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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Basic Customization
- Overview of Customization
- Organize Program and Support Files
- Customize a Publish to Web Template
- Define Custom Commands
- Record and Modify Action Macros
- Custom Linetypes
- Custom Hatch Patterns
- User Interface Customization
- Understand User Interface Customization
- Work with the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor
- Create and Manage Customization Files
- Customize Commands
- Overview of Commands
- Create, Edit, and Reuse Commands
- Create Macros
- Overview of Macros
- Use Special Control Characters in Macros
- Pause for User Input in Macros
- Provide International Support in Macros
- Use Built-in Commands in Macros
- Repeat Commands in Macros
- Use Single Object Selection Mode in Macros
- Use Macros to Swap User Interface Elements
- Use Conditional Expressions in Macros
- Use AutoLISP in Macros
- Control the Display of Command Items
- Assign Search Tags
- Create Tooltips and Extended Help for Commands
- Create Status Line Help Messages
- Create and Manage Images for Commands
- Customize User Interface Elements
- Load an AutoLISP File
- Customize Workspaces
- Transfer and Migrate Customization
- Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor FAQs
- DIESEL
- Slides and Command Scripts
- Introduction to Programming Interfaces
- Shapes and Shape Fonts
- Overview of Shape Files
- Create Shape Definition Files
- Shape Descriptions
- Vector Length and Direction Code
- Special Codes
- Use Special Codes
- Codes 0, 1, and 2: End of Shape and Draw Mode Control
- Codes 3 and 4: Size Control
- Codes 5 and 6: Location Save/Restore
- Code 7: Subshape
- Codes 8 and 9: X-Y Displacements
- Code 00A: Octant Arc
- Code 00B: Fractional Arc
- Codes 00C and 00D: Bulge-Specified Arcs
- Code 00E: Flag Vertical Text Command
- Text Font Descriptions
- Sample Files
- Big Font Descriptions
- Unicode Font Descriptions
- Superscripts and Subscripts in SHX Files
- Migrate and Transfer Custom Settings and Files
- Index
DescriptionAttribute
Unique GUID for the plug-in that must never be
changed. The GUID is used by the Apps tab on
UpgradeCode
Autodesk Exchange to allow for upgrading from an
old version to a newer version of a plug-in without
the need to uninstall the plug-in first.
NOTE You must increment AppVersion in order to
allow for proper upgrading of a plug-in.
An ApplicationPackage element can contain, or encapsulate, the following
elements:
■ CompanyDetails on page 454
■ Components on page 455
CompanyDetails Element
The CompanyDetails element is used to specify information about the
company that created the plug-in.
NOTE The CompanyDetails element is required when releasing a plug-in through
the Apps tab on Autodesk Exchange. You must also populate each of the attributes
for the CompanyDetails element.
A CompanyDetails element can have any of the following attributes attached
to it:
DescriptionAttribute
Name of the developer or company that authored the
plug-in.
Name
Phone number of the developer or company of the
plug-in.
Phone
International phone numbers can be specified by
combining Phone with a locale code. See Supported
Locale Codes on page 461 for a full list of supported
locale codes.
Web site for the developer or company of the plug-
in.
URL
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