A demonstration of a native plugin built with the .NET SDK, using Windows Forms
Install the tools listed in the general build requirements.
Launch the Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt or PowerShell from the Windows Start Menu.
Change into the same directory as this README and run:
dotnet publish -f net9.0-windows -c $(BUILD_CONFIGURATION) -r $(TARGET_RUNTIME) -o $(PLUGIN_FOLDER_PATH)
The command line arguments are the following:
$(BUILD_CONFIGURATION) |
Release OR Debug |
$(TARGET_RUNTIME) |
win-x64 OR win-arm64 |
$(PLUGIN_FOLDER_PATH) |
the full path to the plugin folder created above |
Start the Notepad++ application. In the "Plugins" menu, look for ".NET WinForms Demo Plugin" and try one of the commands.
