Adding a Helper Application

Cosmo Create uses a database that contains information on all helper applications it uses. This file is installed as /usr/lib/CosmoCreate/plugins/PiHelperAppDB.txt.

You need to add an entry to this file for each helper application (also referred to as a "plug-in application") you want to access through Cosmo Create. The entries in the database file look like this:

Begin
 ID: com.sgi.cosmo.photoshop
 UINAME: Photoshop
 REPTYPE: PiUnixApp
 FLAVOR: Editor
 EXECUTABLE: photoshop
 ARGS: -open %f
 PIXMAP: photoshop.xpm
 NATIVE: PhotoshopDocument
 FILETYPES: PhotoshopDocument GIFImageFile TIFFImage SGIImage
End

Go to Helper Application Database File for detailed information on the format of the database file.

For each application, you also need to add a pixmap to pictorially represent the helper application on the toolbar and in the palettes. The database file contains an entry specifying the relative location of the pixmap for each helper application.

For further information...

Helper Application Database File