Altova Authentic 2024 Desktop

Declaration

GetUIModifications() as String

Description

The GetUIModifications() method is called during initialization of the plug-in, to get the configuration XML data that defines the changes to the UI of Authentic Desktop. The method is called when the plug-in is loaded for the first time, and at every start of Authentic Desktop. See also Configuration XML for a detailed description how to change the UI.

Example

Public Function IXMLSpyPlugIn_GetUIModifications() As String

  ' GetUIModifications() gets the XML file with the specified modifications of

  ' the UI from the config.xml file in the plug-in folder

  Dim strPath As String

  strPath = App.Path

  If Len(strPath) > 0 Then

     Dim fso As New FileSystemObject

     Dim file As file

     Set file = fso.GetFile(strPath & "\config.xml")

     If (Not (file Is Nothing)) Then

        Dim stream As TextStream

        Set stream = file.OpenAsTextStream(ForReading)

        ' this replaces the token '**path**' from the XML file with

        ' the actual installation path of the plug-in to get the image file

        Dim strMods As String

        strMods = stream.ReadAll

        strMods = Replace(strMods, "**path**", strPath)

        IXMLSpyPlugIn_GetUIModifications = strMods

     Else

        IXMLSpyPlugIn_GetUIModifications = ""

     End If

  End If

End Function