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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Add-In install without admin privileges

« on: October 02, 2020, 04:45:35 am »

Just an update regarding my upcoming Visual Studio extension for EA Add-Ins: I believe I have now solved the problem of non-admin installation in a way that can be smoothly integrated into Studio.
This means you will be able to build non-admin installers using this solution.
You will also be able to debug your Add-In without admin privileges, and without breaking your normal Studio workflow: just hit F5 and you're away. Right out of the box.
/Uffe

When will it be available, where and how?

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Add-In install without admin privileges

« on: August 21, 2020, 12:22:57 am »

Does anybody know, use and can share experiences with EA.Gen.Addin?

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Add-In install without admin privileges

« on: August 20, 2020, 12:34:20 am »

Thank you. I did not know. I will try this.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Add-In install without admin privileges

« on: August 19, 2020, 03:00:53 pm »

Sparx introduced the concept of JavaScript Add-ins recently for such a purpose. Providing you can do what you need in JavaScript then you should be good to go with that option. The one limitation we found is if you need a multi-field dialog for user input. Couldn't see a way of doing that in JavaScript. See page 487 of automation manual
https://sparxsystems.com/resources/user-guides/15.1/automation/automation.pdf

Interesting I came across another manual for V15.2 when looking up the manual. So here is an insight on what is to come once V15.2 is released.
https://sparxsystems.com/resources/user-guides/15.2/automation/automation.pdf
V15.2 is currently in Beta

Many thanks. I should have mentioned that we are using C# and that we do not want / cannot change that.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Add-In install without admin privileges

« on: August 19, 2020, 02:48:14 am »

We need admin-rights to install and change addins.

So I was looking for solutions, something like a bridge, I install once and routes to the actual assembly. And I found several: https://community.sparxsystems.com/community-resources/1123-add-in-without-admin-privileges (1), https://www.sparxsystems.com/forums/smf/index.php/topic,39511.0.html (2), https://www.nuget.org/packages/EA.Gen.Addin/ (3) and exploringea (4).

All of them seem to be “under development”.
(1): not sure about that.
(2): does not seem to exist, maybe.
(3): sounds promising, but do not understand how to use it.
(4): does not seem to exist anymore.

Can somebody recommend a solution?