 16:20 -0800, en/na Steven Schermerhorn va
> escriure:
>> 
>> That does seem to have done the trick either.  To help make this easier, I created a play extension and attached it. If you drop this into ~/main/src/addins and add it to Main.sln it should be pretty easy to see that it isn't working.
>> 
>> I seem to get erratic messaging too. For example, sometimes it'll tell me there is an error and other times it just does nothing.
>> 
>> -Steven
>> 
>> On Jan 19, 2011, at 3:21 AM, Lluis Sanchez Gual wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> You need to declare a dependency to the MonoDevelop.Ide addin:
>>> 
>>> [assembly:AddinDependency ("MonoDevelop.Ide", "2.4"]
>>> 
>>> Lluis
>>> 
>>> El dt 18 de 01 de 2011 a les 22:11 -0800, en/na Steven Schermerhorn va
>>> escriure:
>>>> I am trying to create an Addin that runs at startup and am having some
>>>> problems.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I set breakpoints in each of the methods below, however they don't get
>>>> hit however my extension does appear in the Addins dialog as being
>>>> installed and enabled.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Here is my extension:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> [assembly: Addin("MyTestExtension")]
>>>> namespace MyTestExtension
>>>> {
>>>> [Extension("/MonoDevelop/Ide/StartupHandlers")]
>>>> class MyTest : CommandHandler
>>>> {
>>>> 
>>>> public MyTest()
>>>> {
>>>> System.Console.WriteLine("MyTest creatd!");
>>>> }
>>>> 
>>>> protected override void Run ()
>>>> {
>>>> System.Console.WriteLine("MyTest ran!!");
>>>> System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break();
>>>> int i = 0;
>>>> i += 3;
>>>> 
>>>> base.Run ();
>>>> }
>>>> 
>>>> protected override void Run (object state)
>>>> {
>>>> int i = 0;
>>>> i += 3;
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I also tried using a config file rather than attributes, however get
>>>> the same result:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> <Addin id="MyTestExtension"
>>>> namespace="MonoDevelop"
>>>> name="MyTestExtension"
>>>> author="Steven Schermerhorn"
>>>> copyright="MIT X11"
>>>> url="http://sample.com"
>>>> description="MyTestExtension"
>>>> category="IDE extensions"
>>>> version="2.6">
>>>> 
>>>> <Extension path = "/MonoDevelop/Ide/StartupHandlers">
>>>> <Class class="MyTestExtension.MyTest" />
>>>> </Extension>
>>>> </Addin>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I am running this against the latest monodevelop. I have attempted
>>>> using my own build of Mono.Addins so that I can step through what is
>>>> going on but haven't gotten that far yet.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Can anyone see anything obviously wrong?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -Steven
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>> 
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