Questions tagged [add-on]

Add-on, a.k.a. Plug-in is a set of components that enhances the existing, or adds new capabilities to a software application.

A plug-in system is very common, because it lets other developers (and maybe users) make small plug-ins to add new features quite easily.

Add-ons are also a good customization tools, because they let users chose which of the features do they want, and which they don't. It also helps to keep the distributive small.

There are specific tags for certain platforms / applications, like

Usually it's better to use the more specific one.

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Cannot load node.js native addon when built with node-gyp, but it works when built with Visual Studio

I've written a native addon for node.js, compiled it with MSVC++ without node-gyp, and used it successfully on the node REPL and in an application. I'm using x64 node and compiling an x64 addon. I'm trying to get the thing to build with node-gyp.…
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How to find out the Page Download Time/Size in IE?

Is there any free tool for IE so that I can know the page download time and download size? I'm using IE Web Developer tool but it doesn't show download time/size. For FireFox, there is an addon called Lori which does it.
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firefox add-ons sdk vs XUL

I've just started creating my first firefox add-on and I'm currently in the learning stage, to familiarize with the api. However I found a little ambiguous what method should I use. After I've read a few tutorials about how to build firefox add-ons…
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Creating and testing an add-on for Google Sheets in the new Script Editor

I've created several internal add-ons to automate a few workflows within our company using the "old" Apps Script IDE. Now I'd like to create a new one using the all new Apps Script IDE which was released last december. All looks good and works…
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How to run a function in the controls of Storybook?

I got a component which has a button that can be clicked. It got its props, here it go: ...
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Extend Google Calendar UI with google-app-scripts

I want to enhance my Google Calendar with some custom functions and I'm trying to figure out how. Google Calendar has an Add-ons button under Settings which opens the GSuite Marketplace with the filter compatible with calendar. After some googling,…
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Error: Cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I was writing C++ Addon for Node.js. Tried to use sample library called libSample.so which has declaration of function printHello: void printHello() { std::cout << "Hello World\n"; } It worked fine.(Compiled using node-gyp configure build and…
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Hybris addons install concept

How is the best way to work with a default Hybris addon? There are some really nice addon features we want to use in our projects, but of course not exactly the way they are. So what is the best practice to modify them? Is it the way to copy the…
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Redgate SQL Prompt equivalent for PostgreSQL database

I'm starting at a new company after coming from a previous role where I could rely on Redgate's SQL Prompt with a MySQL environment. I'm now working with a Postgresql environment (SQL Workbench/J) and was wondering if anyone had come across any…
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How to make an addon like Firebug?

I am basically a dotnet developer(beginner). I need to make an IE addon just like Firebug in Firefox. I need HTML and CSS features of Firebug, don't need the other features. I would like to know where should I start with and which platform should I…
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Any disadvantages of using Qt visual studio addon

I am just starting to learn how to use Qt in C++. They have a option to use a standalone Qt creator as well as an addon for Visual Studio. I have Visual Studio Community 2015. The question is, is there any disadvantages of using the addon for Visual…
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Is there a way to use hyperlink from within draw.io - offline desktop app

Is there a way to include a hyperlink from the text in one of the draw.io objects? This would help to link from the diagram to relevant Confluence pages. Using "Edit->Edit Link" works only by inserting a URL. I would like to open another saved xml.
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Rock scroll or Metal Scroll clone for VS 2015

Can anyone recommend a Visual Studio 2015 addon that mimics the awesomeness that is RockScroll/MetalScroll/RockMargin? It looks like the amazing awesome person that made RockMargin hasn't looked at it for a couple years.…
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How to use Android SDK add-on's?

Can anyone share some details for developing new SDK add-on like the one Google map API? I do not find any details on how to build new SDK add-on? Is that good approach to have SDK add-on for connecting to twitter, Facebook, YouTube applications? I…
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XBMC/KODI error adding addon "structure incorrect"

I'm following the KODI/XBMC hello world addon tutorial here and i downloaded the finished project from here but the problem is that i cannot edit it, as ever time I try to add a version that I edited onto KODI it gives me the error Addon does not…
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