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<concept id="GUID-C2C48AED-4376-5BC3-9865-D371F47E48F1" xml:lang="en"><title>Replacing

and Hiding Plug-ins in Composite ROMs</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<p>From v9.3, Symbian platform supports building a composite NAND ROM, which

allows several ROM images to be mapped to a single ROM (e.g. <filepath>Z:</filepath>)

drive. This provides an easy method of customising ROMs, as new ROM images

can be added without requiring rebuilding and reflashing of the ROM images

already present on a device. </p>

<p>This page describes how to use this technique to: </p>

<ul>

<li id="GUID-12E33FF0-F793-5758-9733-596312143945"><p>hide an existing ROM

ECom plug-in, effectively removing it from the ROM drive. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-DFD60BE8-F68F-5F7B-A4A6-6EDE402C8A93"><p>update or customise

an existing ROM ECom plug-in </p> </li>

</ul>

<p>When Static Plug-in Information (SPI) is used (see <xref href="GUID-D8ECC83A-4B48-5F5C-9334-5B79CDA95054.dita">How

to improve load time with SPI files</xref>), each ROM section that contains

ECom plug-ins will have an SPI file, and ECom will read each file. </p>

<p>Note: this functionality depends on the rule that the ordering of images

defined using <codeph>rom_image</codeph> matches the ordering of the mounting

drives configured in the <filepath>estart</filepath> component. For more information

on how drives are mounted for composite ROMs, see <xref href="GUID-E55EE9B5-AC5B-5C67-A23C-DDB3F40D174A.dita">Mounting

multiple ROM images as a single ROM drive</xref>. </p>

<section><title>Hiding an ECom plug-in</title> <p>To hide an ECom plug-in,

use the <codeph>HIDE_ECOM_PLUGIN</codeph> keyword in the obey (<filepath>.iby</filepath>)

file. Its first argument is the DLL name, and the second argument is the registration

file name. </p> <p>The following example shows ROM image 2 hiding <filepath>plugin1</filepath> from

ROM image 1: </p> <codeblock id="GUID-761B0B0C-1801-5B2D-AF22-B49A977A46FB" xml:space="preserve">//romimage1.iby

ECOM_PLUGIN(plugin1.dll,plugin1.rsc)

ECOM_PLUGIN(plugin2.dll,plugin2.rsc)

</codeblock> <codeblock id="GUID-E5464F52-5D15-5BA6-A1E2-799D2E149804" xml:space="preserve">//romimage2.iby

ROM_IMAGE[2] HIDE_ECOM_PLUGIN(plugin1.dll,plugin1.rsc) //hide ECom plugin 1 from image 1</codeblock> </section>

<section><title>Replacing an ECom plug-in</title> <p>To replace a plug-in,

simply re-define the plug-in, using the <codeph>ECOM_PLUGIN</codeph> macro

in the Obey file. </p> <p>The following example shows ROM image 2 replacing <filepath>plugin1</filepath> from

ROM image 1: </p> <codeblock id="GUID-0EEDEC68-7011-55BA-9496-D2127942F5B9" xml:space="preserve">//romimage1.iby

ECOM_PLUGIN(plugin1.dll,plugin1.rsc)

ECOM_PLUGIN(plugin2.dll,plugin2.rsc)

…

</codeblock> <codeblock id="GUID-11E2606D-B54D-59A0-BA8F-0831B2D12752" xml:space="preserve">//romimage2.iby

ROM_IMAGE[2] ECOM_PLUGIN(plugin1.dll,plugin1.rsc) //replace ECOM plugin 1 in image 1</codeblock><p>For

reference information on the relevant obey file keywords, and their related

macros, see: </p><ul>

<li><p>__ECOM_PLUGIN, which also discusses the macro ECOM_PLUGIN. </p></li>

<li><p>_HIDE__ECOM_PLUGIN, which also discusses the macro HIDE_ECOM_PLUGIN. </p></li>

</ul> </section>