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1. Plug-ins and their purpose
A plug-in is a visual component that extends the functionality of your menu with new abilities.
For example, you can create a slide show with beautiful transition effects between slides and
various degrees of interactivity.
Plug-ins are distributed in plug-in packs. Each plug-in pack contains several visual plug-ins.
Plug-in packs are installed along with the program, but the user needs to
purchase them separately.
2. How to add a plug-in object to a slide
To use the plug-in, follow these steps:
1. On the toolbar, click the Insert Plug-in Object button
2. In the drop-down menu, select the plug-in and then drop it on the slide.
This opens the dialog with the plug-in settings. Later you can open it with a double-click.
Each plug-in contains a set of commands that it can execute. For example, the Slide Show
plug-in has the commands such as Start Slide Show and Stop Slide Show.
3. Overview of plug-in packs and their content
PhotoActions plug-ins pack
Image Preview Plug-in
The Image Preview plug-in enables you to embed
the image preview capability to your menu. Then it's possible to preview photos full size or full screen.
Left-click the image to view full size or right-click to view full screen.
The plug-in can be used to create a photo album, presentation or a product catalog on CD with the ability
to preview photos either full size or full screen in a separate window (see Lesson 3 - Image Preview page).
Slide Show Plug-in
The Slide Show plug-in lets you embed the slide
show capability to the menu. Once embedded, photos can be viewed as a slideshow with beautiful transition effects
between images. There are four slideshow modes available such as non-interactive, interactive and manual mode :
The non-interactive mode lets you view images as a standard slideshow that plays on startup automatically.
The interactive mode lets you start the slideshow with a click on the Play button and stop with another click.
The manual mode lets you play, pause, stop, rewind the slideshow by clicking the playback control buttons.
The Slide Show plug-in can help you create a photo album, product catalog or presentation with the ability to preview
photos as a slideshow with various degrees of interactivity. For example, you can create a business presentation
with the playback control buttons to switch between the slides (see Lesson 3 - Slide Show pages).
Image List Plug-in
The Images List plug-in lets you display images as a thumbnail list and open them full size with a double-click.
There are two modes available. Thumbnails can be arranged into two adjacent columns, or two columns separated by a
preview window. In the latter case, the content of the image list is synced with the preview window.
The plug-in is useful for creating a professional photo album, presentation or product catalog where images can be
previewed in a separate window with a double-click. (see Lesson 3 - Images List pages)
ShellTools Plug-ins pack
File List Plug-in
The File List plug-in allows the user to view files in several modes. You can view files in a
folder in three modes such as grid, thumbnail list and explorer with the list of files and navigation
buttons such as Home, Up, Back, Forward.
For each file you can set additional fields that will be shown to the user in a separate column.
These fields are set in a separate CSV file. Also you can set the content of each column using
the system and user variables. For example, %file_path% or %file_title%.
The plug-in can be used to embed the file viewing capability to your menu (see Lesson 4 - Files List pages).
4. Licensing Policy
Plug-ins are sold only in packs. Plug-in packs can be purchased here.
If a plug-in is not activated, it marked as "Unregistered version". After purchasing the plug-in, the user receives
the username and registration key.
The plug-in can be registered in a click. On the toolbar, select Help > Activate Plug-in.
This opens the dialog where the user is required to enter the username and registration key.
You can view the list of registered plug-ins in the About box (Menu bar > Help > About).
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General |
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General information about AutoPlay Menu Designer |
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Plug-ins |
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Visual components that extends the functionality of your menu |
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