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SystemiShare GIS
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Create your own

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Overview

iShare GIS has a plugin system which allows you to add buttons and dialogues which you can use for custom functionality. This guide describes that system and takes you through the steps for creating a custom plugin.

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Overview

The plugin system is already used to add the Standard and Advanced toolbars into iShare GIS, but can be customised to add/remove buttons as required. It accomplishes this by reading a specific XML file for a Map Source, or if one isn't specified, the default one. This XML file describes which plugin to add, each of which is a sub-folder of the folder containing the XML file.

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