topic Re: Add-Ons Entry Point in Archicad C++ API

Add-Ons Entry Point

Newbie — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 04:16:26 GMT

I am query how to set an entry point of addon.

Is there someone could provide detail of how to set/change an add on entry point file when running addon in Visual Studio C++?

Re: Add-Ons Entry Point

julienK — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 07:07:47 GMT

https://archicadapi.graphisoft.com/getting-started-with-archicad-add-ons

Re: Add-Ons Entry Point

Newbie — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 12:57:35 GMT

An information from that link, does it has to be 'Addonmain.cpp' as default entry point?. Could it be something like 'MyAddon.cpp' for entry point?

Re: Add-Ons Entry Point

julienK — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 13:13:22 GMT

The entry points are explained in the 'anatomy of an addon' paragraph in the link I posted.

An archicad addon doesn't require a Main.cpp to work it can be named whatever you want.

The way you interact with archicad is either through menus or dialogs, palettes.

menus are defined in .grc file

dialogs or palettes are defined in cpp files.

You link the menu to your functions through MenuCommandHandler.

Look at the blog articles, there is a hello world example that explains all this.

Re: Add-Ons Entry Point

Newbie — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 13:46:53 GMT

Thanks so much for your clarification. Besides this, the resource of .grc file explanation is very rare. For example, if I want to display a value getting from API function on the dialogs. Do I need to declare a text or label in .grc file or not? if so, how to implement this?

Re: Add-Ons Entry Point

julienK — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 15:01:57 GMT

Yes, every field in a dialog has to be declared in the grc file.

Look at DG_Test example in the API files.

Some articles explain this in the documentation.