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                <h1>How to create a plug-in for MapWindow5</h1>
                <p>
                    We're working on an easy workflow for developers to create their own plug-in for MapWindow5.<br/>
                    We don't have a lot of documentation yet. You need to learn the structure by looking at existing plug-ins.<br/>
                    We've made a template plug-in, which you can use as a base for your own plug-in.
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                    This is the recommended workflow. We've tested in on a Windows10-x86 machine with VS2013 Community.
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                            Install the latest beta installer, available at <a href="http://mapwindow5.codeplex.com/releases" target="_blank" title="Get the latest version of MapWindow5">mapwindow5.codeplex.com/releases</a> and install it in a different location than <code>C:\Program Files</code> because you'll need rights to write your plug-in dll to it.<br />
                            I suggest <code>C:\dev\MapWindow5\</code>
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                            Download this <a href="downloads/plugins-v5.0.2.zip" target="_blank" title="Download zip file with source code of plug-ins">zip file</a>. It contains a VS2013 solution with several projects for a few core plug-ins and the template plug-in.<br />
                            Unzip it, I suggest <code>C:\dev\plugins\</code>
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                            Open the solution. You need to change some paths.
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                                    Select the properties of each project and add a reference path to the location of MapWindow5, see step 1.<br />
                                    <img class="img-responsive" src="img/ReferencePaths.png" alt="Reference paths setting" />
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                                    In the properties of the plug-in you want to debug you also need to set the location of MapWindow.exe.<br/>
                                    <img class="img-responsive" src="img/DebugSetting.png" alt="Debug setting" />
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                            You should now be able to compile and debug your plug-in.
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                    If you have questions you can post them at the discussion page on codeplex: <a href="http://mapwindow5.codeplex.com/discussions" target="_blank" title="Post your questions at CodePlex">mapwindow5.codeplex.com/discussions</a><br/>
                    Happy coding and keep us informed of your progress.
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