Support Document

The information in this document applies to:

• HTML-Kit Build 288 and higher

HTML-Kit's functionality can be extended using plugins that range from buttons for inserting code to specialized utilities to advanced side-by-side applications. This document includes information on how to get started and where to look for samples, tutorials and other details related to developing plugins.

• The Plugins Generator can be used to visually create plugins that contain buttons and menus. These items will appear on the ActionsBar, the Actions menu and the Keyboard Customization dialog. No programming experience is required to create these plugins. They can perform functions such as insert code snippets, enclose selected text with custom text, search and replace, open files, create new files with content, open URLs in the internal browser, invoke built-in menu commands, execute programs, open documents in external programs and other custom functions.
   
• hkScript Tutorial written by Ciaran McCreesh is the best starting point for users interested in writing plugins in hkScript. A list of built-in hkScript functions can be found on the XSCL functions reference page.
   
• Sample plugins with plugin definition files (*.hpd) can be directly opened in the Plugins Generator. Samples with *.hks files (hkScript source code) can be viewed in HTML-Kit for learning purposes. These samples can be customized or used as templates for creating new plugins.
   
• Software developers can write plugins in C/C++, C#, Delphi, hkScript, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, VBScript and Visual Basic. The Plugins Generator can be used to create skeleton code in these languages and since the underlying plugins interface is the same for these different languages, the generated code can be translated into other programming languages.
   
• Additional information and support on writing plugins is available on the HTML-Kit Plugins Newsgroup. This is also a good place to post requests for new plugins and make announcements.
   
• Previously answered questions and other support documents can be searched using the HTML-Kit Search Engine.
   
• For other related links, please see: HTML-Kit on the Web
   

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