Installing the Plug-ins

This section guides you through the process of installing the plug-ins.

After developing the formatter and writer plug-ins, you can install them using their SIS files.

The following steps outline the tasks to be performed to install the formatter and writer plug-ins:

  1. Build a ROM image with the core dump server stub SIS file, coredumpserverstub.SIS. The following is the package (PKG) file used to create this stub SIS file:

    &EN
    %{"Symbian Software Ltd."}
    :"Symbian Software Ltd."
    #{"Core Dump Server Stub SIS"},(0x2000B26E),1,0,0
    ;
    "" - "z:\sys\bin\coredump_svr.exe"
    "" - "z:\private\10282FE5\additionalPluginList.plugin"
  2. Create a package (PKG) file with the plug-ins and a .plugin file called additionalPluginList.plugin. This .plugin file must contain the UIDs of your formatter and writer plug-ins.

    The following is an example PKG file for the formatter plug-in:

    &EN
    %{"Symbian Software Ltd."}
    :"Symbian Software Ltd."
    #{"Core Dump Server SIS"},(0x2000B26E),2,0,0, TYPE=SP
    ;
    "additionalPluginList.plugin" - "e:\private\10282FE5\additionalPluginList.plugin"
    "myformatter.rsc" - "e:\Resource\Plugins\myformatter.rsc"
    "myformatter.dll" - "e:\sys\bin\myformatter.dll"
  3. Create the SIS file and install the plug-ins.

After the plug-ins are installed, the core dump server scans the .plugin files found in its private directory on all drives when it restarts, and load the plug-ins listed in it.

Notes

  • The core dump server stub SIS file is added to the ROM using the coredumpserverstub.iby file.

  • The package UID must be the same as the core dump server stub SIS file.