Plug-in structure

Folder structure of a plug-in

manifest.json and assemblies must be located in the root directory of the plug-in folder.

Auto Importer plug-ins folder

Plug-in folders must be placed under Auto Importer "Plugins" folder.
The AutoImporter only loads plug-ins from its program directory (exception is the DeveloperMode see PiWeb Auto Importer). As a rule, you therefore need admin rights to install and customize plug-ins.

Start assembly

The assemblyPath property in manifest.json defines the start assembly. If assemblyPath is not specified, the id is used to determine the name of the assembly. The given assembly must provide a class that implements IPlugin.

Localization

The plug-in system supports localization of the manifest file, in which the supported language abbreviations appear as additional subfolders in the “locals” subfolder and contain a manifest.json. See Localization for more details.

Project settings

Nuget

The Nuget import SDK provided by us is required for plug-in development. Please integrate this into your project:
<PackageReference Include="Zeiss.PiWeb.Sdk.Import" Version="1.0.0" Private="false" ExcludeAssets="runtime"/>

Project file

The reference to the Import SDK-NuGet needs a flag to not be copied to the output, see above.
Also make sure to mark the project as a C# plug-in (so that all dependencies appear in the output).