PluginRecord Class

Metadata for a plugin that can be loaded into Navisworks. The information in PluginRecord is available even if the corresponding Plugin hasn’t been loaded.

Namespace: Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Plugins
Assembly: Autodesk.Navisworks.Api (in Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public MustInherit Class PluginRecord
C#
public abstract class PluginRecord
Visual C++
public ref class PluginRecord abstract

Remarks

This class represents a record in the Plugins collection for a Pluginderived class.

See Plug-ins and Writing Plug-ins for Navisworks for more information on creating plug-ins.

Note NotePlease note that Navisworks Freedom does not provide support for plug-ins.

Examples

CopyIterating plugins
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows.Forms;

using System.Text;

using Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Controls;

      static public void IteratePlugins()
      {
         StringBuilder plugins = new StringBuilder();

         //iterate the plugins and display a list in a message box
         if (Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Application.Plugins != null &&
            Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Application.Plugins.PluginRecords != null)
         {
            foreach (Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Plugins.PluginRecord pr in
               Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Application.Plugins.PluginRecords)
            {
               //Append the plugin Information
               plugins.Append("Id = ");
               plugins.Append(pr.Id);
               plugins.Append(", Type = ");
               plugins.Append(pr.GetType().ToString());
               plugins.Append(", DeveloperId = ");
               plugins.Append(pr.DeveloperId);
               plugins.Append(", DisplayName = ");
               plugins.Append(pr.DisplayName);
               plugins.Append(", IsEnabled = ");
               plugins.Append(pr.IsEnabled);
               plugins.Append(", IsLoaded = ");
               plugins.Append(pr.IsLoaded);
               plugins.Append(", Name = ");
               plugins.Append(pr.Name);
               plugins.Append(", PluginOptions = ");
               plugins.Append(pr.PluginOptions.ToString());
               plugins.Append(", ToolTip = ");
               plugins.Append(pr.ToolTip);

               plugins.AppendLine();
            }
            //show the list of plugins
            MessageBox.Show(plugins.ToString());
         }
      }

Inheritance Hierarchy

See Also

T:Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Plugins.PluginRecord