Make Plugins Bootable

mosi_dab

Is it possible to make plugins (other than UITopia) bootable?
I want to use a plugin without opening UITopia. The plugin its self has it's own UI. Is it possible to make it bootable?  

hverbeek

Hi,

Could you be a bit more specific? You mention that the plugin "has it's own UI". Every plugin uses a PluginContext as first parameter, and this context determines whether the plugin can use a UI or not: If the first parameter is of class UIPluginContext, then it can (may) use a UI, otherwise, it can (should) not.

What kind of context is your plugin actually using?

Kind regards,

Eric.

mosi_dab

Hi Eric,

By the sentence "has it's own UI" I meant it uses UIPluginContext as a parameter.
I have no idea what happens when I make such a plugin (without using UITopia) bootable.

Bests,
Mustafa

hverbeek

Hi Mustafa,

To be able to call the plugin method, you need a UIPluginContext. UITopia provides you with such a context, but if you do not want to use UITopia, you should yourself provide it with a proper context.

Why do you want to run the plug-in outside of UITopia?

Kind regards,

Eric.

mosi_dab

There is some restrictions on my project in which I am developing a plugin for people who have very short knowledge about using a software like prom. Also teaching them how to use, wont be efficient. I just want to make everything easy for them and minimize interaction with software.
Would you please give me some hints to do the project?

Bests,
Mustafa

hverbeek

Hi Mustafa,

Of course there is the option to install only those ProM packages that you really need.

Apart from that, I would not know how to run a UIPluginContext plugin outside of UITopia. Plugins that require only a PluginContext context, can be run from a command-line quite easily, but then you cannot use a GUI.

Kind regards,

Eric.

hverbeek

Hi Mustafa,

Of course there is the option to install only those ProM packages that you really need.

Apart from that, I would not know how to run a UIPluginContext plugin outside of UITopia. Plugins that require only a PluginContext context, can be run from a command-line quite easily, but then you cannot use a GUI.

Kind regards,

Eric.

mosi_dab

Thanks a lot.
I will work on it and if I found out anything, will mention here for future usages.