David,

Congratulations on your first plugin!

I am glad that you though the process of writing a plugin was easy. We worked hard to make this process as simple as possible.

Hmm, I am not entirely sure what you mean about this.

Yes you can. Ultimately you will want to have your plugin installed in "LabVIEW root\resource\JKI\RCF\Plugins\your Plugin Name". Source plugin (plugin you work on located where the "plugin development source directory" path point to [see here]) are not run as efficiently as installed plugin.

You have to make sure you set the glyph in you plugin (see image below). If no glyph is detected, the option window display a default "plug" image.

You could use the BSD license (or any other that you feel confortable with).

Yes you can. As a matter of fact, all the existing plugin are build with VIPM Package Building (VIPB).

Below are some screenshots describing the process (using the "Create Enum From String" plugin as an example).

First, fill out the field in the Main VIPB window (you can reuse the same glyph for the package icon that you use on the plugin)

Once you are done filling out the main area of the VIPB, go to the advanced settings.

In the Dependencies area, make sure you depend on the "jki_too_right_click_framework" package (see image below).

Next go to the installation location and make sure that you use a custom location and that the "Library VIs Installation Folder" is set to "<resource>\JKI\RCF\Plugins\Your Plugin Name"

Thats about it.

Close the advance setting and click on the build button in VIPB main UI.

Good luck.

PJM

David,

An easy way to manage your icon is to just use the plugin VI's own icon (by calling the VI.VI Icon.Get as Image Data method), as shown below:

That's a short question with a long answer.  If you want to give people the right to modify, redistribute, and your code in a way that's very flexible for your users, I personally like the BSD open-source license.  However, please consult with your own attorney

I have created a new document called List of Community Plugins for the JKI Right-Click Framework where we can list plugins like your Build Array of References.  I've linked to this discussion thread.  I'm thinking that plugin authors should create a new page for thier plugin where they can post documentation, a download of the latest version, revision history, etc.  This page can also link to a discussion topic (like this one) where the plugin author can support users of thier plugin.

We chose to create the community for the RCF on the NI Communities site, so that we could be along-side the LabVIEW APIs group, where the scripting discussions are happening.  We want to find good synergy between the efforts.

Ya, we could probably use the document comments as a support thread.