Plugin Development Tools
Five main tools are provided for managing and developing WebPublisher Studio plugins.

1. Locate Server Directory
   

   Prompts for the location of the WebPublisher Studio Server folder. For development purposes, plugins are accessed by WebPublisher Studio Client directly via the file system.

2. Create New Plugin
   

   Installs the three components of a new plugin on the server.

3. Compiler Preferences
   

   Opens the global compiler preferences dialog. This will force recompilation of code resources on the Server during development.

4. Open Resource Manager
   

   Opens a Resource Manager for the selected plugin. Opens the plugin library in the Omnis Library Browser.

5. Reload Plugin
   

   Instructs the server to reload the selected plugin. Some components of a plugin are cached in memory on the server. After these components have been modified reload may be necessary to refresh the server caches. The plugin reload operation performs a datafile reorganisation (if necessary) on the client datafile. Plugins under development should therefore be reloaded when changes are made to the data structure.