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1. Re: External custom component development as a plugin.
shachar carmi May 3, 2010 2:44 AM (in response to dheeraj_c)take a look at the "panelator" sample.
it creates the dockable panel you're looking for.
that panel is an os level control to which you can add any standard os controls and event handlers.
through these event handlers you could do anything, including communicating with external dlls.
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2. Re: External custom component development as a plugin.
dheeraj_c May 3, 2010 4:18 AM (in response to shachar carmi)Thanks shachar for your reply. I checked the Panelator plugin, it's using OS calls for all the stuffs. If I have a dll or an exe (which I create using a platform independent framework for UI & event handling), is it possible for me to get that UI in some window? I'm very new to this plugin development, it will be very useful if you can tell me the procedure of embedding dll or exe into AE.
Thanks,
Dheeraj.
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3. Re: External custom component development as a plugin.
shachar carmi May 3, 2010 6:10 AM (in response to dheeraj_c)theoretically speaking,
AE passes the panel a AEGP_PlatformViewRef.
that's HIViewRef on mac and HWND on pc.
if you pass that along to an EXE or DLL then they could use that to place their UI in, and setup event handlers.
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4. Re: External custom component development as a plugin.
dheeraj_c May 3, 2010 6:27 AM (in response to shachar carmi)Thanks for your reply shachar.


