Simon Brown Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 There have been many questions regarding installation of plugins with problems as users have tried to open the plugin with Paint.NET and I predict there are many more without the courage to ask. I am proposing a new mini-feature to Paint.NET. When a .dll is opened, a messagebox would be shown explaining to the user that informs them that this is not how to install plugins and gives them a link to the appropriate information on the web and/or explains to them how to install plugins. Your Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Please use search. I requested this two weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 Please use search. I requested this two weeks ago. That was a plugin installation FileType which would probably be hard to program. I am simply talking about a notification to the user about the correct way to install plugins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Yes, but the problem lied in the fact that the Paint.NET Fietype API requires that image information be sent back to Paint.NET, from what I understood from Rick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 Yes, but the problem lied in the fact that the Paint.NET Fietype API requires that image information be sent back to Paint.NET, from what I understood from Rick. Blank Canvas is usually my solution in that situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 You can return null with no issues... Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 But when people try to edit the canvas later, won't Paint.NET try to overwrite the DLL with the image data? Quote  The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 If the plugin returns null instead of an image, there will be no blank canvas and therefore that wil not be a problem. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 But when people try to edit the canvas later, won't Paint.NET try to overwrite the DLL with the image data? As long as the plugin only supports loading, AFAIK no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiguelPereira Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 well you guys are throwing ideas at each each other and i can see you're getting somewhere, I can see some utility in this, at least people will have a better way to understand what they are doing wrong Quote [The stock on my sig is a photo I took not a render from Splatter] [My deviantART][My Gallery][My Space] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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