Load multiple MDGs in OnInitializeTechnologies

[McMannus]

Hi all,

I have multiple MDG technologies which should be separated due to their contents. However, I'd like to load all of them from within one add-in.

I usually merge all profiles together in one MDG programmatically with the result that all toolboxes appear under one entry, which should not be the case here.

Any thoughts?

[qwerty]

Well, just call Repository.ActivateTechnology for all the separate MDGs then.

q.

[McMannus]

Thanks for your input, but actually I'd like to embed the MDGs into the add-in.
As fas as I know, Repository.ActivateTechnology requires to have the MDGs loaded into the application.

[qwerty]

Maybe it's just too late for me, but what do you mean by "embed MDG in add-in"?

q.

[McMannus]

One can import the MDG xml file as a resource into the .NET project and return that string at runtime in the OnInitializeTechnologies event. The XML is then embedded into the add-in assembly.

[qwerty]

Oh, I see. I have never used that :-/

q.

[McMannus]

Just FYI: This can be used advantageous to simplify deployment, because you know that the technology is always up-to-date.

[qwerty]

I guess there are good use cases for this. But up to now I was just happy using MDGs with the switches from the EA menu

q.

[Eve]

From memory you can only include a single technology with an add-in. You can however include multiple profiles within the one technology. If that's not suitable for you, maybe you could distribute multiple add-ins. The others won't need anything except the connect and OnInitializeTechnologies calls.