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asaxena
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August 10, 2023
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IControlView with runtime .idrc and signing/notarization

  • August 10, 2023
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Hi,

 

For our plugins we dynamically update some of the .idrc files (essentially png files) in our "idrc_PNGA" folder of our plugins depending on the environment. This folder, however is nested inside the plugin itself. Therefore, updating it dynamically, breaks the signing and Adobe InDesign flags the plugin as "damaged".

 

 

So, I have a few questions:

-Is there a way I can point IControlView to use a path instead of resourceid (pIconView->SetRsrcID)?

-Is it possible to overwrite the plugin idrc_PNGA .idrc files without breaking signing?

-Any other alternative?

 

 

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    Correct answer Dirk Becker

    IControlView is an interface, and you can run your own implementation. E.g. SelectionProxyView does that.

    There are helper classes, e.g. PNGArt and SVGArt (if you care about scalable UI) also a higher level IconHandler, but those still refer to resources.

    If you want to bypass those resources e.g. using a download, you can draw any bitmap via AGMImageRecord. I load mine via IImportPreview::Create24bitRGBPreview.

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    Dirk BeckerCorrect answer
    Legend
    August 10, 2023

    IControlView is an interface, and you can run your own implementation. E.g. SelectionProxyView does that.

    There are helper classes, e.g. PNGArt and SVGArt (if you care about scalable UI) also a higher level IconHandler, but those still refer to resources.

    If you want to bypass those resources e.g. using a download, you can draw any bitmap via AGMImageRecord. I load mine via IImportPreview::Create24bitRGBPreview.

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    asaxenaAuthor
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    August 10, 2023

    That is really interesting. Yet, I am unable to understand clearly how to connect IControlView with IImportPreview::Create23bitRGBPreview. It will be really helpful if you could share a high level approach that you are alluding to.

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    Rahul_Rastogi
    Inspiring
    August 10, 2023

    Refer PanelTreeView Sample for Create23bitRGBPreview -

     

    File - PnlTrvCustomView.cpp - function - PnlTrvCustomView::createPreview.

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