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Enterprise Architect => Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools => Topic started by: Danor on March 28, 2013, 03:02:52 am

Title: Add-In with Perl (perlctrl)
Post by: Danor on March 28, 2013, 03:02:52 am

Hello,
I'm working with EA 9.3 and would like to create a Add-In based on Perl. With perlctrl (I've got the PerlDevKit) I'm able to create a .dll out of my perl code.

Up to now I've created a file which contains a EA_Connect function and created me a .dll file. Registered it and added an entry in the EA  egistry, so that EA finds it. Unfortunately EA won't start up anymore, unless I delete the registry entry again. Any idea what I could have done wrong ?

Looking forward for some help  :) Thanks

the EA_Connect function :

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sub EA_Connect {
  my $repo = $_[0];
  return "";
}

the method declaration for perlctrl:

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...
EA_Connect => {
RetType             =>  VT_BSTR,
TotalParams         =>  3,
NumOptionalParams   =>  3,
ParamList           =>[ ParamName1 => VT_DISPATCH,
ParamName2 => VT_BSTR,
ParamName3 => VT_BSTR],
},
...

the perctrl call :
perctrl myadd.pl
what creates a myadd.dll . Maybe I've missed some important settings ?

Title: Re: Add-In with Perl (perlctrl)
Post by: g.makulik on March 28, 2013, 03:52:20 am

I'm no perl expert, but have a look at this thread: http://www.sparxsystems.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1364378966. Honestly though perl and java are very different, I doubt you'll get this working.

Best regards,
Günther

Title: Re: Add-In with Perl (perlctrl)
Post by: qwerty on March 28, 2013, 09:34:07 am

I have uploaded a complete Perl framework you may use: http://community.sparxsystems.com/resources/scripts/extending-ea-perl

q.

Title: Re: Add-In with Perl (perlctrl)
Post by: Danor on April 03, 2013, 05:58:20 pm

Thanks for the replies.

I got your perl plugin. I first added the dll file which comes with it, what worked without problems.
Second I created a new dll out of the EaControl, after registering this I have the old Problem ? Do you have an idea what I could have done wrong ?

Title: Re: Add-In with Perl (perlctrl)
Post by: qwerty on April 03, 2013, 10:44:16 pm

Not really. You need to put in lots of print statements (write to a file) in order to find out where the bug is buried.

q.