Plug In Folders in Adobe Exchange Packager

Hi Royi A,

Please see here for the full list of path tokens which can be used, e.g. $plugin:

Path tokens

Certain tokens will be treated differently on Windows and Mac, e.g. if the destination folder is found somewhere different on those two platforms - but it is not currently possible in Exchange Packager to specify a token which will only be used on one platform. This is a feature which we are looking to make available in the online version of Exchange Packager very soon.

Until then, if you need this level of granularity with your installation paths, you should build your own MXI file by following the documentation here:

http://helpx.adobe.com/extension-manager/kb/configuration-file-reference.html

...and package your ZXP using the "MXI based" option in Exchange Packager, or using the Packaging and Signing Toolkit:

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/creativesuite/sdk/eula_cs6-signing-toolkit.html

CC Extensions Signing Toolkit now available for Extension Builder 3 on Labs « Adobe Labs

Best regards,

Fraser

Hi Royi A,

Ah - yes, you're right; there are no tokens for After Effects because Extension Manager doesn't currently support After Effects. If you want to install files to After Effects-specific paths, you will need to enter the full paths in your MXI file, or perhaps make use of other tokens to get the files to go where you want.

Perhaps other After Effects developers or someone on the Extension Manager forum (Extension Manager) would be able to provide more advice about how best to do this.

(If you are planning to distribute your content via Adobe Exchange/Creative Cloud Add-ons, you have the option of uploading a zip file at www.adobeexchange.com, which is simply copied to the user's Downloads folder upon installation of your product).

In answer to your other question, forward slashes should be used for both Mac and Windows paths in MXI files.

Best regards,

Fraser

Once your product is published, users can either get it by using the Adobe Exchange Panel, or via the Adobe Add-ons website (https://creative.adobe.com/addons) which requires users to have the Creative Cloud desktop app installed.

In both cases, your ZIP file will be copied to the user's downloads folder when they click to install it via the Panel or Add-ons website.

Thanks for the feedback about manual downloading of files - this is something which we are currently working on and will be made available in due course.

Best regards,

Fraser

The default Downloads folder on the computer, e.g.

C:\Users\fraser\Downloads (on Windows)

/Users/fraser/Downloads (on Mac)

This is the same as the default downloads folder for most browsers.

Fraser